1884

Contents

1 Baseball (Major League)
2 Boat race
3 Football (Canadian)
4 Football (Soccer)
5 Events
6 Births

[edit] Baseball (Major League)

Ned Williamson hits 27 home runs for the Chicago White Stockings, establishing a new record that will last for 35 years. He nearly doubled the record of 14 set the season before by Harry Stovey.

First World Series contested - Providence NL defeats New York AA, 3 games to none.

1884 in baseball

[edit] Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

[edit] Football (Canadian)

The Canadian Rugby Football Union, forerunner of the Canadian Football League is established.

[edit] Football (Soccer)

FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-1

[edit] Events

Cresta Run constructed for skeleton
Gaelic Athletic Association founded to promote hurling and Gaelic football

[edit] Births

Candy Jim Taylor, star player/manager in Negro League baseball
August 3 - Georges Boillot, Grand Prix motor racing driver (d. 1916)
August 4 - Henri Cornet, French cycling champion (d. 1941)
December 31 - Edgar Page, British field hockey player (d. 1956)

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