1930 in sports

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

Contents 1 American football 2 Association football 2.1 England 3 Australian rules football 4 Basketball 5 Cricket 6 Golf 7 Ice hockey 8 Horse Racing 9 Snooker 10 Yacht racing 11 Multi-sport events 12 References

American football

• Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10–3–1.

Association football

• FIFA World Cup – the first World Cup is held in Uruguay. Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in the final.

England

• First Division – Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929–30 title.
• FA Cup – Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2–0.

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)

Basketball

• The South American Basketball Championship 1930, won by Uruguay, is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play in Montevideo.

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.

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

• Women's Western Open – Mrs. Lee Mida

Ice hockey

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins 2–0

Horse Racing

• May 17 – Gallant Fox wins the Kentucky Derby

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship – Joe Davis beats Tom Dennis 25–12 YO

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

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

References

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