- Jan 4 Joe Hunter, English cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 35
- Feb 26 Ted Barratt, English cricket spin bowler (10-43 in tour match vs Australia 1878; MCC, Surrey CCC), dies from consumption at 46
- Mar 28 Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
- Jun 23 George Parr, English cricket batsman (captain first England touring team [North America 1859], second tour [Australia & NZ 1864]), dies at 65
- Aug 14 Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricket all-rounder (Aboriginal tour of England 1868), dies at 50
- Aug 29 Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
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