1923 in sports

1923 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

NFL championship

Canton Bulldogs (11–0–1)

College championship

Illinois Fighting Illini – college football national championship

Association football

Bulgaria

Formation of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU)

England

Aston Villa
46
White Horse Final
", is the inaugural Wembley final.
The
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
.

Germany

Union Oberschöneweide
at Berlin

Romania

Grivita
workshops.

Spain

Real Club Fortuna de Vigo
.
Club Deportivo Villarreal, official founded on March 10, as predecessor for Villarreal CF.^{[citation needed]}

Turkey

Formation of the Turkish Football Federation (Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu or TFF)
Genclerbirligi of Ankara officially founded on March 14.^{[citation needed}
]

Athletics

Monaco

third Women's Olympiad
in Monte Carlo

UK

First British Track & Field championships for women, London

US

First American Track & Field championships for women, New Jersey

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

13 October –
1923 VFL Grand Final.^[a]

South Australian Football League

29 September – Norwood 9.12 (66) defeats North Adelaide 6.4 (40) to win its second successive SAFL premiership
Magarey Medal won by Horrie Riley (Sturt)

West Australian Football League

6 October – East Perth win its fifth consecutive premiership, beating East Fremantle 9.9 (63) to 7.4 (46)
Sandover Medal won by
"Digger" Thomas
(East Perth)

Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – Västerås SK 2-1 IF Linnéa

Baseball

World Series

10–15 October — New York Yankees (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1923 World Series by 4 games to 2

Major League Baseball

18 April — opening of the original
Bronx

Negro leagues

The
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, and Baltimore Black Sox. Hilldale wins the first pennant. Afterward the league votes for expansion to eight teams, accepting the Harrisburg Giants and the Washington Potomacs
.

The
Indianapolis ABC's, Detroit Stars, St. Louis Stars, Cuban Stars (West), Toledo Tigers, and Milwaukee Bears. The Tigers and Bears disband during the season and three teams play under "associate" status for the remainder of the season: Cleveland Tate Stars, Birmingham Black Barons, and Memphis Red Sox
.

RBI, while Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan leads in wins and strikeouts. Raleigh "Biz" Mackey is the batting leader in the ECL with Jesse "Nip" Winters
leading in most pitching categories.

There is no World Series between the two champions this year, owing to enmity between Rube Foster and the ECL president Ed Bolden

Boxing

Events

18 June —
Pancho Villa
in the 7th round in New York City
31 August — Harry Greb, arguably the greatest-ever middleweight, takes the world title when he defeats Johnny Wilson over 15 rounds in New York City
14 September —
World Heavyweight Championship
title.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dempsey

World Light Heavyweight Championship – Battling Siki → Mike McTigue

World Middleweight Championship – Johnny Wilson → Harry Greb

World Welterweight Championship – Mickey Walker

World Lightweight Championship – Benny Leonard

Eugene Criqui → Johnny Dundee

World Bantamweight Championship – Joe Lynch

Pancho Villa

Canadian football

Grey Cup

11th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Queen's University 54–0 Regina Roughriders

Cricket

Events

In a cool, damp English summer, a West Indian team is on tour, winning six and losing seven first-class matches.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Buckinghamshire

Most runs – Patsy Hendren 2934 @ 77.21 (HS 200*)
Most wickets – Maurice Tate 219 @ 13.97 (BB 8–30)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Arthur Gilligan, Roy Kilner, George Macaulay, Cec Parkin, Maurice Tate

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales

Most runs – Percy Chapman 782 @ 65.16 (HS 134*)
Most wickets – Arthur Mailey 55 @ 21.58 (BB 6–45)

India

Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

Currie Cup
– not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

Tour de France

Henri Pélissier (France) wins the 17th Tour de France^[2]

Giro d'Italia

Costante Girardengo of Maino wins the eleventh Giro d'Italia

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Fritz Kachler (Austria)
World Women's Champion – Herma Szabo (Austria)
Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers and Walter Jakobsson
(Finland)

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Roger Wethered
US Amateur – Max Marston

Horse racing

England

Grand National – Sergeant Murphy
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tranquil

2,000 Guineas Stakes – Ellangowan

The Derby – Papyrus^[3]
The Oaks – Brownhylda
St. Leger Stakes – Tranquil

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Bitalli

Canada

King's Plate – Flowerful

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Parth

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Be Careful
Irish Derby Stakes
– Waygood

USA

Kentucky Derby – Zev
Preakness Stakes – Vigil
Belmont Stakes – Zev

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

29–31 March — Ottawa Senators wins the Stanley Cup for the fifth time, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos by 2 games to 0 in the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals

Sweden

Klass I, a professional ice hockey league in Sweden, as predecessor for Swedish Hockey League, first officially game held on January 23.^{[citation needed]}

Motorsport

Multi-sport events

Far Eastern Championship Games

The 6th Far Eastern Championship Games is held at Osaka, Japan.

Rowing

The Boat Race

24 March — Oxford wins the 75th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Hull Kingston Rovers
Challenge Cup final – Leeds 28–3 Hull F.C. at Belle Vue, Wakefield
Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
Yorkshire League Championship – Hull
Leigh
Yorkshire County Cup – York 5–0 Batley

Australia

NSW Premiership – Eastern Suburbs 15–12 South Sydney (grand final)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

36th Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam.

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – Clas Thunberg (Finland)

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Pat O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeats Bert St. John (Australia) 6–1 6–1 6–3
Esna Boyd Robertson
(Australia) 6–1 7–5

England