1930 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
NFL championship
- Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10–3–1
College championship
- College football national championship – Alabama Crimson Tide and Notre Dame Fighting Irish (shared)
Association football
FIFA World Cup
- The inaugural World Cup is held in Uruguay and is won by the host nation as Uruguay defeats Argentina 4–2 in the final.
England
- The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 60 points, Derby County 50, Manchester City 47, Aston Villa 47, Leeds United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45
- FA Cup final – Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
- Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership: Collingwood 14.16 (100) d Geelong 9.16 (70) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Brownlow Medal
- The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray) and Harry Collier (Collingwood)
Bandy
Sweden
- Championship final – SK Tirfing 1-0 Djursgårdens IF
Baseball
World Series
- Philadelphia Athletics defeats St Louis Cardinals by 4 games to 2
Basketball
Events
- The South American Basketball Championship 1930 is the first major international basketball competition when four South American teams play in Montevideo and the host nation Uruguay wins the tournament.
Boxing
Events
- Max Schmeling defeats Jack Sharkey by a controversial fourth round foul punch decision to take the vacant World Heavyweight Championship title
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Max Schmeling
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Maxie Rosenbloom
- World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
- World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → "Young" Jack Thompson → Tommy Freeman
- World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell → Al Singer → Tony Canzoneri
- World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino
- World Bantamweight Championship – "Panama" Al Brown
- World Flyweight Championship – vacant
Canadian football
Grey Cup
- 18th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Toronto Balmy Beach 11–6 Regina Roughriders
Cricket
Events
- January — New Zealand plays its inaugural Test match, losing to England at Christchurch by 8 wickets. England goes on to win the series 1–0 with three matches drawn.
- Having scored 1586 runs in the 1929–30 Australian season at an average of 113.28 and including a world record individual innings of 452*, Don Bradman continues in the same vein through the Australian tour of England in 1930. Australia regains The Ashes, winning the Test series by 2–1 with two matches drawn. Bradman, with 974 runs in the series (still a world record), is the main difference between two strong teams. The highlight of the tour is Bradman's remarkable innings at Headingley in the Third Test when he makes 309 not out in a single day (his final score is 334).
England
- County Championship – Lancashire
- Minor Counties Championship – Durham
- Most runs – Don Bradman 2960 @ 98.66 (HS 334)
- Most wickets – Tich Freeman 275 @ 16.84 (BB 10–53)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Donald Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, Beverley Lyon, Ian Peebles, Maurice Turnbull
Australia
- Sheffield Shield – Victoria
- Most runs – Don Bradman 1586 @ 113.28 (HS 452*)
- Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 82 @ 23.69 (BB 7–136)
India
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
- Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
Cycling
Tour de France
- André Leducq (France) wins the 24th Tour de France
Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
- World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
- World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)
Golf
Events
- Bobby Jones becomes the only player to win the golfing Grand Slam
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
Women's professional
Horse racing
England
- Champion Hurdle – Brown Tony
- Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
- Grand National – Shaun Goilin
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Fair Isle
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diolite
- Epsom Derby – Blenheim
- Epsom Oaks – Rose of England
- St. Leger Stakes – Singapore
Australia
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Aymond
France
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Fanmond
- Irish Derby Stakes – Rock Star
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Gallant Fox
- Preakness Stakes – Gallant Fox
- Belmont Stakes – Gallant Fox
Ice hockey
Stanley Cup
- Montreal Canadiens defeats Boston Bruins by 2 games to nil
Motor racing
Grand Prix racing
- 6 April — the 2nd Monaco Grand Prix is run at Monte Carlo over 318.000 km (3.180 km x 100 laps). The winner is René Dreyfus (France) driving a Bugatti T35B in 3:41:02.6.
- 20 July — the 2nd Belgian Grand Prix is run at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps over 596.560 km (14.914 km x 40 laps). The winner is Louis Chiron (Monaco) driving a Bugatti T35C in 5:08:34.6. The race is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
- 21 September — the 16th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Pau over 395.875 km (15.835 km x 25 laps). The winner is Philippe Etancelin (France) driving a Bugatti T35C in 2:43:18.4. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXIV Grand Prix de l'ACF.
Indianapolis 500
- 30 May — 18th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Billy Arnold in a Miller-Hartz Special.
Le Mans 24 hours
- The 8th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Woolf Barnato (Great Britain) and Glen Kidston (Great Britain) driving a Bentley Speed Six over 179 laps and 2930.663 km.
Multi-sport events
British Empire Games
- Inaugural British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games are held at Hamilton, Ontario
Far Eastern Championship Games
- 9th Far Eastern Championship Games are held at Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Rowing
The Boat Race
- 12 April — Cambridge wins the 82nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Rugby league
England
- Championship – Huddersfield
- Challenge Cup final – Widnes 10–3 St Helens at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
- Lancashire League Championship – St Helens
- Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
- Lancashire Cup – Warrington 15–2 Salford
- Yorkshire Cup – Hull Kingston Rovers 13–7 Hunslet
Rugby union
Five Nations Championship
- 43rd Five Nations Championship series is won by England
Snooker
World Championship
- 4th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 25–12
Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Edgar Moon (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 6–3 6–1 6–3
- Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Sylvia Lance Harper (Australia) 10–8 2–6 7–5
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Wilmer Allison (USA) 6–3 9–7 6–4
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6–2 6–2
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Bill Tilden (USA) 3–6 8–6 6–3 6–1
- French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–2 6–1
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – John Doeg (USA) defeats Frank Shields (USA) 10–8 1–6 6–4 16–14
- American Women's Singles Championship – Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (Great Britain) defeats Anna McCune Harper (USA) 6–1 6–4
Yacht racing
America's Cup
- The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club by 4 races to 0
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