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ATHLETICS

C. B. Fry equals the world record for the Long Jump of 23 ft. 5in - the record stands for 18 months.

BASKETBALL

First official game of basketball played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts .

BOAT RACE

Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

CRICKET

County Cricket Championship - Surrey

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

Football League - Sunderland win the 1891-92 title.

FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion beat Aston Villa 3-0.

The Football League absorbs the Football Alliance , and divided into two divisions. The First Division contains sixteen teams (mostly former League clubs), and the Second Division contains twelve (mostly former Alliance clubs) for the 1892-93 season.

Netherlands

Vitesse Arnhem , a Dutch football club, is founded on May 14 .

HORSE RACING

May 11: African-American jockey Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton , age 15, became the youngest rider to ever win the Kentucky Derby .

ICE SKATING

The International Skating Union , the governing body for ice skating, founded in the Netherlands.

BIRTHS

November 3 — Lindley Murray , American tennis player (d. 1970 )

December 17 — Sam Barry , Hall Of Fame basketball coach (d. 1950 )

DEATHS