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CRICKET

May 31 - India , New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference thus increasing the number of Test playing nations to six.

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14-1-1.

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 17.17 (119) d Collingwood 9.8 (62))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1925-26 title; it is the first time a club has won the League title three times in a row.

FA Cup - Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester City 1-0.

defeat the Victoria Cougars

BIRTHS

March 25 — László Papp , Hungarian boxer (d. 2003 )

March 29 — Mario D'Agata , Italian boxer

May 5 — Víctor Ugarte , Bolivian football (soccer) player (d. 1995 )

June 30 — Henk Bouwman , Dutch field hockey player (d. 1995 )

July 12 — Tiberio Mitri , Italian boxer (d. 2001 )