1873 in sports

1873 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football College championship College football national championship – Princeton Tigers Events 19 October — representatives of Yale Bulldogs, Columbia Lions, Princeton Tigers and Rutgers Scarlet Knights meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to codify the first set of intercollegiate football rules. Association football England FA Cup final – The Wanderers 2–0 Oxford University at Lillie Bridge in London Scotland 13 March — formation of the Scottish Football Association (SFA). Queen's Park and Third Lanark are among the original members. The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Cup, is launched by the Scottish Football Association as a knockout cup competition ahead of the 1873–74 season. Australian rules football Events St Kilda Football Club established.