1890

February 14

• First New South Wales versus South Australia first-class cricket game. [1]

March 2

• Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19). [1]

May 13

• 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75. [1]

May 14

• 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45. [1]

May 19

• Gus Kempis cricketer (South Africa's first Test), dies of fever at age 24. [1]

May 30

• First Dodger homerun (Dave Foutz). [1]

June 6

• United States Polo Association formed, New York City. [1]

September 1

• First baseball tripleheader-Boston versus Pittsburgh. [1]

September 16

• Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers. [1]

September 23

• Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in one inning. [1]

September 29

• First pro baseball game, New York Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in five innings at the Polo Grounds in New York City. [1]

October 28

• Last National League-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville three games and one tie. [1]

November 29

• First Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point. [1]

December 3

• Bill Midwinter cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, four for England), dies. [1]

1891

January 4

• Joe Hunter cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Autralian tour), dies. [1]

February 28

• Oscar Grundén skates world record 500 metre (50.8 seconds). [1]

March 28

• First world weightlifting championship held. [1]
• Dick Pilling cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", England 1881-88), dies. [1]

May 1

• Cy Young pitches first game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3. [1]

May 13

• 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25. [1]

May 21

• Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds. [1]

October 18

• First international six-day bicycle race in US (Madison Square Gardens, New York City) begins. [1]

December 1

• James Naismith creates the game of basketball. [1]

December 15

• James Naismith invents basketball (Canada). [1]

December 19

• Canadian Rugby Union forms. [1]

December 21

• Eighteen students play first basketball game (Springfield College). [1]

1892

January 15

• Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Massachusetts. [1]

January 20

• First basketball game played (Massachusetts). [1]

February 2

• Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England versus Australia SCG. [1]
• Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby. [1]

February 19

• Monty Bowden cricket Captain (England versus South Africa 1889), dies at age 26. [1]

February 22

• Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms. [1]

March 11

• First public basketball game (Springfield Massachusetts). [1]

March 18

• Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup). [1]

March 19

• Three brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England versus South Africa (Cape Town). [1]

April 17

• First Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat Saint Louis Cardinals 5-1. [1]

April 29

• Charlie Reilly is baseball's first pinch hitter. [1]

May 11

• 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41.5. [1]

May 14

• Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem. [1]

June 7

• John J Doyle of Clev Spiders is first to pinch hit in a baseball game. [1]

June 10

• Wilbert Robinson of Baltimore Orioles sets record of 7 for 7 in 9 inning game. [1]

June 28

• Philadelphia Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories. [1]

September 29

• First night football game played (Mansfield, Pennsylvania). [1]

November 12

• Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football. [1]
• Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player. [1]

December 16

• Commencement of first Sheffield Shield cricket game, South Africa versus New South Wales. [1]

1893

January 11

• Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2 35). [1]

January 26

• Abner Doubleday credited with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday. [1]

February 5

• Alfred Naess skates world record 500 metre (49.4 seconds). [1]

February 26

• Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500 metre (48 seconds). [1]

April 3

• First New South Wales versus Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. [1]

April 6

• Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 minutes to no decision in Saint Louis (111 rounds, longest bout in boxing history). [1]

May 10

• 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25. [1]

May 11

• Henri Desgrange establishes first bicycle-world record (35.325 km). [1]

July 1

• San Francisco Bay City Club opens first US bicycle race track, made of wood. [1]

August 9

• First US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York. [1]

1894

January 21

• Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 seconds. [1]

January 25

• James J Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in three for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

January 27

• First college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11. [1]

February 23

• Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play. [1]

March 11

• John Selby cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies. [1]

March 22

• Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (first Cup game ever). [1]

April 24

• French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18. [1]
• Philadelphia Phillies' Lave Cross hits for the cycle versus Brooklyn Dodgers. [1]

May 15

• 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41. [1]

May 16

• Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings. [1]

May 17

• 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25. [1]

May 30

• Bobby Lowe is first to hit four homeruns in one baseball game. [1]

June 15

• Philadelphia Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds, 21-8. [1]

June 24

• Decision to begin modern Olympics every four years. [1]

August 17

• Philadelphia Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4. [1]

December 14

• Day One first Test Cricket Australia versus England Australia 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85). [1]
• Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren. [1]

December 15

• Cricket day two first T Australia versus England Australia 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130. [1]

December 17

• Cricket day three 1T Australia versus England England 325 all out, 261 behind on first inning. [1]

December 18

• Cricket day four 1T Australia versus England England following on 4-268, 7 in front. [1]

December 19

• Cricket day five 1T Australia versus England England 437 all out, Australia need 177 are 2-113. [1]

December 20

• Day Six 1T Australia versus England Australia need 177 to win, all out 166. [1]
• England beat Australia by ten runs in the first six-day Test Cricket. [1]

December 22

• United States Golf Association is formed (New York City, New York). [1]

December 24

• Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes. [1]

December 25

• First midwestern football team to play on west coast, University of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto California. [1]

1895

January 5

• Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for New South Wales 17 years 64 days. [1]

January 15

• Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record. [1]

