Years in sports:	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Cricket 3 Football (Soccer) 4 Golf 5 Horse racing 6 Hurling 7 Lacrosse 8 Rowing 9 Births 10 Deaths

Baseball

• The National League agrees that no one else will hire any of five players listed by each club, the first reserve lists.

Cricket

• 2 January-4 January, Sydney - Only Test between Australia and England. Australia win by 10 wickets.
• 2 January, Sydney - Fred Spofforth of Australia claims the first hat-trick in Test cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Football (Soccer)

• March 29 FA Cup - Old Etonians beat Clapham Rovers 1-0
• April 5 - James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers becomes England's youngest player, a record that stands for more than 123 years, until broken by Wayne Rooney in 2003.

Golf

• British Open - Jamie Anderson

Horse racing

• May 20 - Lord Murphy wins the Kentucky Derby

Hurling

• The Irish Hurling Union formalises the sport of Hurling for the first time.

Lacrosse

• The U.S. Amateur Lacrosse Association is formed and they adopt the Canadian rules.

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Births

• May 23 — Dezső Lauber, Hungarian all-round sportsman (d. 1966)
• June 3 — Vivian Woodward, English amateur football player (d. 1954)
• December 29 — Gerald Logan, British field hockey player

Deaths