1875 in sport

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Athletics

October 16th. First number of the sporting magazine English The Athletic News .
Foundation in Paris of a Club of the Runners.
Foundation of the Welsh club of athletics of Newport AC.

Invention of the glove of baseball by Charles Waitt. With naked hand, it was up to that point a question of stopping the ball; ganté, it will be a question from now on of seizing it with the vol. Autre innovation: the protection mask of the receiver.
September 11th. First match of professional female baseball to the E. - U.. The Blondes are essential vis-a-vis the Brunettes , 42 to 38.
the Boston Red Stockings off gain the 5th championship of the USA of baseball organized by the National Association Professional Base Ball Players with 71 victories and 8 defeats.

March 6th : With London (Kennington Oval), the England and the Scotland 2-2 front 2.000 spectators.
March 13rd : Finale of the 4th F Challenge Cup. Royal Engineers 1, Old Etonians 1. 3.000 spectators in Kennington Oval. Finale with rejouer.
March 16th : Finale of the 4th F Challenge Cup. Royal Engineers 2, Old Etonians 0. 3.000 spectators in Kennington Oval.
April 10th : With Glasgow (Hampden Park), finale of the 2nd edition of the Cut of Scotland. Queen' S Park is essential 3-0 vis-a-vis Renton. 7.000 spectators.
Under the pressure of the Sheffield F , F authorizes the use of a transverse bar on the goals, replacing the ribbon which fixed the height hitherto of it.
Of the players of Middlesbrough Cricket Club founds the English football club of Middlesbrough FC.
Foundation of the English football club of Blackburn Rovers by students.
Of the cricketers of Birmingham founds the English football club of Small Heath Alliance (future Birmingham City).

Carlton gains the championship of football Australia N of the state of Victoria.

the gymnastics knows an explosion in France: The Union of the companies of gymnastics of France (founded in 1873) account more than 250 clubs.

August 24th. First crossing of the English Channel to the stroke. The captain Matthew Webb sign this exploit in 21 hours and 45 minutes.

Pierre Larousse specifies in his dictionary the origin of the word “Sport”: “The word Sport is not, as much believed, an expression borrowed from the English language. It comes from the old Desport French who means entertainment”.

February 15th. First international match of Rugby enters England and Ireland to London. England is essential.
March 8th. Tie without point in Edinburgh enters the Scotland and England.
December 13rd. The England beats the Ireland in Rathmines.

April 17th. Invention of the snooker, alternative of the Billiards, by the English Sir Neville Chamberlain with Calcutta (India).

May 17th. First edition of the American horse-race of Kentucky Derby, in Louisville. Oliver Lewis on Aristides is essential.
England: Urchin gains the Derby.
England: Pathfinder gains the Large National.
Ireland: Innishowen gains the Derby of Ireland.
France: Salvator gains the Prix of the Jockey Club.
France: Tyrolienne gains the Prix of Diane.
Australia: Wollomai gains Melbourne Cup.

January 7th: Thomas Hicks, American athlete , Olympic champion of the marathon to the Plays of Saint-Louis in 1904. († December 2nd 1963).
January 15th: Thomas Burke, American athlete

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