1904 The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.1919
Category: On This Day
1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP1913 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith’s 2nd straight
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs1923 2 ”Black Sox” sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world
1902 Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands1906 Dave Nourse takes 4 wickets and Reggie Schwarz 3 as South Africa
1888 Students from Rotterdam, Netherlands establish a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta which evolves into Sparta Rotterdam1919 Stanley Cup Final, Seattle
1905 67th Grand National: Frank Mason victorious aboard Kirkland; first Welsh-trained horse to win the event1909 National Baseball Commission rules players who jump contracts to
1883 45th Grand National: Austrian breeder, owner Count Karel Kinsky rides Zoedone to 10 length win; only 10 starters, the smallest GN field in history;
1873 English FA Cup Final, Lillie Bridge, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2-0; second consecutive title1878 40th Grand National: John Jones aboard 7/1 chance Shifnal
1879 41st Grand National: Garry Moore aboard 5/1 chance The Liberator wins by 2 lengths from Jackal1884 46th Grand National: Ted Wilson aboard 10/1 shot
1871 1st international rugby union match – Scotland 1, England 0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh1873 35th Grand National: J. M. Richardson wins aboard 20/1 shot