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BOAT RACE

Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

FOOTBALL ( SOCCER )

beat Royal Engineers 1–0 at the Kennington Oval .

and England draw 0-0.

BIRTHS

January 11 — Wilfred Baddeley , British tennis player (d. 1929 )

January 26 — Arthur Blake , American athlete (d. 1944 )

April 25 — C. B. Fry , England cricketer and rugby international, long jump champion

August 18 — Adolf Schmal , Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919 )

October 14 — Momcsilló Tapavicza , Hungarian tennis player, weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1949 )