1911 in sports

none July 2012 1911 sports thumb|200px|right|A cigarette card image of baseball star Frank Schulte, winner of the Chalmers Award in 1911 1911 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football College championship College football national championship – Princeton Tigers Events 25 November — the tradition of homecoming begins at the 1911 Kansas vs. Missouri football game. Association football Australia The Commonwealth Football Association is founded as a governing body for the whole of Australia Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta FC founded (30 January) Egypt Zamalek SC is founded at Gezira Island, Cairo as "Thakanat Qasr El-Nil Club" (5 January) England The Football League – Manchester United 52 points, Aston Villa 51, Sunderland 45, Everton 45, Bradford City 45, The Wednesday 42 FA Cup final – Bradford City 1–0 Newcastle United at Old Trafford, Manchester (replay following 0–0 draw at Crystal Palace) Germany National Championship – Viktoria Berlin 3–1 VfB Leipzig at Dresden Scotland Scottish Football League – Rangers Scottish Cup – Celtic 2–0 Hamilton Academical at Ibrox ParkScottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/ www.scottishfa.co.uk 5 February 2021 Australian rules football VFL Premiership Essendon wins the 15th VFL Premiership: Essendon 5.11 (41) d Collingwood 4.11 (35) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Bandy Sweden Championship final – IFK Uppsala 6–0 Djurgårdens IF Baseball World Series 14–26 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1911 World Series by 4 games to 2 Events Chalmers Award – Frank Schulte, NL; Ty Cobb, AL Boxing Events Monte Attell loses his World Bantamweight Championship to Frankie Conley, but Conley holds the title a matter of days before losing to Johnny Coulon Lineal world championsCyber Boxing Zone World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant World Middleweight Championship – vacant World Welterweight Championship – vacant World Lightweight Championship – Ad Wolgast World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell World Bantamweight Championship – Monte Attell → Frankie Conley → Johnny Coulon Canadian football The Rugby Football Unions of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan unite into the Western Canada Rugby Football Union. The playoff series would see the champion of the MRFU host the champion of the SRFU, and ARFU would play against the victor. This was changed the next year Calgary, who won the western Canadian competition, issued a challenge to play for the Grey Cup, but was rejected due to the WCRFU not being a member of the Canadian Rugby Union Interprovincial Rugby Football Union - Toronto Argonauts Western Canada Rugby Football Union - Calgary Tigers Ontario Rugby Football Union - Hamilton Alerts Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union - University of Toronto 3rd Grey Cup – University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts 14–7 Cricket Events Warwickshire wins its first-ever County Championship title, the first of the competition's "new clubs" to do so England County Championship – Warwickshire Minor Counties Championship – Staffordshire Most runs – Phil Mead 2562 @ 54.51 (HS 223) Most wickets – Harry Dean 183 @ 17.43 (BB 9–109) Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Frank Foster, J W Hearne, Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Bert Strudwick Australia Sheffield Shield – New South Wales Most runs – Aubrey Faulkner 1534 @ 59.00 (HS 204) Most wickets – Bill Whitty 70 @ 20.27 (BB 6–17) India Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Hindus New Zealand Plunket Shield – Canterbury South Africa Currie Cup – Griqualand West West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados Cycling Tour de France Gustave Garrigou (France) wins the 9th Tour de FranceCycling-Tour de France list of winners https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/cycling-tour-de-france-list-of-winners_sto7851605/story.shtml Eurosport UK 18 February 2021 en 26 August 2020 Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden) World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary) World Pairs Champions – Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers / Walter Jakobsson (Finland) Golf Events John McDermott becomes both the first American-born man and the youngest golfer (19 years, 10 months) to win the US Open Major tournaments British Open – Harry Vardon US Open – John McDermott Other tournaments British Amateur – Harold Hilton US Amateur – Harold Hilton Horse racing England Grand National – Glenside 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Atmah 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Sunstar The Derby – SunstarEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 2 January 2022 en The Oaks – Cherimoya St. Leger Stakes – Prince Palatine Australia Melbourne Cup – The Parisian Canada King's Plate – St. Bass Ireland Irish Grand National – Reparator II Irish Derby Stakes – Shanballymore USA Kentucky Derby – Meridian Preakness Stakes – Watervale Belmont Stakes – not contested due to anti-betting legislation in New York State Ice hockey Stanley Cup March — Ottawa Hockey Club wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and Stanley Cup 16 March — Ottawa forward Marty Walsh scores 10 goals in a 13–4 win over Port Arthur Seniors in a Stanley Cup challenge. His tally is second in Stanley Cup history to Frank McGee's 14-goal total on 16 January 1905. Events March — Winnipeg Victorias wins the Allan Cup 13 November — NHA founding team Renfrew Creamery Kings drops out of the league and the players under contract are dispersed to other teams. Two franchises are sold to Toronto interests who intend to start in the 1911–12 season, but Toronto's new Arena Gardens is not ready for play. 7 December — upon completion of artificial ice rinks in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, the new professional Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) league is created by former NHA players Frank and Lester Patrick. A bidding war for players ensues with numerous NHA players leaving to play in the PCHA. Motorsport 1911 in motorsport Rowing The Boat Race 1 April — Oxford wins the 68th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Rugby league 1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain England Championship – Oldham Challenge Cup final – Broughton Rangers 4–0 Wigan at The Willows, Salford Lancashire League Championship – Wigan Yorkshire League Championship – Wakefield Trinity Lancashire County Cup – Oldham 4–3 Swinton Yorkshire County Cup – Wakefield Trinity 8–2 Huddersfield Australia NSW Premiership – Eastern Suburbs 11–8 Glebe (grand final) Rugby union Five Nations Championship 29th Five Nations Championship series is won by Wales who complete the inaugural Grand Slam by defeating all four of its opponents Speed skating Speed Skating World Championships Men's All-round Champion – Nikolay Strunnikov (Russia) Tennis Australia Australian Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Horace Rice (Australia) 6–1 6–2 6–3 England Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Herbert Barrett (GB) 6–4 4–6 2–6 6–2 retired Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (GB) defeats Dora Boothby (GB) 6–0 6–0 France French Men's Singles Championship – André Gobert (France) defeats Maurice Germot (France): details unknown French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Marguerite Broquedis (France) (France): details unknown USA American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned (USA) defeats Maurice McLoughlin (USA) 6–4 6–4 6–2 American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA) defeats Florence Sutton (USA) 8–10 6–1 9–7 Davis Cup 1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 4–0 USA 1908 at Lancaster Park (grass), Christchurch, New Zealand References Category:Sports by year