# 1910 in sports

1910 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

## American football

College championship
* College football national champions – Harvard Crimson
Professional championship
* Ohio League champions – Shelby Blues and Shelby Tigers (shared)

## Association football

England
* The Football League – Aston Villa 53 points, Liverpool 48, Blackburn Rovers 45, Newcastle United 45, Manchester United 45, Sheffield United 42
* FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–0 Barnsley at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 1–1 draw at Crystal Palace)
* Manchester United moves from its venue at Bank Street to its present home Old Trafford
Germany
* National Championship – Karlsruher FV (0–0) 1–0 Holstein Kiel at Köln
* Foundation of FC St. Pauli (15 May)
Norway
* Foundation of Bærum SK (26 March)
Scotland
* Scottish Football League – Celtic
* Scottish Cup final – Dundee 2–1 Clyde at Ibrox Park (2nd replay, following 2–2 and 0–0 draws)
* Ayr United formed following a merger between Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr FC

## Australian rules football

VFL Premiership
* St. Kilda achieves the worst start by a team that did not suffer a winless season, losing its first seventeen games before a huge upset over Carlton. This has been equalled only by Fremantle in 2001 and Greater Western Sydney in 2013.
* Collingwood wins the 14th VFL premiership, defeating Carlton 9.7 (61) to 6.11 (47) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

## Bandy

Sweden
* Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–0 IFK Stockholm

## Baseball

World Series
* 17–23 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1910 World Series by 4 games to 1

## Boxing

Events
* 22 February — Ad Wolgast outlasts Battling Nelson at Point Richmond, California, to win the World Lightweight Championship by a technical knockout after 40 rounds.
* 4 July — in boxing's first "fight of the century", Jack Johnson knocks out the "great white hope" James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title.
* 15 October — World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel is shot and killed at Conway, Missouri, by Walter Dipley, a jealous farm worker. Ketchel is rated by many boxing historians as the best middleweight ever. The title remains vacant until 1913.
Lineal world champions
* World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
* World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
* World Middleweight Championship – Stanley Ketchel → vacant
* World Welterweight Championship – vacant
* World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson → Ad Wolgast
* World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
* World Bantamweight Championship – Monte Attell

## Canadian football

* The Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union adopts CRU rules
* Interprovincial Rugby Football Union - Hamilton Tigers
* Ontario Rugby Football Union - Toronto Athletic Club
* Manitoba Rugby Football Union - Winnipeg Rowing Club
* Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union - University of Toronto
* Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union - Moose Jaw
* Calgary defeats Edmonton to win the Alberta Rugby Football League
* 2nd Grey Cup – University of Toronto defeats Hamilton 16-7

## Cricket

England
* County Championship – Kent
* Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
* Most runs – Johnny Tyldesley 2265 @ 46.22 (HS 158)
* Most wickets – Razor Smith 247 @ 13.05 (BB 8–13)
* Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Harry Foster, Alfred Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, Razor Smith, Frank Woolley
Australia
* Sheffield Shield – South Australia
* Most runs – Bert Kortlang 656 @ 131.20 (HS 197)
* Most wickets – Jack Saunders 49 @ 17.32 (BB 6–35)
India
* Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Parsees
New Zealand
* Plunket Shield – Auckland
South Africa
* Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
* Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

## Cycling

Tour de France
* Octave Lapize (France) wins the 8th Tour de France

## Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships
* World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
* World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
* World Pairs Champions – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)

## Golf

Major tournaments
* British Open – James Braid
* US Open – Alex Smith
Other tournaments
* British Amateur – John Ball
* US Amateur – William C. Fownes Jr.

## Horse racing

England
* Grand National – Jenkinstown
* 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Winkipop
* 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Neil Gow
* The Derby – Lemberg
* The Oaks – Rosedrop
* St. Leger Stakes – Swynford
Australia
* Melbourne Cup – Comedy King
Canada
* King's Plate – Parmer
Ireland
* Irish Grand National – Oniche
* Irish Derby Stakes – Aviator
USA
* Kentucky Derby – Donau
* Preakness Stakes – Layminster
* Belmont Stakes – Sweep

## Ice hockey

Stanley Cup
* 15 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge.
Events
* 5 January — National Hockey Association (NHA) commences its inaugural season
* 15 January — Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
* March — Toronto St. Michael's Majors wins the Allan Cup
* December — NHA loses its Cobalt and Haileybury teams, but gains a Quebec team. The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

## Rowing

The Boat Race
* 23 March — Oxford wins the 67th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

## Rugby league

England
* Championship – Oldham
* Challenge Cup final – Leeds 26–12 Hull F.C. at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield (replay, following 7–7 draw at Fartown)
* Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
* Yorkshire League Championship – Wakefield Trinity
* Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 22–5 Leigh
* Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 21–0 Batley
Australia
* 17 September — the 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4–4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

## Rugby union

Five Nations Championship
* France joins the Home Nations Championship which is now called the Five Nations Championship
* 28th Five Nations Championship series is won by England

## Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships
* Men's All-round Champion – Nikolay Strunnikov (Russia)

## Tennis

Australia
* Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rodney Heath (Australia) defeats Horace Rice (Australia) 6–4 6–3 6–2
England
* Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 6–4 7–5 4–6 6–2
* Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (GB) defeats Dora Boothby (GB) 6–2 6–2
France
* French Men's Singles Championship – Maurice Germot (France) defeats François Blanchy (France): details unknown
* French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey (France) defeats Marguerite Broquedis (France): details unknown
USA
* American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned (USA) defeats Tom Bundy (USA) 6–1 5–7 6–0 6–8 6–1
* American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA) defeats Louise Hammond (USA) 6–4 6–2
Davis Cup
* 1910 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia walkover British Isles