1887 Notre Dame football team, Season overview, 1888 games
The second game was played the next day, after the players were taken for a boat ride on St. Joseph's Lake. The game began at about 2:00 p.m. Michigan won 10–4. The spring games were a disappointment to some Michigan fans in that the Michigan football team had not allowed its opponents to score a single point since November 1883 – a span of more than four years. The Notre Dame team had scored 10 points in two games.


1887 Notre Dame football team, Season overview, 1888 games
DeHaven recalled that, when the Michigan players returned to Ann Arbor, they were booed on their arrival: "It was a badly battered team that landed in the crowded Ann Arbor depot, and we received a proper razzing for breaking a four-year record." No Michigan football team returned to play at Notre Dame until 1942.


1887 Notre Dame football team, Roster
Two rosters are officially listed on the University's record books, the first from the 1887 game and the second after the games in the spring of 1888.


1887 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1887 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 1, 1887. Incumbent Republican Joseph B. Foraker defeated Democratic nominee Thomas E. Powell with 47.73% of the vote.


1887 Open Championship
The 1887 Open Championship was the 27th Open Championship, held 16 September at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Willie Park Jr. won the Championship, a stroke ahead of Bob Martin.


1887 Open Championship
The Open was played in almost incessant rain and a cross wind. Willie Campbell was the warm favourite amongst the local crowd and was followed by the majority of the spectators. Willie Park, Jr. and Willie Fernie were paired together in the preceding group.


1887 Open Championship
Campbell made a good start reaching the turn in 35 and eventually finishing with a 77. This was enough for a four stroke lead over Bob Martin and Archie Simpson with David Brown and Willie Park Jr. a further shot behind. Ben Sayers took 83 and they were the only six players to score better than 85.


1887 Open Championship
In the second round Campbell reached the turn in 39. Park had reached the same hole in 37 but was still three behind. Playing a few groups behind Martin reached the turn in 38 and was level with Park at that point. The other contenders had faded away. Reaching the 16th hole Campbell was still two ahead of Park. Park had an excellent three at the hole. Campbell tried to carry the fairway bunker but his ball landed in the thick grass at the top of it.


1887 Open Championship
"He made a desperate effort to force it onto the green, but it proved futile, and five strokes were lost in the bunker". He eventually took nine and his chances of winning were gone. Park finished with two fives for a total of 161. In the second round he didn't have a score worse than five and wasn't in a single bunker in either round. Campbell finished one better than Park on the final two holes but was still three behind on 164. Martin couldn't quite match Park's good finish and ended a stroke behind on 162.


1887 Open Championship
The bunker at the 16th became known as “Willie Campbell’s Grave”.


1887 Orange Athletic Club football team
The 1887 Orange Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Orange Athletic Club during the 1887 college football season. The team played its home games at the Grove Street grounds in East Orange, New Jersey, and compiled a 0–1 record in their first season of football.


1887 Penn Quakers football team
The 1887 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1887 college football season. In its third and final year under head coach Frank Dole, the team compiled a 6–7 record. Penn lost five games to the Big Three (Princeton, Harvard, and Yale) by a combined score of 291 to 0.


1887 Penn State football team
The 1887 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1887 college football season. The team went  2–0 and are the school's only unscored-upon team. The quarterback of this team was George H. "Lucy" Linsz. He later changed his last name from Linsz to Lins, probably during World War I. In 1887, Penn State's school colors were dark pink and black.


1887 Penn State football team, Schedule
‡There is a date discrepancy. Bucknell lists this game as being played on November 12, 1887.


1887 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics had a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.


1887 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1887 saw the election Edwin Henry Fitler. This was the first Philadelphia mayoral election to a 4-year term. Previously, since 1862, mayoral elections had been for three-year terms.


1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season
The 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the sixth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and its first in the National League. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the standings with a record of 55–69.


1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Port Chalmers by-election
The 1887 Port Chalmers by-election was a by-election held on 6 April 1887 in the Port Chalmers electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament.


1887 Port Chalmers by-election
The by-election was caused by the death on 11 February of the incumbent MP James Macandrew.


1887 Port Chalmers by-election
The by-election was won by James Mills. As he was the only candidate nominated, he was declared duly elected.


1887 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 6 March 1887. The result was a landslide victory for the Progressive Party, which won 113 seats.


1887 Portuguese legislative election, Results
The results exclude the six seats won at national level and those from overseas territories.


1887 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1887 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 7–2 record. The Tigers held their first nine opponents scoreless, winning those games by a combined 420 to 0 score. The team then lost the last two games of the season against Harvard and Yale.


