1914 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

College championship

• College football national championship –Army Cadets

Professional championships

• Ohio League champions –Akron Parratt's Indians

Events

• 15 November —Harry Turner, of theCanton Professionals, becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to theNational Football League.

Brazil

• Formation of theBrazilian Football Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol or CBF)
• Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras officially founded inSão Paulo on August 26.^{[citation needed]}

England

• The Football League –Blackburn Rovers 51 points,Aston Villa 44,Middlesbrough 43,Oldham Athletic 43,West Bromwich Albion 43,Bolton Wanderers 42
• FA Cup final –Burnley 1–0Liverpool atCrystal Palace, London

Germany

• National Championship –SpVgg Fürth (2–2) 3–2VfB Leipzig at Magdeburg

Portugal

• Formation inLisbon of thePortuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol or FPF)

Scotland

• Scottish Football League –Celtic
• Scottish Cup final –Celtic 4–1Hibernian atIbrox Park (replay following 0–0 draw)^[1]

VFL Premiership

• 26 September –Carlton wins the 18thVFLPremiership, defeatingSouth Melbourne 6.9 (45) to 4.15 (39) in the1914 VFL Grand Final

South Australian Football League

• 19 September –Port Adelaide 13.15 (93) defeatsNorth Adelaide 1.8 (14) for their second successive SAFL flag and eighth overall
• Magarey Medal won byJack Ashley (Port Adelaide)

West Australian Football League

• 10 October –East Fremantle 5.13 (43) defeatsSouth Fremantle 3.6 (24) for its ninthWAFL premiership.

Events

• University withdraws from the VFL at the end of the season
• Port Adelaide become the only SAFA/SAFL/SANFL team to finish with aperfect season, overall winning thirty consecutive matches including one against a combined team from the other six SAFL clubs and one against Carlton.^[2]

Sweden

• Championship final –AIK 4–2Djurgårdens IF

World Series

• 9–13 October —Boston Braves (NL) defeatsPhiladelphia Athletics (AL) to win the1914 World Series by 4 games to 0

Events

• The "Federal League War" ensues when the Federal League leavesMinor League Baseball and competes with the two established major leagues. Retaining clubs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, St Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh, the Federal League sets up additional clubs in Buffalo, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
• Baltimore Terrapins are a great popular success and drive the minorOrioles out of business, so creating the basis of the baseball anti–trust case
• 22 April —Babe Ruth pitches his first professional game for theBaltimore Orioles at age 19

Events

• Jack Johnson spends the year moving from one country to another but stages exhibition fights as far afield asGothenburg andBuenos Aires. In June, he defends his world heavyweight title againstFrank Moran in Paris and wins over 20 rounds.
• 1 to 24 January — Danish boxer Waldemar Holberg defeats Ray Bronson over 20 rounds inMelbourne and claims the vacantWorld Welterweight Championship. Just 23 days later, Holberg loses the title to Tom McCormick after a sixth round foul, also at Melbourne.
• 21 March — McCormick loses the welterweight title toMatt Wells over 20 rounds atSydney.
• 30 March — aWorld Flyweight Championship (108 lb to 112 lb) is proposed for the first time afterJimmy Wilde defeats Eugene Husson in London. Wilde, subsequently ranked by most experts as the greatest-ever flyweight, holds the title until 1923.
• 7 April —Al McCoy defeatsGeorge Chip with a surprise first-round knockout inBrooklyn, New York, to take theWorld Middleweight Championship. McCoy holds the title until 1917.
• With a series of wins from April to November,Jack Dillon resolves the long-standing issue of the vacantWorld Light Heavyweight Championship in his favour. He defeatsBattling Levinsky,Bob Moha, Frank Mantell and Charley Weinert to claim the title, which he holds until 1916.
• 3 June —Kid Williams defeatsJohnny Coulon by a third-round knockout at Vernon, California, to win theWorld Bantamweight Championship. Williams holds the title until 1917.
• 7 July —Freddie Welsh defeatsWillie Ritchie over 20 rounds in London to win theWorld Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until 1917.

