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BASKETBALL

The South American Basketball Championship 1930 , won by Uruguay , is the first major international basketball championship. Four South American teams play in Montevideo .

CRICKET

10 January - 13 January , Christchurch - New Zealand plays its first Test Match , against England . England won by 8 Wicket s. England won the 4-Test series 1-0.

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FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10-3-1.

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 14.16 (100) d Geelong 9.16 (70))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Stan Judkins ( Richmond ), Allan Hopkins ( Footscray ) and Harry Collier (Collingwood)

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

FIFA World Cup - the First World Cup is held in Uruguay . Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final.

England

First Division - Sheffield Wednesday win the 1929-30 title.

FA Cup - Arsenal beat Huddersfield Town 2-0.

defeat Boston Bruins 2-0

--- April 1 Montreal Canadiens 3 0 at Boston Bruins

--- April 3 Boston Bruins 3 4 at Montreal Canadiens

SNOOKER

beats Tom Dennis 25-12

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

First British Empire Games , precursor of the Commonwealth Games , held in Hamilton, Ontario

9th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Tokyo , Empire Of Japan

BIRTHS

January 8 — Éva Novák-Gerard , Hungarian swimmer (d. 2005 )

January 26 — Buddy Melges , American yachtsman

April 12 — John Landy , Australian track athlete

June 4 — Carlos Lucas , Chilean boxer

November 9 — José Águas , Angola-born Portuguese football (soccer) player (d. 2003 )

DEATHS

November 2 — Viggo Jensen , Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete (b. 1874 )

December 13 — Arthur Wharton , first black professional football player (b. 1865 )