January 18

• Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms. [1]

January 30

• Tasmania beat Victoria for first F-C victory in 41 years. [1]

February 3

• Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 metre (46.8 seconds). [1]

February 9

• First intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3). [1]
• Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts. [1]

February 23

• Jaap Eden skates world record 10 km (17:56). [1]

March 6

• England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2. [1]
• J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England versus Australia. [1]

March 9

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ontario) loses to Montréal AAA, 5-1. [1]

April 15

• Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 pounds (record). [1]

May 6

• 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37.5. [1]

May 17

• W G Grace completes his 100th 100 versus Somerset at Bristol. [1]

May 25

• 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5. [1]

May 30

• W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days. [1]

August 31

• First pro football game (quarterback John Brallier paid $10 and won 12-0). [1]

September 9

• The American Bowling Congress formed (New York City). [1]

September 12

• Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup. [1]

1896

January 6

• First US women's six-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden. [1]

January 27

• Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their first ever innings victory. [1]

February 12

• Isaac Murphy jockey, 628 win on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at age 35. [1]

February 14

• George Lohmann takes a hat-trick versus South Africa, 8-7 for inning. [1]
• South Africa all out for 30 versus England - their lowest ever. [1]
• Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montréal Victorias, 2-0. [1]

February 24

• Victoria all out for 43 versus South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27. [1]

March 2

• George Lohmann takes 9-28 versus South Africa at Johannesburg. [1]

March 10

• After Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall". [1]
• Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18. [1]

March 22

• Charilaos Vasilakos wins first marathon (3:18). [1]

April 6

• First modern Olympic games begin in Athens Greece, as the Games of the I Olympiad are staged; 60,000 spectators welcome 280 athletes from 13 nations to the international competition of 43 events. James Connolly of the USA wins first Olympic gold medal in modern history. [1] [129]

April 10

• Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens (2:58:50). [1]

April 12

• Stamasia Portrisi is first woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens). [1]

April 15

• Games of the I Olympiad close at Athens, Greece. [1]

May 6

• 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75. [1]

May 8

• Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire. [1]

May 26

• First American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach New York. [1]

July 13

• Ed Delahanty, becomes second major league player to hit four home runs in a game. [1]

November 26

• First large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6. [1]
• A.A. Stagg of University of Chicago creates the football huddle. [1]

December 10

• First intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3). [1]

December 30

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5. [1]

December 31

• Leland Hone cricketer (scored 7 and 6 in only England Test 1879), dies. [1]

1897

January 1

• First football game between black colleges-Atlanta University 10, Tuskegee 0. [1]

January 8

• Michael Eagan wins first US national amateur handball championship. [1]

January 30

• John Cottam cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies. [1]

February 5

• Hoss Radbourn pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at age 42. [1]

March 9

• Indian fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official). [1]

March 15

• First indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden. [1]

March 17

• Robert Fitzsimmons knocks out James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

March 20

• First known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats University of Pennsylvania 32-10. [1]

April 19

• John J. McDermott of New York wins the first Boston Marathon (15 runners, 24.5 miles) with a time of 2:55:10. [1] [129]

May 4

• 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5. [1]

May 8

• 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51.25. [1]

May 11

• Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers. [1]

May 18

• New York Giants William Joyce sets record of four triples in one game. [1]

May 29

• 31st Belmont Stakes: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23.25. [1]

June 29

• Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball). [1]

December 27

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2. [1]

1898

January 19

• Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in first intercollegiate hockey game. [1]

April 19

• Second Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Massachusetts in 2:42:00. [1]

April 21

• Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on first at bat. [1]

April 22

• Baltimore Orioles' player James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0. [1]
• Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0. [1]

April 30

• Championship wrestling match at the Metropolitan turns into a brawl. [1]

May 4

• 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09. [1]

May 26

• 32nd Belmont Stakes: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32. [1]

December 12

• First first-class game between New South Wales and Tasmania. [1]

1899

January 7

• Walter Camp publishes his first All-American football team in Collier's. [1]

February 12

• First two-man team six-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, New York City. [1]

February 16

• Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England versus South Africa Johannesburg). [1]

February 18

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Queens University (Kingston Ontario) in two games. [1]

March 14

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2. [1]

March 24

• Billy Barnes cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies. [1]

April 4

• South Africa all out 35 versus England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11). [1]

April 18

• John McGraw, at age 36, managerial debut as Baltimore Orioles' manager. [1]

April 19

• Third Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38. [1]

April 22

• E J [Ned] Gregory cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies. [1]

May 4

• 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12. [1]

May 25

• 33rd Belmont Stakes: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23. [1]

May 30

• 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47. [1]

June 9

• Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons for the Heavyweight boxxing crown. [1]

July 29

• Southern California Golf Association formed. [1]

October 20

• Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup. [1]

November 3

• Jim Jeffries retains heavyweight boxing title over Sailor Tom Sharkey. [1]

December 12

• George F Grant of Boston)first black graduate of Harvard College, and a dentist) patents the wooden golf tee. [1]