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1891 in sports

See also: 1890 in sports, other events of 1891, 1892 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Basketball 2 Boat race 3 Cricket 4 Tennis 5 Births 6 Deaths

Basketball

• James Naismith invents basketball

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Tennis

• First French Open held

Births

Casey Stengel, U.S. baseball manager

Deaths