1881 in sports

Time you got around to sponsoring a child

See also: 1880 in sports, other events of 1881, 1882 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Boat race
2 Football (Soccer)
3 Tennis
4 Births
5 Deaths

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Football (Soccer)

FA Cup - Old Carthusians beat Old Etonians 3-0. This was the last final to be played between two Southern amateur sides.

Tennis

First U.S. National Singles Championship, precursor of the US Open won by Richard D. Sears

Births

December 29 ÃÂ Jess Willard, future heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1968)

Deaths