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1 Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

2 Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Surrey
• The Ashes - Australia beat England 1–0

3 Cycling

• Bordeaux - Paris road race won by Constant Huret

4 Football ( Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Fitzroy wins the 3rd VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 3.9 (27) d South Melbourne 3.8 (26))
  • See also Victorian Football League season 1899Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1899 . Season 1898 Season 1899 Season 1900 See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. Grand Final Fitzroy defeated South Melbourne 3. 9 (27) to 3. For an explanat

5 Football (Soccer)

• English FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup commonly known as the FA Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its presti - Sheffield United beat Derby County 4–1
• German Football Team Eintracht FrankfurtThe biggest and most successful club team in Frankfurt, Eintracht (meaning United) have traditionally played in the top German football league or thereabouts. A founding member of the Bundesliga, they suffered relegation from the top division for the firs was founded

6 GolfThis article is about the sport of golf. For other meanings, see Golf (disambiguation). Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. It is defined in the Rules of Golf as playing a ball with

• US OpenThe United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual event run by the United States Golf Association. US Opens are held for both men and women; each is among the most important tournaments in the sport. The men's version is part of the PGA TOUR and the wom - Willie Smith wins the men's tournament

7 Births

• May 24 – Suzanne Lenglen, future tennis great (d. 1938)
• August 3 – Louis Chiron, Grand Prix motor racing champion (d. 1979)