1895 in sports

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See also: 1894 in sports, other events of 1895, 1896 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

1 Auto racing 2 Boat race 3 Chess 4 Cricket 5 Events 6 Births 7 Deaths

Auto racing

• First real autorace, from Paris to Bordeaux.

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Chess

• The Grand International Chess Congress was held in the summer at Hastings, England.

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Events

• February 9 - W.G. Morgan invents volleyball.
• October 4 - first US Open golf tournament played.
• Twenty-one rugby union clubs in northern England split to form the Northern Rugby Union, forerunner of rugby league

Births

Deaths

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