Events in Sport
- Mar 15 George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston
- Mar 16 Scotland beats England, 10-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to allow Ireland to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship with a 2-1 record
- Mar 29 94th Grand National: Frank Furlong wins aboard Reynoldstown at 22/1; stallion repeats with back-to-back victory the following year
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 5 Malcolm J Anderson, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
- Mar 6 Ron Delany, Irish 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1956), born in Arklow, Republic of Ireland
- Mar 6 Derek Kevan, Ripon, England, footballer (14 caps), (d. 2013)
- Mar 21 Brian Clough, soccer manager
- Mar 23 Desmond Pitcher, CEO (Merseyside Development Corporation)
- Mar 25 Flash Elorde, Filipino boxer