1930 in sports
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1930 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 |
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[edit] American football
- Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10–3–1.
[edit] Association football
- FIFA World Cup – the first World Cup is held in Uruguay. Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in the final.
[edit] England
- First Division – Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929–30 title.
- FA Cup – Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2–0.
[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League
- Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 14.16 (100) d Geelong 9.16 (70))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray) and Harry Collier (Collingwood)
[edit] Basketball
- The South American Basketball Championship 1930, won by Uruguay, is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play in Montevideo.
[edit] Cricket
- 10 January–13 January, Christchurch – New Zealand plays its first Test match, against [. England won by 8 wickets. England won the 4–Test series 1–0.
[edit] Golf
Men's professional
- June 18–20 – British Open – Bobby Jones
- July 10–12 – U.S. Open – Bobby Jones
- September 13 – PGA Championship – Tommy Armour
Men's amateur
- May 31 – British Amateur – Bobby Jones
- September 27 – U.S. Amateur – Bobby Jones becomes the only golfer to win the Grand Slam.
Women's professional
[edit] Ice hockey
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins 2–0
[edit] Horse Racing
- May 17 – Gallant Fox wins the Kentucky Derby
[edit] Snooker
- World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 25–12 YO
[edit] Yacht racing
- The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 4 races to 0
[edit] Multi-sport events
- First British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Ontario
- 9th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo, Empire of Japan
[edit] References
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