1877 in sports
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Baseball

• Star pitcher Jim Devlin and three other Louisville Grays are permanently expelled from the National League for arranging with gamblers to lose games. (Louisville finishes seven games behind Boston.)

Cricket

• Australia defeats England in the first Test match by 45 runs

Football (Australian rules football)

• Victorian Football Association is formed. This was initially the highest level of the sport, until surpassed in 1897 by the Australian Football League (then known as the Victorian Football League.)
• The initial premiers were Carlton FC.

Football

• March 24 FA Cup Wanderers F.C. beat Oxford University 2-1 (after extra time)

Horse Racing

• May 22 - Baden-Baden wins the Kentucky Derby

Lacrosse

• November - The first intercollegiate lacrosse game is held between New York University and Manhattan College

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Dead Heat

Tennis

• First open tournament held at Wimbledon

Births

• January 4 — Otto Herschmann, Austrian swimmer (d. 1942)
• November 22 — Joan Gamper, Swiss-Catalan footballer and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)