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1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football [ edit ]

• NFL championship ? Green Bay Packers (12?0?1)
• Rose Bowl (1928 season):
  • The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8?7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish ? college football national championship
• 28 November ? Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears

Association football [ edit ]

Ecuador

• Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28. ^{[ citation needed ]}

England

• The Football League ? Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46
• FA Cup final ? Bolton Wanderers 2?0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London

Germany

• National Championship ? SpVgg Furth 3?2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg

Australian rules football [ edit ]

VFL Premiership

• Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123)
• Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership , beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final .

Brownlow Medal

• The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood)

Bandy [ edit ]

Sweden

• Championship final ? IF Gota 5-1 Vasteras SK

Baseball [ edit ]

• April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms

World Series

• 8?14 October ? Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1.

Basketball [ edit ]

ABL Championship

• Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4?0)

Europe

• Italian club Virtus Bologna , officially founded. ^{[ citation needed ]}

France

• Limoges CSP , was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine , on November 13. ^{[ page needed ]}

Boxing [ edit ]

Events

• September ? having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock , Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight

Lineal world champions ^[1]

• World Heavyweight Championship ? vacant
• World Light Heavyweight Championship ? Tommy Loughran → vacant
• World Middleweight Championship ? Mickey Walker
• World Welterweight Championship ? Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields
• World Lightweight Championship ? Sammy Mandell
• World Featherweight Championship ? Andre Routis → Bat Battalino
• World Bantamweight Championship ? vacant → "Panama" Al Brown
• World Flyweight Championship ? vacant

Canadian football [ edit ]

Grey Cup

• 17th Grey Cup ? Hamilton Tigers 14?3 Regina Roughriders

Cricket [ edit ]

Events

• Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928?29 season. England retains The Ashes , winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4?1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia.

England

• County Championship ? Nottinghamshire
• Minor Counties Championship ? Oxfordshire
• Most runs ? Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176)
• Most wickets ? Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10?131)
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year ? Ted Bowley , K. S. Duleepsinhji , Tuppy Owen-Smith , Walter Robins , Bob Wyatt

Australia

• Sheffield Shield ? New South Wales
• Most runs ? Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*)
• Most wickets ? Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6?109)

India

• Bombay Quadrangular ? Parsees

New Zealand

• Plunket Shield ? Auckland

South Africa

• Currie Cup ? Western Province

West Indies

• Inter-Colonial Tournament ? British Guiana

Cycling [ edit ]

Tour de France

• Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France ^[2]

Figure skating [ edit ]

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion ? Gillis Grafstrom (Sweden)
• World Women's Champion ? Sonja Henie (Norway)
• World Pairs Champions ? Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)

Golf [ edit ]

Major tournaments

• British Open ? Walter Hagen
• US Open ? Bobby Jones
• USPGA Championship ? Leo Diegel

Other tournaments

• British Amateur ? Cyril Tolley
• US Amateur ? Jimmy Johnston

Horse racing [ edit ]

England

• Champion Hurdle ? Royal Falcon
• Cheltenham Gold Cup ? Easter Hero
• Grand National ? Gregalach
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes ? Taj Mah
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes ? Mr Jinks
• The Derby ? Trigo ^[3]
• The Oaks ? Pennycomequick
• St. Leger Stakes ? Trigo

Australia

• Melbourne Cup ? Nightmarch

Canada

• King's Plate ? Shorelint

France

• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ? Ortello

Ireland

• Irish Grand National ? Alike
• Irish Derby Stakes ? Kopi

US

• Kentucky Derby ? Clyde Van Dusen
• Preakness Stakes ? Dr. Freeland
• Belmont Stakes ? Blue Larkspur

Ice hockey [ edit ]

Stanley Cup

• 28?29 March ? Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

Lacrosse [ edit ]

Events

• The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).

Motorsport [ edit ]

Nordic skiing [ edit ]

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

• 4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane , Poland

Rowing [ edit ]

The Boat Race

• 23 March ? Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league [ edit ]

• The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929?30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain .

England

• Championship ? Huddersfield
• Challenge Cup final ? Wigan 13?2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
• Lancashire League Championship ? Swinton
• Yorkshire League Championship ? Huddersfield
• Lancashire County Cup ? Wigan 5?4 Widnes
• Yorkshire County Cup ? Leeds 5?0 Featherstone Rovers

Australia

• NSW Premiership ? South Sydney 30?10 Newtown (grand final)

Rugby union [ edit ]

Five Nations Championship

• 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Snooker [ edit ]

World Championship

• 3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19?14

Speed skating [ edit ]

Speed Skating World Championships

• Men's All-round Champion ? Clas Thunberg (Finland)

Tennis [ edit ]

Australia

• Australian Men's Singles Championship ? Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6?2 6?2 5?7 7?5
• Australian Women's Singles Championship ? Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6?1 5?7 6?2

England

• Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship ? Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6?4 6?3 6?4
• Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship ? Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6?1 6?2

France

• French Men's Singles Championship ? Rene Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6?3 2?6 6?0 2?6 8?6
• French Women's Singles Championship ? Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6?3 6?4

US

• American Men's Singles Championship ? Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3?6 6?3 4?6 6?2 6?4
• American Women's Singles Championship ? Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6?4 6?2

Davis Cup

• 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge ?   France 3?2   United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris , France

References [ edit ]