1878 in sports in Encyclopedia

FA Cup final The Wanderers 1 0 Royal Engineers at The Oval. The Wanderers become the first team to complete a hat trick of FA Cup wins and it is their fifth (and final) win in total.
Accrington FC, known as "Th' Owd Reds", is founded in 1878 by the town cricket club and plays at Thorneyholme Road, which remains the home of Accrington Cricket Club to the present. Accrington FC, which folds in 1893, is not the same club as Accrington Stanley, which begins in 1891 as Stanley Villa (i.e., founded by residents of Stanley Street in Accrington). After the demise of Accrington FC in 1893, Stanley Villa decides to adopt the town's name and becomes Accrington Stanley.
Everton FC founded as St Domingo s, a chapel team with a pitch on Stanley Park in Liverpool. The present name is adopted the following year at a pub meeting.
Ipswich Town founded and known as Ipswich A.F.C. until 1888 when it merges with Ipswich Rugby Club to form Ipswich Town Football Club
Manchester United founded as Newton Heath Cricket & Football Club by employees of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Stoke Ramblers merges with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club, and becomes Stoke Football Club (in 1928, it is renamed Stoke City).
West Bromwich Albion founded as West Bromwich Strollers by workers at Salter s Spring Works in West Bromwich. They become Albion in 1879.

Scotland

Baseball

National championship

Events

Harry Wright leads Boston Red Caps to another pennant, once again with brother George Wright at shortstop and Andy Leonard in the outfield. This is six wins in seven years for them all, plus their membership of the 1869 70 Cincinnati Red Stockings.

Events

Harry Buermeyer of the New York Athletic Club became the first official amateur heavyweight boxing champion in America, while recording the first knockout at Madison Square Garden by beating George Lee of the Union Athletic Club of Boston.^[1]
A number of fights scheduled to involve one or two of Joe Goss, Paddy Ryan and John J. Dwyer are all cancelled. Goss retains his American Championship title in his weight division.^[2]

Events

Australia makes the inaugural first-class tour of England by an overseas team. The tour is a great success but includes no Test matches.
25 27 July Lancashire versus Gloucestershire at Old Trafford is the first time that Gloucestershire visits Old Trafford and it causes ground records to be established. The match is drawn after rain interruptions but it earns a special place because it ultimately forms the nostalgic inspiration for the famous poem At Lord's by Francis Thompson.
31 July official formation of Northamptonshire CCC at a meeting in the George Hotel, Kettering.