1860 Olympics beat St. George, 25-17 at St. Georges Cricket Grounds, Philadelphia in first baseball game played in enclosed field1893 For only time in history
Category: On This Day
1827 1st US swimming school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms1868 All England Lawn Tennis Club is founded as The All England
1859 Underarm slow right arm bowler V E Walker takes 10-74 in 1st innings for an All-England Cricket XI v Surrey CCC at The Oval
1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord’s1888 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Lottie Dod retains her title beating Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-3, 6-31921 Indians (9) & Yankees
1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18)1896 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Harold Mahony beats 3-time champion Wilfred Baddeley
1877 1st Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 27-year-old English rackets player Spencer Gore wins inaugural event; beats William Marshall 6-1, 6-2, 6-41884 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Maud Watson
1878 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Frank Hadow makes his lone Wimbledon appearance, and wins; beats defending champion Spencer Gore 7-5, 6-1, 9-71893 Australian Harry Graham scores
1882 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Defending champion William Renshaw beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-21885 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Defending champion Maud Watson
1883 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-31888 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: 3-time
1815 1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill1876 Baseball’s first official no-hitter: George Bradley of the St Louis Brown