- Jan 28 Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
- Mar 6 William Milton, British cricketer (South African Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies at 75
- Apr 21 Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (US Open 1906, 10), dies at 56
- Jun 11 George Alexander, British cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies at 79
- Jun 12 Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies
- Jun 13 Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)
- Jul 14 W H Ashley, cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies
- Aug 20 Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies
- Sep 10 G A Faulkner, cricketer (South African googly all-rounder), commits suicide
- Nov 11 William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies at 43
- Nov 27 J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
- Dec 9 Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
- Dec 19 Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns