1865 in sports

Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868

1865 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] Association football

Nottingham Forest, then called Forest FC, is founded in December by its parent hockey club. It is the third oldest club in the Football League after Notts County and Stoke City. Forest and Notts County played each other twice in the 1865–1866 season so the Nottingham derby is the oldest fixture among teams playing in major association football leagues worldwide.

National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Atlantics
The champion Atlantic club of Brooklyn, New York wins all 18 matches, a two-season run with one tie.
In double contrast to the first war year 1861, National Association membership remains low but baseball-season travel and competition increase.

With Tom King having retired, the English Championship remains vacant
American Champion Joe Coburn refuses to fight his challengers and the title is claimed by Bill Davis, Mike McCoole and Jimmy Elliott
2 November – Jimmy Elliott is about to fight Bill Davis at Point Pelee Island in Canada when police intervene and the event is cancelled; the title remains vacant with the same three claimants

Events

15-16 February – earliest inter-colonial match in the West Indies is Barbados v. Demerara (now Guyana) at Bridgetown; recognised as the start of West Indian first-class cricket.
3 March – formation of Worcestershire CCC.
22 June – WG Grace, still only 16, makes his first-class debut playing for Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the South
Thomas Humphrey is the first batsman to score 1000 runs in an English first-class season

Honours – England

Steeplechases

Flat races

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Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868