- Jan 7 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
- Feb 12 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Feb 16 Future England cricket captain Pelham Warner scores an unbeaten 132 on his Test debut in a 32 run win over South Africa in the 1st Test in Johannesburg
- Feb 16 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded
- Feb 18 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3-2 to sweep series, 2-0 for CAHL
- Mar 14 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens University, 6-2 to clinch trophy for CAHL
- Mar 24 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
- Apr 17 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia in 2:54:38
- May 4 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
- May 25 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
- May 30 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
W. G. Grace's Final Test
Jun 1 English cricket icon W. G. Grace starts 22nd and final Test against Australia at Nottingham; Test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper
- Jun 3 W. G. Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
39th British Open
Jun 8 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey retains Open; wins 3rd title by 5 strokes from Jack White
Jeffries KOs Fitzsimmons
Jun 9 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title
Trumper's 1st Test Century
Jun 16 Australian cricketer Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England at Lord's
Bingley-Hillyard Wimbledon Champion
Jun 27 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Charlotte Cooper 6-2, 6-3
- Jun 30 Spin bowler Jack Hearne takes England cricket's first Test hat-trick vs Australia in drawn 3rd Test at Headingley; dismisses champion middle order trio Clem Hill, Syd Gregory and Monty Noble
- Jul 29 Southern California Golf Association forms
- Jul 31 Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground
- Aug 15 Louisville's pitcher Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
- Aug 21 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Malcolm Whitman wins second of 3 consecutive US singles titles; beats J. Parmly Paret 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
- Sep 15 US Open Men's Golf, Baltimore CC: Willie Smith wins by a comfortable 11 strokes from Scotsmen George Low & Val Fitzjohn and Bert Way of England
- Oct 10 African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
- Oct 20 American yacht Columbia beats the Shamrock challenge from Royal Ulster Yacht Club in 11th America's Cup
- Nov 3 World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retains title; beats Irishman Tom Sharkey on points in 25 rounds at Coney Island Athletic Club, Brooklyn, NYC
- Dec 12 George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
- Dec 16 Italian football club A.C. Milan founded as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club by Englishmen Alfred Edwards and Herbert Kilpin (disputed possibly 13 Dec)
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