1892 in sports

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See also: 1891 in sports, other events of 1892, 1893 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Athletics
2 Basketball
3 Boat race
4 Cricket
5 Horse Racing
6 Births
7 Deaths

Athletics

C. B. Fry sets a new world record for the long jump of 23 ft. 5in - the record stands for 21 years.

Basketball

First official game of basketball played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Horse Racing

May 11: African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton, age 15, became the youngest rider to ever win the Kentucky Derby.

Births

December 17 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach

Deaths