1928 in sports

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is inaugurated.
The West Indian team touring England in the 1928 season is the first to play Test cricket but is not very successful, losing all three Tests by an innings and winning only five out of 30 first-class matches.

England

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire

Most runs – Frank Woolley 3352 @ 60.94 (HS 198)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 304 @ 18.05 (BB 9–104)
Sam Staples, Jack White

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria

Most runs – Bill Ponsford 1217 @ 152.12 (HS 437)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 42 @ 27.40 (BB 8–57)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Europeans

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Wellington

South Africa

Currie Cup
– not contested

West Indies

Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

Nicolas Frantz (Luxembourg) wins the 22nd Tour de France^[2]

Field hockey

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Gold Medal – India
Silver Medal – Netherlands
Bronze Medal – Germany

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
Willi Böckel
(Austria)
Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet
(France)

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Philip Perkins
US Amateur – Bobby Jones

Horse racing

England

Champion Hurdle –Brown Jack
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Patron Saint
Grand National – Tipperary Tim
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Scuttle

2,000 Guineas Stakes – Flamingo

The Derby – Felstead^[4]
The Oaks – Toboggan
St. Leger Stakes – Fairway

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Statesman^[5]

Canada

King's Plate – Young Kitty

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Kantar

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Don Sancho
Irish Derby Stakes
– Baytown

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

5–14 April — New York Rangers defeats Montreal Maroons in the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals by 3 games to 2

Motorsport

Nordic skiing

Olympic Games (Men's Competition)

Cross-country skiing (18 km) – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)
Cross-country skiing (50 km) – gold medal: Per-Erik Hedlund (Sweden)
Ski jumping – gold medal: Alf Andersen (Norway)
Nordic combined – gold medal: Johan Grøttumsbråten (Norway)

Olympic Games

1928 Winter Olympics

The
St Moritz
in Switzerland (February 11 - February 19)
Norway wins the most medals (15) and the most gold medals (6)

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics takes place at Amsterdam (July 28 - August 12)
United States wins the most medals (56) and the most gold medals (22)

Radiosport

Events

First ever organised radio contest is held: the ARRL International Relay Party, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League

Rowing

The Boat Race

28 March — Cambridge wins the 80th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Swinton
Challenge Cup final – Swinton 5–3 Warrington at Central Park, Wigan
Lancashire League Championship – Swinton
Yorkshire League Championship – Leeds
Lancashire County Cup – Swinton 5–2 Wigan
Yorkshire County Cup – Dewsbury 8–2 Hull

Australia

NSW Premiership – South Sydney 26–5 Eastern Suburbs (grand final)

Rugby union

Five Nations Championship

41st Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam

Snooker

World Championship

2nd World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Fred Lawrence 16–13

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

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

1928 Winter Olympics

500m – gold medal: Bernt Evensen (Norway)
1500m – gold medal: Clas Thunberg (Finland)
5000m – gold medal: Ivar Ballangrud (Norway)
10000m – cancelled due to thawing ice
All-round – removed from program

Tennis

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Jean Borotra (France) defeats Jack Cummings (Australia) 6–4 6–1 4–6 5–7 6–3
Esna Boyd Robertson
(Australia) 7–5 6–2

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – René Lacoste (France) defeats Henri Cochet (France) 6–1 4–6 6–4 6–2
Lilí de Álvarez
(Spain) 6–2 6–3

France

French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats René Lacoste (France) 5–7 6–3 6–1 6–3
Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
(Great Britain) 6–1 6–2

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Francis Hunter (USA) 4–6 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–3
Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs
(USA) 6–2 6–1

Davis Cup

1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 4–1 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

References

^ Cyber Boxing Zone
^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "British Open | Courses, History, Winners, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "MELBOURNE CUP BRILLIANTLY WON BY STATESMAN". Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950). 6 November 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[1] Cyber Boxing Zone

[2] "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[3] "British Open | Courses, History, Winners, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[4] "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] "MELBOURNE CUP BRILLIANTLY WON BY STATESMAN". Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950). 6 November 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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