1934 in sports

1934 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing[edit]

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 4th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held at St Moritz, Switzerland. The events are a downhill, a slalom and a combined race in both the men's and women's categories. The winners are:

Men's Downhill – David Zogg (Switzerland)
Men's Slalom – Franz Pfnür (Germany)
Men's Combined – David Zogg (Switzerland)
Women's Downhill – Anny Rüegg (Switzerland)
Women's Slalom – Christl Cranz (Germany)
Women's Combined – Christl Cranz (Germany)

American football[edit]

NFL championship

The New York Giants defeat the Chicago Bears 30–13 at the Polo Grounds, which is known as the "Sneakers Game"

College championship

College football national championship – Minnesota Golden Gophers and Alabama Crimson Tide (shared)

Association football[edit]

International

1934 World Cup held in Italy – Italy defeats Czechoslovakia 2–1 in the final.
14 November – England defeats Italy 3–2 in the "Battle of Highbury".

England

The Football League – Arsenal 59 points, Huddersfield 56, Tottenham 49, Derby 45, Manchester City 45, Sunderland 44
FA Cup final – Manchester City 2 – 1 Portsmouth (Empire Stadium, Wembley, London)

Spain

La Liga won by Athletic Bilbao

Germany

National Championship won by Schalke 04

Italy

Serie A won by Juventus

France

French Division 1 won by FC Sète

Athletics[edit]

9 June – Swiss runner Lina Aebersold sets a new world record in the women's 20 km walk in Zürich: 1:59:02.
9 – 11 August - 1934 Women's World Games, London
9 September – European Championships Marathon at Turin won by Arnas Toivonen (Finland) in a time of 2:52:29

Australian rules football[edit]

VFL Premiership

Richmond wins the 38th VFL Premiership, beating South Melbourne 19.14 (128) to 12.17 (89) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in the 1934 VFL Grand Final

Brownlow Medal

The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Dick Reynolds (Essendon)

South Australian National Football League

6 October – Glenelg win their first SANFL premiership, beating Port Adelaide 18.15 (123) to 16.18 (114)
Magarey Medal awarded to “Blue” Johnson (Glenelg)

Western Australian National Football League

13 October – West Perth 11.7 (73) defeat East Fremantle 5.9 (39) for their sixth WANFL premiership
Sandover Medal awarded to Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)

Bandy[edit]

Sweden

Championship final – Slottsbrons IF defeats IFK Uppsala 6–0 on the replay after a 1–1 tie in the first final.

Baseball[edit]

Major League Baseball[edit]

July 10 – In the second Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played at the Polo Grounds in New York City, left–handed pitcher Carl Hubbell sets a record by striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin consecutively. The catcher was Gabby Hartnett and the American League won 9–7.
October – St. Louis Cardinals defeat Detroit Tigers in the World Series, 4–3. Brothers Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean each won two games for the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals. The Detroit Tigers gave up a great battle in the series but fell short a game.

International[edit]

Australia

August – The inaugural Claxton Shield is held in Adelaide, South Australia. The host South Australian team won the tournament, defeating New South Wales and Victoria.

Japan

December 26 – Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, officially founded, as first professional baseball club in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

Basketball[edit]

Events

The South American Basketball Championship 1934 in Buenos Aires is won by Argentina.

Boxing[edit]

Events

14 June – Max Baer defeats Primo Carnera by an eleventh-round technical knockout at Long Island City to win the World Heavyweight Championship

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Primo Carnera → Max Baer
World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom → Bob Olin
World Middleweight Championship – vacant
World Welterweight Championship – Jimmy McLarnin → Barney Ross → Jimmy McLarnin
World Lightweight Championship – Barney Ross → vacant
World Featherweight Championship – vacant
World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football[edit]

Grey Cup

Sarnia Imperials defeat the Regina Roughriders 20–12^[2]

Cricket[edit]

Events

England undertake their first Test match tour of India, winning two Tests to nil
4 November – The inaugural Ranji Trophy begins with a match between Madras and Mysore at Chepauk, just over a year after Ranjitsinhji’s death.

England

County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Lancashire Second Eleven
Most runs – Harold Gibbons 2,654 @ 52.03 (HS 157)
Most wickets – Tich Freeman 205 @ 23.18 (BB 8–103)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Stan McCabe, Bill O‘Reilly, George Paine, Bill Ponsford, Jim Smith

Australia

Sheffield Shield – Victoria
Most runs – Don Bradman 1192 @ 132.44 (HS 253)
Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 66 @ 21.83 (BB 7–57)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – not contested

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

Currie Cup – Western Province

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad

Cycling[edit]

Tour de France

Antonin Magne wins the 28th Tour de France^[3]

Giro d'Italia

Learco Guerra of Maino wins the 22nd Giro d'Italia

Figure skating[edit]

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer
World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie
World Pairs Champions – Emília Rotter and László Szollás

Golf[edit]

Events

Inaugural Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, USA. Until 1939, it is known as the Augusta National Invitational Tournament.

Men's professional