1884 in sports

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Table of contents

1 Baseball
2 Boat race
3 Football (Soccer)
4 Events
5 Births
6 Deaths

Baseball

First World Series contested - Providence NL defeats New York AA, 3 games to none.

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Football (Soccer)

FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-1

Events

Cresta Run constructed for skeleton
Canadian Rugby Football Union, forerunner of the Canadian Football League established
Gaelic Athletic Association founded to promote hurling and Gaelic football

Births

Candy Jim Taylor, star player/manager in Negro League baseball
August 3 - Georges Boillot, Grand Prix motor racing driver (d. 1916)

Deaths