1877 in Sport
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Months in 1877: February March April May June July August September October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 13 of 13
Feb 20th - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
Mar 15th - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG
Mar 16th - Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng
Mar 17th - Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng
Mar 31st - Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG
Apr 12th - Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
May 22nd - 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38
May 24th - 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
Jun 9th - 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
Jul 9th - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
Jul 19th - 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64)
Aug 10th - Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
Dec 22nd - "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 15 of 15
Feb 27th - Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
Mar 5th - Malcolm D Whitman, tennis champ (US Open-1898)
Mar 18th - Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)
May 4th - Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115)
Jul 19th - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
Aug 7th - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
Sep 7th - Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
Sep 9th - Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance
Oct 4th - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
Oct 13th - Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer (pioneer of googly)
Oct 27th - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
Oct 28th - Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
Oct 29th - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)
Nov 2nd - Victor Trumper, cricketer (Australia batsman 1899-1912)
Nov 17th - Frank Calder, the first NHL President (d. 1943)
