1929 in sports

none 1929 sports 1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (12–0–1) Rose Bowl (1928 season): The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8–7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship 28 November – Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears Association football Ecuador Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.December 2016 England The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46 FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Germany National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg Australian rules football VFL Premiership Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123) Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final. This creates a still standing record of 4 Premierships in a row. Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) becomes the first player to kick more than 100 goals in a season (118) Brownlow Medal The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood) Bandy Sweden Championship final – IF Göta 5-1 Västerås SK Baseball April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms World Series 8–14 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1. Basketball ABL Championship Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0) Europe Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.December 2016 France Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.October 2020 Boxing Events September — having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock, Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight Lineal world championsCyber Boxing Zone World Heavyweight Championship – vacant World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran → vacant World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell World Featherweight Championship – Andre Routis → Bat Battalino World Bantamweight Championship – vacant → "Panama" Al Brown World Flyweight Championship – vacant Canadian football Grey Cup 17th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 14–3 Regina Roughriders Cricket Events Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928–29 season. England retains The Ashes, winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia. England County Championship – Nottinghamshire Minor Counties Championship – Oxfordshire Most runs – Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176) Most wickets – Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10–131) Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ted Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt Australia Sheffield Shield – New South Wales Most runs – Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*) Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6–109) India Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees New Zealand Plunket Shield – Auckland South Africa Currie Cup – Western Province West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana Cycling Tour de France Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd 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 – Gillis Grafström (Sweden) World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway) World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria) Golf Major tournaments British Open – Walter Hagen US Open – Bobby Jones USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel Other tournaments British Amateur – Cyril Tolley US Amateur – Jimmy Johnston Horse racing England Champion Hurdle – Royal Falcon Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero Grand National – Gregalach 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Taj Mah 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mr Jinks The Derby – TrigoEpsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/sports/Derby-horse-race www.britannica.com 2 January 2022 en The Oaks – Pennycomequick St. Leger Stakes – Trigo Australia Melbourne Cup – Nightmarch Canada King's Plate – Shorelint France Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ortello Ireland Irish Grand National – Alike Irish Derby Stakes – Kopi US Kentucky Derby – Clyde Van Dusen Preakness Stakes – Dr. Freeland Belmont Stakes – Blue Larkspur Ice hockey Stanley Cup 28–29 March — Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals Lacrosse Events The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). Motorsport 1929 in motorsport List of 1929 motorsport champions Nordic skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane, Poland Rowing The Boat Race 23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Rugby league The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. England Championship – Huddersfield Challenge Cup final – Wigan 13–2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Lancashire League Championship – Swinton Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 5–4 Widnes Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 5–0 Featherstone Rovers Australia NSW Premiership – South Sydney 30–10 Newtown (grand final) Rugby union Five Nations Championship 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland Snooker World Championship 3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19–14 Speed skating Speed Skating World Championships Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland) Tennis Australia Australian Men's Singles Championship – Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6–2 6–2 5–7 7–5 Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6–1 5–7 6–2 England Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–3 6–4 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6–1 6–2 France French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 2–6 6–0 2–6 8–6 French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–3 6–4 US American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3–6 6–3 4–6 6–2 6–4 American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6–4 6–2 Davis Cup 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – FRA 3–2 USA 1912 at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France References Category:Sports by year