1910 in sports

Jack Johnson defended his world title against former champion James J. Jeffries

1910 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

College football national champions – Harvard Crimson

Professional championship

Ohio League champions – Shelby Blues and Shelby Tigers (shared)

Association football

England

The Football League – Aston Villa 53 points, Liverpool 48, Blackburn Rovers 45, Newcastle United 45, Manchester United 45, Sheffield United 42
FA Cup final – Newcastle United 2–0 Barnsley at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 1–1 draw at Crystal Palace)
Manchester United moves from its venue at Bank Street to its present home Old Trafford^[1]

Germany

National Championship – Karlsruher FV (0–0) 1–0 Holstein Kiel at Köln
Foundation of FC St. Pauli (15 May)

Norway

Foundation of Bærum SK (26 March)

Scotland

Scottish Football League – Celtic
Scottish Cup final – Dundee 2–1 Clyde at Ibrox Park (2nd replay, following 2–2 and 0–0 draws)
Ayr United formed following a merger between Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr FC

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

St. Kilda achieves the worst start by a team that did not suffer a winless season, losing its first seventeen games before a huge upset over Carlton. This has been equalled only by Fremantle in 2001 and Greater Western Sydney in 2013.
Collingwood wins the 14th VFL premiership, defeating Carlton 9.7 (61) to 6.11 (47) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–0 IFK Stockholm

Baseball

World Series

17–23 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1910 World Series by 4 games to 1

Boxing

Events

22 February — Ad Wolgast outlasts Battling Nelson at Point Richmond, California, to win the World Lightweight Championship by a technical knockout after 40 rounds.
4 July — in boxing's first "fight of the century", Jack Johnson knocks out the "great white hope" James J. Jeffries in round 15 to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title.
15 October — World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel is shot and killed at Conway, Missouri, by Walter Dipley, a jealous farm worker. Ketchel is rated by many boxing historians as the best middleweight ever. The title remains vacant until 1913.

Lineal world champions^[2]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – Stanley Ketchel → vacant
World Welterweight Championship – vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson → Ad Wolgast
World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
World Bantamweight Championship – Monte Attell

Canadian football

Grey Cup

26 November — 2nd Grey Cup – University of Toronto Varsity Blues 16–7 Hamilton Tigers

Cricket

England

County Championship – Kent
Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
Most runs – Johnny Tyldesley 2265 @ 46.22 (HS 158)
Most wickets – Razor Smith 247 @ 13.05 (BB 8–13)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Harry Foster, Alfred Hartley, Charlie Llewellyn, Razor Smith, Frank Woolley

Australia

Sheffield Shield – South Australia
Most runs – Bert Kortlang 656 @ 131.20 (HS 197)
Most wickets – Jack Saunders 49 @ 17.32 (BB 6–35)

India

Bombay Triangular – Europeans shared with Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

Octave Lapize (France) wins the 8th Tour de France^[3]

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
World Pairs Champions – Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (Germany)

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – James Braid^[4]
US Open – Alex Smith

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – William C. Fownes Jr.

Horse racing

England

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Comedy King

Canada

Queen's Plate – Parmer

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Oniche
Irish Derby Stakes – Aviator

USA

Kentucky Derby – Donau
Preakness Stakes – Layminster
Belmont Stakes – Sweep

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

15 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. The club then defeats Berlin Dutchmen in a challenge.

Events

5 January — National Hockey Association (NHA) commences its inaugural season
15 January — Canadian Hockey Association disbands. Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks join the NHA.
March — Toronto St. Michael's Majors wins the Allan Cup
December — NHA loses its Cobalt and Haileybury teams, but gains a Quebec team. The Montreal Canadiens are taken over by George Kennedy's Club Athletique Canadien after threatening legal action.

Motorsport

Rowing

The Boat Race

23 March — Oxford wins the 67th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Oldham
Challenge Cup final – Leeds 26–12 Hull F.C. at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield (replay, following 7–7 draw at Fartown)
Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
Yorkshire League Championship – Wakefield Trinity
Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 22–5 Leigh
Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 21–0 Batley

Australia

17 September — the 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4–4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.