1909 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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American football
College championship
Association football
England
- The Football League – Newcastle United 53 points, Everton 46, Sunderland 44, Blackburn Rovers 41, The Wednesday 40, Woolwich Arsenal 38
- FA Cup final – Manchester United 1–0 Bristol City at Crystal Palace, London
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Glasgow Celtic
- Scottish Cup final – competition cancelled following a riot at a replay between Rangers and Celtic; the first match was drawn 2–2 and the replay ended 1–1
International football
- West Auckland Town, an English amateur team, defeats FC Winterthur of Switzerland 2–0 to win the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the earliest international club competitions
Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
- South Melbourne wins the 13th VFL Premiership: South Melbourne 4.14 (38) d Carlton 4.12 (36) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Bandy
Sweden
Baseball
World Series
- Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) defeats Detroit Tigers (AL) by 4 games to 3
Boxing
Events
- 19 June — Monte Attell wins the World Bantamweight Championship joining his brother Abe Attell, who holds the World Featherweight Championship, as the first pair of brothers to hold world titles simultaneously.
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
- World Middleweight Championship – Stanley Ketchel
- World Welterweight Championship – vacant
- World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson
- World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
- World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Walsh → "Fighting" Jimmy Reagan → Monte Attell
Canadian football
Grey Cup
- Inaugural Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – University of Toronto Varsity Blues 26–6 Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club
Cricket
Events
- 15 June — representatives of England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's to form the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC)
England
- County Championship – Kent
- Minor Counties Championship – Wiltshire
- Most runs – Ernie Hayes 2105 @ 36.29 (HS 276)
- Most wickets – Colin Blythe 215 @ 14.54 (BB 9–42)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Warren Bardsley, Sydney Barnes, Douglas Carr, Arthur Day, Vernon Ransford
Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Vernon Ransford 825 @ 103.12 (HS 182)
- Most wickets – Jack O'Connor 40 @ 23.00 (BB 7–36)
India
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
Cycling
Tour de France
- François Faber (Luxembourg) wins the 7th Tour de France
Eton Wall Game
Events
- 30 November — a goal is scored in the St. Andrew's Day match at Eton College, the last time this has happened in the St. Andrew's Day game (the most important match of the year) though points have been scored by other methods
Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
- World Women's Champion – Lily Kronberger (Hungary)
- World Pairs Champions – Phyllis Johnson and James H. Johnson (Great Britain)
Golf
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
- British Amateur – Robert Maxwell
- US Amateur – Robert A. Gardner
Horse racing
England
- Grand National – Lutteur III
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Electra
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Minoru
- Epsom Derby – Minoru
- Epsom Oaks – Perola
- St. Leger Stakes – Bayardo
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Prince Foote
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Shimonese
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Little Hack II
- Irish Derby Stakes – Bachelor's Double
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Wintergreen
- Preakness Stakes – Effendi
- Belmont Stakes – Joe Madden
Ice hockey
Stanley Cup
- March 1909 — Ottawa Hockey Club wins the Eastern Canada Hockey Association (ECHA) championship and the Stanley Cup
- March 1909 — Renfrew Creamery Kings win the Federal Hockey League championship and challenge for the Stanley Cup, but cannot play because the Stanley Cup trustees rule their players are ineligible
Amateur hockey
- February 1909 — the Allan Cup is donated to be the amateur championship hockey trophy of Canada
- March 1909 — Ottawa Cliffsides win the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union (IPAHU) and the Allan Cup. The Cliffsides then lose a challenge to Queen's College of Kingston, Ontario.
Professional hockey
- November 1909 — ECHA disbands over the plans of the Montreal Wanderers to change rinks. Two rival leagues are founded, splitting the top rival team. The Canadian Hockey Association is formed with Ottawa HC and the National Hockey Association (NHA) with the Montreal Wanderers. The NHA is founded by the president of the Renfrew team, who is seeking a chance at the Stanley Cup. The CHA will disband in January 1910, and the NHA takes in Ottawa and Montreal Shamrocks from the CHA.
- December 1909 — NHA inaugurates a new team "Les Canadiens" which is the basis of today's Montreal Canadiens
Motor racing
Grand Prix racing
- There is no Grand Prix racing from 1909 to 1911
Vanderbilt Cup
- The 5th running of the Vanderbilt Cup is the only major race in 1909. It is again run at Long Island over 258.06 miles (23.460 miles x 11 laps). The winner is Harry Grant (USA) driving an ALCO-Berliet.
Rowing
The Boat Race
- 3 April — Oxford wins the 66th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league
International
- 10 February — Great Britain defeats Australia to claim the first ever Ashes series in the final match of the 1908/09 Kangaroo Tour of Great Britain
England
- Championship – Wigan
- Challenge Cup final – Wakefield Trinity 17–0 Hull at Headingley Stadium, Leeds
- Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
- Yorkshire League Championship – Halifax
- Lancashire Cup – Wigan 10–9 Oldham
- Yorkshire Cup – Halifax 9–5 Hunslet
Australia
Rugby union
Home Nations Championship
- 27th Home Nations Championship series is won by Wales
- As Wales also defeats France in a 1909 non-championship match, its team is retrospectively regarded as a Grand Slam winner
Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (NZ) defeats Ernie Parker (Australia) 6–1 7–5 6–2
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Arthur Gore (GB) defeats Josiah Ritchie (GB) 6–8 1–6 6–2 6–2 6–2
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dora Boothby defeats Agnes Morton 6–4 4–6 8–6
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats Maurice Germot: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Gallay: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned defeats William Clothier 6–1 6–2 5–7 1–6 6–1
- American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman defeats Maud Barger-Wallach 6–0 6–1
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