1902 in sport

Chronology of the sport

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Automobile

  • Third edition of the Cut Gordon Bennett between Paris and Vienna (Austria) with stage with Innsbruck (Austria). The Irish Selwyn Francis Edge buckled the course of 990 km.

Baseball

  • the Philadelphia Athletics remove the title of the American Ligue.
  • the Pittsburgh Pirates gain the championship of the National league.

Cricket

  • Yorkshire is champion of England.
  • New South Wales gains the Australian championship, Sheffield Shield.

Cycling

Football

  • March 31st : Wellington Town FC finally removes the Coupe of Wales while being essential on Wrexham vis-a-vis Wrexham AFC, 1-0. Wellington is an English club of Shropshire.
  • April 2nd : Hibernian FC finally gains the Coupe of Scotland while being essential vis-a-vis the Celtic FC, 1-0
  • April 5th : With Glasgow, at the time of an international match Scotland - England, a platform crumbles. 25 dead. detailed Article: Drama of Ibrox.
  • April 13rd : Genoa champion of Italy.
  • the Glasgow Rangers are champions of Scotland.
  • Sunderland AFC champion of England.
  • Linfield FC champion of Ireland.
  • April 19th : Sheffield United and Southampton FC makes tie 1-1 finally F Cup. Finale with rejouer.
  • April 20th : FC Zurich gains the Championship of Suisse.
  • April 20th : R.C. Roubaix is champion of France USFSA.
  • April 26th : Sheffield United gains the F Cup vis-a-vis Southampton FC, 2-1.
  • May 15th : Vizcaya Bilbao gains the first edition of the Coupe of Spain vis-a-vis FC Barcelona, 2-1.
  • Racing Brussels champion of Belgium.
  • October 12th : In Vienna, the Austria beats the Hungary 5-0. It is acted in fact of an interurban match opposing Vienna and Budapest. This match was reclassified " international" in 1908.
  • October 26th : Sao Paulo AC champion of the state of Sao Paulo (Brazil).

American football

  • January 1st: first edition of the university Pink Bowl with Pasadena

Golf

  • the British Sandy Herd gains British Open
  • the American Laurie Auchterlonie gains US the Open

Hockey

  • Winnipeg Victoria gains the Coupe Stanley.

Water tournament

Rugby with XIII

  • Broughton Rangers gains the Cup Challenge English.

Rugby with XV

  • the Racing CF is champion of France.
  • Durham is champion of England of the counties.
  • Foundation of the USA Perpignan

Tennis

  • 12th edition of the championship of France.
  • 26e edition of the Tournament of Wimbledon.
    • the British Laurie Doherty is essential into simple men.
    • the British Muriel Robb into simple women.
  • 22e edition of the championship of the USA.
    • the American Bill Larned is essential into simple men.
    • American the Marion Jones is essential into simple women.
  • the United States gains the Coupe Davis vis-a-vis in Great Britain (3-2).

Births

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