1865 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Association football

Events

  • Nottingham Forest, then called Forest FC, is founded in December by its parent hockey club. It is the third oldest club in the Football League after Notts County and Stoke City. Forest and Notts County play each other twice in the 1865–66 season so the Nottingham derby is the oldest fixture among teams playing in major association football leagues worldwide.

Baseball

National championship

Events

  • The champion Atlantic club of Brooklyn, New York wins all 18 matches, a two-season run with one tie.
  • In double contrast to the first war year 1861, National Association membership remains low but baseball-season travel and competition increase.

Boxing

Events

  • With Tom King having retired, the English Championship remains vacant.[1]
  • American Champion Joe Coburn refuses to fight his challengers and the title is claimed by Bill Davis, Mike McCoole and Jimmy Elliott.[2]
  • 2 November — Jimmy Elliott is about to fight Bill Davis at Point Pelee Island in Canada when police intervene and the event is cancelled; the title remains vacant with the same three claimants.[3]

Cricket

Events

England

Golf

Major tournaments

Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby football

Events

References

  1. Cyber Boxing Zone – English champions. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  2. Cyber Boxing Zone – Joe Coburn. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  3. Cyber Boxing Zone – Jimmy Elliott. Retrieved on 8 November 2009.
  4. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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