1887 Purdue football team
The 1887 Purdue football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University as an independent during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled an 0–1 record in the university's first season fielding an intercollegiate football team. Albert Berg, a deaf 23-year-old Princeton University alumnus, was the team's coach. The team of 12 players practiced for one week before playing in the school's first official football game.


1887 Purdue football team
The Purdue University football team traces its origin back to October 29, 1887, when its team fell to Butler College by a score of 48–6 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A group of students at Purdue University formed the school's first football team in 1887. Albert Berg was hired as the coach. Despite being deaf, Berg was reportedly "the only man in the territory with any knowledge of the game." Berg was 23 years old when he became Purdue's football "coacher."


1887 Purdue football team
He was paid $1 for each lesson he gave to the newly organized football team and had only one week to prepare the team for its first game. The 1887 Purdue team played its only game on October 29, 1887, against the Butler College team at Athletic Park in Indianapolis. Butler soundly defeated Berg's squad by a score of 48–6.


1887 Ramsey by-election
The 1887 Ramsey by-election was held on 30 August 1887. The by-election triggered upon succession of William Fellowes to the peerage as Baron de Ramsey. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Ailwyn Edward Fellowes.


1887 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1887 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 6, 1887. Democratic nominee John W. Davis defeated incumbent Republican George P. Wetmore with 51.50% of the vote.


1887 Richmond Colts football team
The 1887 Richmond Colts football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as an independent during the 1887 college football season.


1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1887 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored their opponents, 187 to 81. The team had no coach, and its captain was Clarence G. Scudder.


1887 SAFA season
The 1887 South Australian Football Association season was the 11th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1887 SAFA season
1887 saw Gawler, Hotham and West Adelaide join the SAFA with the last of those bearing no relation to the modern day West Adelaide Bloods.


1887 SAFA season, Premiership season, Round 4
Adelaide were on an interstate trip to Victoria to play their first ever game on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


1887 SAFA season, Premiership season, Round 16
Port Adelaide's score of 17.27 (17) was the highest total ever at the time in South Australian league football.


1887 San Diego mayoral election
The 1887 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 8, 1887 to elect the mayor for San Diego. This was the first mayoral election since the position was abolished due to an 1852 city bankruptcy. William Jefferson Hunsaker was elected Mayor with a majority of the votes.


1887 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
In 1887, the City of San Diego adopted a new charter reestablishing the office of mayor for the first time in 35 years since an 1852 city bankruptcy. In the interim, the City had been run by a board of trustees appointed by the State.


1887 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
On October 4, 1887, trade unions of San Diego met to nominate a slate of candidates to run for office on the platform of the Workingmen's Party of California. On the fourth ballot, William J. Hunsaker was selected as the Workingmen's candidate for mayor. His opponent, Daniel C. Reed ran as a Republican on the Citizen's ticket.


1887 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
On November 8, 1887, Hunsaker was elected mayor with 53.8 percent of the vote to Reed's 46.2 percent.


1887 Scottish Cup Final
The 1887 Scottish Cup Final was the 14th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1886–87 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at the second Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 12 February 1887 and was watched by a crowd of 15,000 spectators. The final was contested by the 1883 winners Dumbarton and Hibernian who had never won the competition before.


1887 Scottish Cup Final
This was only the third Scottish Cup final not to feature a team from Glasgow after the 1883 and 1885 finals.


1887 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Dumbarton had reached the final on three previous occasions losing after a replay twice to Queen's Park in 1881 and 1882 before beating Vale of Leven after a replay to lift the trophy in 1883.


1887 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Hibernian had been relatively successful in the Scottish Cup after reaching the fifth round on their first appearance in 1877–78. Their best performance prior to 1886–87 had come in the three previous seasons when they were knocked in the semi-finals. No team from Edinburgh – or indeed the East of Scotland – had previously reached the final.


1887 Scottish Cup Final, Background
The two teams had been drawn to face each other on three previous occasions. Dumbarton beat Hibernian 6–2 three times – although one was successfully protested – in 1879–80 and 1881–82 before Hibernian came out on top after a replay in 1885–86.


