1874 in sports

1874 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football College championship College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs Events Harvard Crimson plays McGill Redmen under rules taken from both association football and rugby football: it is hence arguably the first game of American football as a distinctive code Association football England FA Cup final – Oxford University 2–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval, London. The Oval becomes the regular venue for the FA Cup Final with this game, after Lillie Bridge was used in 1873. All finals until 1892 are played at The Oval. March — Aston Villa founded by the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel near Aston Park in Birmingham. Bolton Wanderers founded as a Sunday School team at Christ Church, Blackburn Street, Bolton. The Football Association makes a rule change so that teams change ends at half time. The first shin pads are introduced. Scotland 21 March — inaugural Scottish Cup final is won 2–0 by Queen's Park against Clydesdale at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Hearts, Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical all founded. Baseball National championship National Association of Professional Base Ball Players champion – Boston Red Stockings (third consecutive season)