1868 in sports

Years in sports:	1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Golf 3 Lacrosse 4 Rowing 5 Births 6 References

Baseball

• A few clubs count base hits and total bases on hits for every player, beside the commonplace "official scoring" of runs and times put out (hands lost)
• In December the National Association permits full professionalism for 1869. The Cincinnati Red Stockings recruit with great success.

Golf

• British Open - Tom Morris, Jr.

Lacrosse

• White players in Upstate New York begin playing lacrosse and it spreads through the New York City metropolitan area, where teams are soon organized.^[1]

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
• The world champion "Paris Crew" from Saint John, New Brunswick wins the Championship of America in Springfield, Massachusetts

Births

• January 2 — Arthur Gore, British tennis player (d. 1928)
• April 25 — Ernst Linder, Swedish horse rider (d. 1943)
• July 22 — Jim Hall, Australian middleweight boxer (d. 1913)
• November 18 — Driekske van Bussel, Dutch archer (d. 1951)

References

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