1929 in sports
# 1929 in sports

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

## American football

* 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

Ecuador

* Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.

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 Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg

## Australian rules football

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

Sweden

* Championship final – IF Göta 5-1 Västerås SK

## Baseball

* 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

ABL Championship

* Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0)

Europe

* Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.

France

* Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.

## Boxing

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

* 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

Grey Cup

* 17th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 14–3 Regina Roughriders

## Cricket

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

Tour de France

* Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France

## Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

* World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
* World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
* World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)

## Golf

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

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
* 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

Stanley Cup

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

## Lacrosse

Events

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

## Nordic skiing

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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

## Rowing

The Boat Race

* 23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

## Rugby league

* 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

Five Nations Championship

* 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

## Snooker

World Championship

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

## Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

* Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)

## Tennis

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 – René 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
