1872 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

College championship

Events

International

England

  • 16 March — inaugural FA Cup final. The Wanderers 1–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval in London. The goal is scored by Morton Betts. In its way, this first final marks the beginning of major competitive football.
  • The FA rules that the ball must have a circumference of between 68 cm and 71 cm. It must be spherical and must consist of an India rubber bladder enclosed within a casing made of leather or another approved material. Also, the ball must weigh at least 396 grams but no more than 453 grams. The prescribed weight is interesting because leather balls will become notorious for gaining weight when wet: the weight can almost double if the ball gets really soaked.

Scotland

  • February — Rangers F.C. is formed in Glasgow by four friends. The team's first pitch is on common land at Flesher's Haugh, Glasgow Green.

National championship

Events

Events

  • No fights of note take place in 1872. American Champion Mike McCoole and his challengers are inactive.[3]

Events

  • An experiment takes place at Lord's to study the effects of covering the pitch before the start of a match, the first time this is known to have been tried.[4]

England

Major tournaments

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

The Boat Race

Events

References

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  1. ^ "140 years since the first Scotland-England game". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Essendon Football Club | Australian Sports Foundation". asf.org.au. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ Cyber Boxing Zone – Mike McCoole. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  4. ^ Bowen, p.284.
  5. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

Bibliography

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  • Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970