- Jan 4 Joe Hunter, English cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 35
- Feb 26 Ted Barratt, English cricket spin bowler (10-43 vs Australia 1878), dies from consumption at 46
- Mar 28 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
- Jun 23 George Parr, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England), dies at 65
- Aug 14 Johnny Mullagh [Unaarrimin], Australian cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies at 50
- Aug 29 Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)