Lineal world champions^[3]

• World Heavyweight Championship –Jack Johnson
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant →Jack Dillon
• World Middleweight Championship –George Chip →Al McCoy
• World Welterweight Championship – vacant →Waldemar Holberg →Tom McCormick →Matt Wells
• World Lightweight Championship –Willie Ritchie →Freddie Welsh
• World Featherweight Championship –Johnny Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship –Johnny Coulon →Kid Williams
• World Flyweight Championship –Jimmy Wilde

• TheHamilton Alerts operate independently of a union for several years
• Interprovincial Rugby Football Union -Toronto Argonauts
• Ontario Rugby Football Union -Hamilton Rowing Club
• Western Canada Rugby Football Union -Regina
• Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union -University of Toronto
• 6th Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts defeat University of Toronto 14-2

Events

• The1914 English cricket season is cancelled at the end of August because of the outbreak of theFirst World War. The last four matches to be played all finish on 2 September and the remaining five scheduled fixtures are cancelled.

England

• County Championship –Surrey
• Minor Counties Championship – undecided
• Most runs –Jack Hobbs 2697 @ 58.63 (HS 226)
• Most wickets –Colin Blythe 170 @ 15.19 (BB 9–97)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year –Johnny Douglas,Percy Fender,Wally Hardinge,Donald Knight,Sydney Smith

Australia

• Sheffield Shield –New South Wales
• Most runs –Charlie Macartney 892 @ 111.50 (HS 201)
• Most wickets –Charles Kelleway 45 @ 12.68 (BB 7–35)

India

• Bombay Quadrangular –Hindus shared withMuslims

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield –Canterbury

South Africa

• Currie Cup –Western Province

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Tour de France

• Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 12thTour de France^[4]

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion –Gosta Sandahl (Sweden)
• World Women's Champion –Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
• World Pairs Champions –Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers /Walter Jakobsson (Finland)

Major tournaments

• British Open –Harry Vardon
• US Open –Walter Hagen

Other tournaments

• British Amateur – J L C Jenkins
• US Amateur –Francis Ouimet

England

• Grand National – Sunloch
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes –Princess Dorrie
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Kennymore
• The Derby –Durbar^[5]
• The Oaks – Princess Dorrie
• St. Leger Stakes –Black Jester

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Kingsburgh

Canada

• King's Plate – Beehive

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Civil War
• Irish Derby Stakes – Land of Song

USA

• Kentucky Derby – Old Rosebud
• Preakness Stakes – Holiday
• Belmont Stakes –Luke McLuke

Stanley Cup

• Toronto Blueshirts wins theNational Hockey Association (NHA)championship and their firstStanley Cup.

Events

• Victoria Aristocrats wins thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA)championship
• Blueshirts play Aristocrats in a challenge series with Blueshirts winning by three games to nil. The NHA and PCHA agree to start an annual playoff in 1915 to decide the Stanley Cup winner.
• Regina Victorias wins theAllan Cup

The Boat Race

• 28 March —Cambridge wins the 71stOxford and Cambridge Boat Race^[6]

International

• 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand

England

• Championship –Salford
• Challenge Cup final –Hull F.C. 6–0Wakefield Trinity atThrum Hall,Halifax
• Lancashire League Championship –Wigan
• Yorkshire League Championship –Huddersfield
• LancashireCounty Cup –Oldham 5–0Wigan
• YorkshireCounty Cup –Huddersfield 19–3Bradford Northern

Australia

• NSW Premiership –South Sydney (outright winner)

New Zealand

• 1914 New Zealand rugby league season

Five Nations Championship

• 32ndFive Nations Championship series is won byEngland who complete theGrand Slam

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion –Oscar Mathisen (Norway)

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship –Arthur O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeatsGerald Patterson (Australia) 6–4 6–3 5–7 6–1

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship –Norman Brookes (Australia) defeatsAnthony Wilding (New Zealand) 6–4 6–4 7–5
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship –Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (GB) defeatsEthel Thomson Larcombe (GB) 7–5 6–4

France

• French Men's Singles Championship –Max Decugis (France) defeatsJean Samazeuilh (France) 3–6 6–1 6–4 6–4
• French Women's Singles Championship –Marguerite Broquedis (France) defeatsSuzanne Lenglen (France) 5–7 6–4 6–3

USA

• American Men's Singles Championship –Richard Norris Williams (USA) defeatsMaurice McLoughlin (USA) 6–3 8–6 10–8
• American Women's Singles Championship –Mary Browne (USA) defeatsMarie Wagner (USA) 6–2 1–6 6–1

Davis Cup

• 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 3–2 United States atWest Side Tennis Club (grass)New York City,United States

• 1914 America's Cup –Resolute competes against theVanitie but the race is cancelled due to the onset ofWorld War I.^[7]

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