1930 in sports

1930 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

 * NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (10–3–1)
 * College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Association football
FIFA World Cup Brazil England Germany Spain Italy
 * The inaugural World Cup is held in Uruguay and is won by the host nation as Uruguay defeats Argentina 4–2 in the final.
 * São Paulo FC was established on January 25.
 * The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 60 points, Derby County 50, Manchester City 47, Aston Villa 47, Leeds United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45
 * FA Cup final – Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * National Championship – Hertha BSC 5–4 Holstein Kiel at Düsseldorf
 * La Liga won by Athletic Bilbao
 * The inaugural Serie A is won by Ambrosiana

Athletics
Czechoslovakia
 * the third Women's World Games, Prague

Australian rules football
VFL Premiership Brownlow Medal South Australian National Football League West Australian Football League
 * Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership, beating Geelong 14.16 (100) to 9.16 (70) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
 * The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray) and Harry Collier (Collingwood)
 * 4 October: North Adelaide 9.13 (67) defeats Port Adelaide 9.9 (63) for its fifth SA(N)FL premiership
 * Magarey Medal won by Walter Scott (Norwood)
 * 4 October: East Fremantle 12.15 (87) defeats South Fremantle 7.9 (51) to win its third consecutive premiership.
 * Sandover Medal won by Ted Flemming (West Perth)

Bandy
Sweden


 * Championship final – SK Tirfing 1-0 Djurgårdens IF

Baseball
World Series
 * 1–8 October — Philadelphia Athletics defeats St Louis Cardinals to win the 1930 World Series by 4 games to 2

Basketball
ABL Championship


 * Cleveland Rosenblums over Rochester Centrals (4–1)

Events
 * The South American Basketball Championship 1930 is the first major international basketball competition when four South American teams play in Montevideo and the host nation Uruguay wins the tournament.

Europe
 * Olimpia Milan, most successful professional basketball club in Italy, officially founded.
 * Club Joventut Badalona was founded in Spain

Bobsleigh
World Bobsleigh Championships
 * Inaugural world championship is held at Caux-sur-Montreux in Switzerland. It features a four-man bob event only, which is won by Italy.

Boxing
Events Lineal world champions
 * Max Schmeling defeats Jack Sharkey by a controversial fourth round foul punch decision to take the vacant World Heavyweight Championship title
 * World Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Max Schmeling
 * World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Maxie Rosenbloom
 * World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker
 * World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → "Young" Jack Thompson → Tommy Freeman
 * World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell → Al Singer → Tony Canzoneri
 * World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino
 * World Bantamweight Championship – "Panama" Al Brown
 * World Flyweight Championship – vacant

Canadian football
Grey Cup
 * 18th Grey Cup – Toronto Balmy Beach 11–6 Regina Roughriders

Cricket
Events England Australia India New Zealand South Africa West Indies
 * January — New Zealand plays its inaugural Test match, losing to England at Christchurch by eight wickets. England goes on to win the series 1–0 with three matches drawn.
 * Having scored 1586 runs in the 1929–30 Australian season at an average of 113.28 and including a world record individual innings of 452*, Don Bradman continues in the same vein through the Australian tour of England in 1930. Australia regains The Ashes, winning the Test series by 2–1 with two matches drawn. Bradman, with 974 runs in the series (still a world record), is the main difference between two strong teams. The highlight of the tour is Bradman's remarkable innings at Headingley in the Third Test when he makes 309 not out in a single day (his final score is 334).
 * County Championship – Lancashire
 * Minor Counties Championship – Durham
 * Most runs – Don Bradman 2960 @ 98.66 (HS 334)
 * Most wickets – Tich Freeman 275 @ 16.84 (BB 10–53)
 * Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Donald Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, Beverley Lyon, Ian Peebles, Maurice Turnbull
 * Sheffield Shield – Victoria
 * Most runs – Don Bradman 1586 @ 113.28 (HS 452*)
 * Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 82 @ 23.69 (BB 7–136)
 * Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus
 * Plunket Shield – Wellington
 * Currie Cup – not contested
 * Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling
Tour de France
 * André Leducq (France) wins the 24th Tour de France

Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
 * World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
 * World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
 * World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)

Golf
Events Major tournaments Other tournaments Women's professional
 * Bobby Jones becomes the first man to win the golfing Grand Slam
 * British Open – Bobby Jones
 * U.S. Open – Bobby Jones
 * PGA Championship – Tommy Armour
 * British Amateur – Bobby Jones
 * U.S. Amateur – Bobby Jones
 * Women's Western Open – Lucia Mida

Handball
25 November – The Swedish Handball Federation is established.

Horse racing
England Australia Canada France Ireland USA
 * Champion Hurdle – Brown Tony
 * Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
 * Grand National – Shaun Goilin
 * 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Fair Isle
 * 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diolite
 * The Derby – Blenheim
 * The Oaks – Rose of England
 * St. Leger Stakes – Singapore
 * Melbourne Cup – Phar Lap
 * King's Plate – Aymond
 * Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico
 * Irish Grand National – Fanmond
 * Irish Derby Stakes – Rock Star
 * Kentucky Derby – Gallant Fox
 * Preakness Stakes – Gallant Fox
 * Belmont Stakes – Gallant Fox

Ice hockey
Stanley Cup
 * 28–29 March — Montreal Canadiens defeats Boston Bruins by 2 games to 0 in the 1930 Stanley Cup Finals

Multi-sport events
British Empire Games Far Eastern Championship Games
 * Inaugural British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games are held at Hamilton, Ontario
 * 9th Far Eastern Championship Games are held at Tokyo, Empire of Japan

Nordic skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
 * 5th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1930 are held at Oslo-Holmenkollen ski jump, Norway

Rowing
The Boat Race
 * 12 April — Cambridge wins the 82nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league
England Australia
 * The Australia national rugby league team completed on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
 * Championship – Huddersfield
 * Challenge Cup final – Widnes 10–3 St. Helens at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
 * Lancashire League Championship – St. Helens
 * Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
 * Lancashire County Cup – Warrington 15–2 Salford
 * Yorkshire County Cup – Hull Kingston Rovers 13–7 Hunslet
 * NSW Premiership – Western Suburbs 27–2 St George (grand final)

Rugby union
Five Nations Championship
 * 43rd Five Nations Championship series is won by England

Snooker
World Championship
 * 4th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 25–12

Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
 * Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud (Norway)

Tennis
Australia England France USA Davis Cup
 * Australian Men's Singles Championship – Edgar Moon (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 6–3 6–1 6–3
 * Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Sylvia Lance Harper (Australia) 10–8 2–6 7–5
 * Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Wilmer Allison (USA) 6–3 9–7 6–4
 * Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6–2 6–2
 * French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Bill Tilden (USA) 3–6 8–6 6–3 6–1
 * French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–2 6–1
 * American Men's Singles Championship – John Doeg (USA) defeats Frank Shields (USA) 10–8 1–6 6–4 16–14
 * American Women's Singles Championship – Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (Great Britain) defeats Anna McCune Harper (USA) 6–1 6–4
 * 1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 4–1  at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France

Yacht racing
America's Cup
 * The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club by 4 races to 0