1864 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Events

• 7 December —Notts County, then called Notts FC, is formally established and remains the oldest club in theFootball League

• Carlton Football Club was founded inVictoria on July.^{[citation needed]}

National championship

• National Association of Base Ball Players champion –Brooklyn Atlantics

Events

• TheAtlantic club ofBrooklyn, New York suffers only one early tie. One match is atRochester against the Young Canadian club ofWoodstock, Ontario, 75–11.
• New rules empower the umpire to "call" balls (bad pitches) and eventually award first base on balls, practically limiting the number of pitches and the length of each batsman's turn.

Events

• Tom King retires and the English Championship becomes vacant till 1866.^[1]
• American ChampionJoe Coburn tries unsuccessfully to set up a fight with former English ChampionJem Mace. There are challenges to Coburn fromMike McCoole andJimmy Elliott.^[2]

• The first set of rules of Canadian Football, heavily based on rugby football, is created.

Events

• Law 10 is rewritten by MCC to allow a bowler to bring his arm through at any height providing he keeps it straight and does not "throw" the ball. The issue ofoverarm bowling has crystallised in the Willsher-Lillywhite incident of August 1862.
• The concept of a champion county gains popularity when newspapers begin to publish tables of inter-county match results
• 12 January — formation ofLancashire County Cricket Club at a meeting in Manchester
• 27–29 January —Otago v.Canterbury at Dunedin is the start offirst-class cricket in New Zealand
• Madras v.Calcutta is the start of first-class cricket in India
• First issue ofWisden Cricketers' Almanack

England

• Most runs –Will Mortlock 855 @ 34.20 (HS 105)
• Most wickets –James Grundy 99 @ 11.31 (BB 9–19)

Major tournaments

• British Open –Tom Morris senior

Events

• Inaugural running of theTravers Stakes atSaratoga Springs, New York is won byKentucky

England

• Grand National – Emblematic
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tomato
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – General Peel
• The Derby –Blair Athol^[3]
• The Oaks – Fille de l'Air
• St. Leger Stakes – Blair Athol

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Lantern

Canada

• Queen's Plate – Brunette

The Boat Race

• 19 March —Oxford wins the 21stOxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Other events

• 29 July — Yale wins the fifthHarvard–Yale Regatta, its first victory. The Race is resumed after three years off although theAmerican Civil War will continue to next April.

Events

• Foundation ofHuddersfield RLFC which is the oldestRugby Football League member

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