1895 in sports

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1895 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

Events

Association football

Belgium

England

Scotland

Switzerland

  • Formation of the Swiss Football Association. It is generally known by the abbreviation of ASF-SFV based on its name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both French (Association Suisse de Football) and Italian (Associazione Svizzera di Football), while SFV is the German (Schweizerischer Fussballverbund). In the fourth national language of Switzerland, Romansh, it is abbreviated as ASB (Associaziun Svizra da Ballape).

Bandy

Events

  • Bandy is introduced to Sweden. The royal family, barons and diplomats are the earliest players.

Baseball

National championship

Events

Boxing

Events

Lineal world champions[2]

Chess

Events

Cricket

Events

England

Australia

India

South Africa

West Indies

Golf

Events

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Other events

  • March — Queen's University defeats Trinity University 17–3 to win the Ontario Hockey Association title and the right to challenge for the Stanley Cup.
  • Halifax Stanleys and Dartmouth Jubilees play the first recorded game involving two all-black hockey teams leading to the formation of the Coloured Hockey League based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The league will feature teams from across Canada's Maritime Provinces and will operate until 1930.

Motor racing

Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race

  • The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race is held and is the first real motor race as all competitors start together. The first to arrive is Émile Levassor in his Panhard-Levassor 1205 cc model. He completes the course in 48 hours and 47 minutes, finishing nearly six hours before the runner-up. The official winner is Paul Koechlin, the third to arrive 11 hours after Levassor.[3] The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the I Grand Prix de l'ACF.[4]
  • The significance of this event is that it proves that cars and their drivers can travel very long distances in a reasonable time. It gives an enormous boost to the motor industry and the enthusiastic public interest in the event ensures the popularity of motor racing as a sport.
  • November – subsequently, several French motoring pioneers form the Automobile Club de France (ACF), which thereafter will govern most major races in France.

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby football

Union

League

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Tennis

England

France

USA

Volleyball

Events

Yacht racing

America's Cup

References

  1. Cyber Boxing Zone – Bob Fitzsimmons. Retrieved on 14 November 2009.
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  4. 1895 Grand Prix and Paris Races. Retrieved on 22 August 2009.