1864 in sports

Years in sports:	1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867

1864 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Association football[]

Events

• 7 December — Notts County, then called Notts FC, is formally established and remains the oldest club in the Football League

Australian rules football[]

• Carlton Football Club was founded in Victoria on July.^{[citation needed]}

Baseball[]

National championship

• National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Atlantics

Events

• The Atlantic club of Brooklyn, New York suffers only one early tie. One match is at Rochester against the Young Canadian club of Woodstock, Ontario, 75–11.
• New rules empower the umpire to "call" balls (bad pitches) and eventually award first base on balls, practically limiting the number of pitches and the length of each batsman's turn.

Boxing[]

Events

• Tom King retires and the English Championship becomes vacant till 1866.^[1]
• American Champion Joe Coburn tries unsuccessfully to set up a fight with former English Champion Jem Mace. There are challenges to Coburn from Mike McCoole and Jimmy Elliott.^[2]

Cricket[]

Events

• Law 10 is rewritten by MCC to allow a bowler to bring his arm through at any height providing he keeps it straight and does not "throw" the ball. The issue of overarm bowling has crystallised in the Willsher-Lillywhite incident of August 1862.
• The concept of a champion county gains popularity when newspapers begin to publish tables of inter-county match results
• 12 January — formation of Lancashire County Cricket Club at a meeting in Manchester
• 27–29 January — Otago v. Canterbury at Dunedin is the start of first-class cricket in New Zealand
• Madras v. Calcutta is the start of first-class cricket in India
• First issue of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

England

• Most runs – Will Mortlock 855 @ 34.20 (HS 105)
• Most wickets – James Grundy 99 @ 11.31 (BB 9–19)

Golf[]

Major tournaments

• British Open – Tom Morris senior

Horse racing[]

Events

• Inaugural running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Springs, New York is won by Kentucky

England

• Grand National – Emblematic
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tomato
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – General Peel
• The Derby – Blair Athol
• The Oaks – Fille de l'Air
• St. Leger Stakes – Blair Athol

Australia

• Melbourne Cup – Lantern

Canada

• Queen's Plate – Brunette

Rowing[]

The Boat Race

• 19 March — Oxford wins the 21st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Other events

• 29 July — Yale wins the fifth Harvard–Yale Regatta, its first victory. The Race is resumed after three years off although the American Civil War will continue to next April.

Rugby football[]

Events

• Foundation of Huddersfield RLFC which is the oldest Rugby Football League member

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