1892 in sports

See also: \n1891 in sports, \nother events of 1892, \n1893 in sports and the \nlist of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents

1 Athletics 2 Basketball 3 Boat race 4 Cricket 5 Horse Racing 6 Births 7 Deaths

Athletics

\n*C. B. Fry sets a new world record for the long jump of 23 ft. 5in - the record stands for 21 years.

Basketball

\n*First official game of basketball played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Boat race

\n*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

\n*County Cricket Championship - Surrey

Horse Racing

\n*May 11: African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton, age 15, became the youngest rider to ever win the Kentucky Derby.

Births

• December 17 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach

Deaths