- Mar 15 Australian batsman Charles Bannerman completes first Test century in cricket history in 1st Test v England in Melbourne; retires hurt on 165 the following day
- Mar 15 Cricket's inaugural Test match commences as Australia plays England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Australia wins by 45 runs in 4 days
- Mar 17 Australia's English born all-rounder Billy Midwinter completes Test cricket's first 5-wicket haul, 5-78 in the first ever Test match v England in Melbourne
17th British Open
Apr 6 17th British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Jamie Anderson wins his first of 3 consecutive Championships; beats fellow Scot Bob Pringle by 2 shots
- Apr 12 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
- May 7 Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term "bullpen" to indicate baseball field foul territory where late-coming spectators were herded like cattle
- May 22 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38
- May 24 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
- Jun 9 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
$48 Million Prize Money: Anyone For Tennis?
Jul 9 First ever Wimbledon tennis championship begins - first official lawn tennis tournament - men's singles only
- Jul 19 1st Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
- Aug 24 American outlaw John Wesley Hardin, wanted for murder, is arrested by Texas Rangers on a train in Pensacola, Florida
- Dec 22 "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)
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