title: 1929 in sports
text: # 1929 in sports
  
  1929 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
  
  ## American football
  
  * NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (12–0–1)
  * Rose Bowl (1928 season):
     * The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets won 8–7 over the California Golden Bears to share the college football national championship
  * Notre Dame Fighting Irish – college football national championship
  * 28 November – Ernie Nevers scores 6 rushing touchdowns for Chicago Cardinals against Chicago Bears
  
  ## Association football
  
  Ecuador
  
  * Emelec of Guayaquil officially founded on April 28.
  
  England
  
  * The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 52 points, Leicester City 51, Aston Villa 50, Sunderland 47, Liverpool 46, Derby County 46
  * FA Cup final – Bolton Wanderers 2–0 Portsmouth at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
  
  Germany
  
  * National Championship – SpVgg Fürth 3–2 Hertha BSC at Nuremberg
  
  ## Australian rules football
  
  VFL Premiership
  
  * Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123)
  * Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
  
  Brownlow Medal
  
  * The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Albert Collier (Collingwood)
  
  ## Bandy
  
  Sweden
  
  * Championship final – IF Göta 5-1 Västerås SK
  
  ## Baseball
  
  * April 16 - New York Yankees become 1st team to use numbers on uniforms
  
  World Series
  
  * 8–14 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeat Chicago Cubs (NL) to win the 1929 World Series by 4 games to 1.
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ABL Championship
  
  * Cleveland Rosenblums over Fort Wayne Hoosiers (4–0)
  
  Europe
  
  * Italian club Virtus Bologna, officially founded.
  
  France
  
  * Limoges CSP, was founded in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on November 13.
  
  ## Boxing
  
  Events
  
  * September — having successfully defended the World Light Heavyweight Championship this year against both Mickey Walker and James J. Braddock, Tommy Loughran relinquishes the title to fight as a heavyweight
  
  Lineal world champions
  
  * World Heavyweight Championship – vacant
  * World Light Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Loughran → vacant
  * World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
  * World Welterweight Championship – Joe Dundee → Jackie Fields
  * World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell
  * World Featherweight Championship – Andre Routis → Bat Battalino
  * World Bantamweight Championship – vacant → "Panama" Al Brown
  * World Flyweight Championship – vacant
  
  ## Canadian football
  
  Grey Cup
  
  * 17th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 14–3 Regina Roughriders
  
  ## Cricket
  
  Events
  
  * Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organises the England tour of Australia in the 1928–29 season. England retains The Ashes, winning the first four Tests against Australia and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory. But, ominously for England, a young batsman called Don Bradman makes his Test debut for Australia.
  
  England
  
  * County Championship – Nottinghamshire
  * Minor Counties Championship – Oxfordshire
  * Most runs – Frank Woolley 2804 @ 56.08 (HS 176)
  * Most wickets – Tich Freeman 267 @ 18.27 (BB 10–131)
  * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ted Bowley, K. S. Duleepsinhji, Tuppy Owen-Smith, Walter Robins, Bob Wyatt
  
  Australia
  
  * Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
  * Most runs – Don Bradman 1690 @ 93.88 (HS 340*)
  * Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 71 @ 34.25 (BB 6–109)
  
  India
  
  * Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees
  
  New Zealand
  
  * Plunket Shield – Auckland
  
  South Africa
  
  * Currie Cup – Western Province
  
  West Indies
  
  * Inter-Colonial Tournament – British Guiana
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Tour de France
  
  * Maurice De Waele (Belgium) wins the 23rd Tour de France
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  World Figure Skating Championships
  
  * World Men's Champion – Gillis Grafström (Sweden)
  * World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
  * World Pairs Champions – Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (Austria)
  
  ## Golf
  
  Major tournaments
  
  * British Open – Walter Hagen
  * US Open – Bobby Jones
  * USPGA Championship – Leo Diegel
  
  Other tournaments
  
  * British Amateur – Cyril Tolley
  * US Amateur – Jimmy Johnston
  
  ## Horse racing
  
  England
  
  * Champion Hurdle – Royal Falcon
  * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
  * Grand National – Gregalach
  * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Taj Mah
  * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Mr Jinks
  * The Derby – Trigo
  * The Oaks – Pennycomequick
  * St. Leger Stakes – Trigo
  
  Australia
  
  * Melbourne Cup – Nightmarch
  
  Canada
  
  * King's Plate – Shorelint
  
  France
  
  * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ortello
  
  Ireland
  
  * Irish Grand National – Alike
  * Irish Derby Stakes – Kopi
  
  US
  
  * Kentucky Derby – Clyde Van Dusen
  * Preakness Stakes – Dr. Freeland
  * Belmont Stakes – Blue Larkspur
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  Stanley Cup
  
  * 28–29 March — Boston Bruins defeats New York Rangers by 2 games to 0 in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals
  
  ## Lacrosse
  
  Events
  
  * The Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA).
  
  ## Nordic skiing
  
  FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  
  * 4th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 are held at Zakopane, Poland
  
  ## Rowing
  
  The Boat Race
  
  * 23 March — Cambridge wins the 81st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
  
  ## Rugby league
  
  * The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
  
  England
  
  * Championship – Huddersfield
  * Challenge Cup final – Wigan 13–2 Dewsbury at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
  * Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
  * Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
  * Lancashire County Cup – Wigan 5–4 Widnes
  * Yorkshire County Cup – Leeds 5–0 Featherstone Rovers
  
  Australia
  
  * NSW Premiership – South Sydney 30–10 Newtown (grand final)
  
  ## Rugby union
  
  Five Nations Championship
  
  * 42nd Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland
  
  ## Snooker
  
  World Championship
  
  * 3rd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 19–14
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  Speed Skating World Championships
  
  * Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)
  
  ## Tennis
  
  Australia
  
  * Australian Men's Singles Championship – Colin Gregory (Great Britain) defeats Richard Schlesinger (Australia) 6–2 6–2 5–7 7–5
  * Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Louise Bickerton (Australia) 6–1 5–7 6–2
  
  England
  
  * Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–4 6–3 6–4
  * Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Helen Jacobs (US) 6–1 6–2
  
  France
  
  * French Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Jean Borotra (France) 6–3 2–6 6–0 2–6 8–6
  * French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Simonne Mathieu (France) 6–3 6–4
  
  US
  
  * American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (US) defeats Francis Hunter (US) 3–6 6–3 4–6 6–2 6–4
  * American Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (US) defeats Phoebe Holcroft Watson (Great Britain) 6–4 6–2
  
  Davis Cup
  
  * 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 3–2 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France
  