1887 Sonora earthquake
The 1887 Sonora earthquake occurred at 22:13 UCT on 3 May in the Teras mountain range of northwestern Mexico. It was widely felt, with some damage being recorded up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the epicenter in both Mexico and the United States. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.6 and caused 42 casualties in the town of Bavispe and 51 overall. It was the only historical earthquake to cause considerable damage in Arizona. The 1887 Tombstone Arizona newspapers mentioned lesser quakes (aftershocks) on August 27, 1887, and November 11, 1887.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Tectonic setting
The earthquake was located near the southern end of the extensional Basin and Range Province. The western margin of the Sierra Madre Occidental plateau is formed by a series of west-dipping normal faults, over a distance of at least 300 kilometres (190 mi). The earthquake occurred within this zone.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Damage
Towns near the epicenter suffered significant damage, particularly in Bavispe, where most houses were destroyed and 42 of the town's 700 inhabitants were killed. Houses of adobe construction were also destroyed in Tepic and Moctezuma. The houses were roofed with heavy log rafters that were untied to the adobe walls and fell in when the walls collapsed. The earthquake triggered many rockfalls and landslides and caused ground fissures. Moderate to severe damage occurred in northeastern Sonora, northwestern Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and the westernmost part of Texas.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Characteristics
The earthquake was associated with a surface rupture consisting of three segments with a combined length of 101.8 km, the longest normal fault rupture recorded for an earthquake in historic times. The three faults that ruptured were the Pitáycachi, Teras, and Otates faults from north to south. The magnitude of the event has been estimated as 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale from an analysis of an isoseismal map drawn up for this event, following a re-evaluation of earlier estimates of felt intensity.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Characteristics
There was a prolonged sequence of aftershocks that are interpreted to continue to the present. Particularly large aftershocks (about magnitude 5) occurred on 26 May 1907, 17 May 1913 and 18 and 19 December 1923.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Assistance and reporting
The earthquake destroyed most of the adobe houses in Bavispe and killed 42 of the town's 700 residents; Dr. George E. Goodfellow in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, loaded his wagon with medical supplies and rode 140 kilometres (87 mi) to aid survivors. The townspeople named him El Doctor Santo (The Holy Doctor), and in recognition of his humanitarian contributions, Mexican President Porfirio Diaz presented him with a silver medal that had belonged to Emperor Maximilian and a horse named El Rosillo. Goodfellow noted that it was very difficult to pin down the time of the earthquake due to the absence of time pieces or a nearby railroad, and the primitive living standards of the area's residents.


1887 Sonora earthquake, Assistance and reporting
Goodfellow returned twice, the second time in July with Tombstone photographer Camillus Sidney Fly to study and record the effects of the earthquake. He covered over 700 miles (1,100 km) on horseback but mostly on foot through the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains recording his observations. His report included the first surface rupture map of an earthquake in North America and photographs of the rupture scarp by C.S. Fly. The United States Geological Service praised his "remarkable and creditable" report, describing it as "systematic, conscientious, and thorough." The earthquake was at the time the “longest recorded normal-fault surface rupture in historic time.” His report was later described as an “outstanding study” and a “pioneering achievement”.


1887 South Australian colonial election
Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 19 March to 21 April 1887. All 52 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election.


1887 South Australian colonial election
Since the inaugural 1857 election, no parties or solid groupings had been formed, which resulted in frequent changes of the Premier. If for any reason the incumbent Premier of South Australia lost sufficient support through a successful motion of no confidence at any time on the floor of the house, he would tender his resignation to the Governor of South Australia, which would result in interested members declaring their intent to run for the vacant position. A parliamentary ballot would then take place, resulting in the member with the most votes being sworn in by the Governor as the next Premier.


1887 South Australian colonial election
However, from this election there began a growing informal division between groups of members who were loosely described as ‘conservative’ and ‘radical’ by the press. The ‘conservatives’ found their leaders in John Cox Bray and John William Downer, while the ‘radicals’ were led by John Colton, Thomas Playford and John Cockburn. The leaders often contested government against their reported allies in loose alliances, producing an element of political ‘structure’ which continued the previous term's trend toward increased government stability. The United Labor Party would be formed in 1891, while the National Defence League would be formed later in the same year.


1887 South Donegal by-election
The South Donegal by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Donegal on 2 February 1887. It arose as a result of the death of the sitting member, Bernard Kelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party, on 1 January.


1887 South Donegal by-election
The Times reported on 21 January that the seat had been offered by the Irish party leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, to the former member for Tyrone, Thomas Alexander Dickson, but that he had refused unless he could run as an 'independent Gladstonian Liberal' and would not sign the pledge required of members of the Irish Parliamentary Party; instead, it was reported that Tim Healy, who had lost his South Londonderry seat at the last general election, was to be the candidate.


1887 South Donegal by-election
On 24 January, however, it was announced that Mr Parnell had asked J. G. Swift MacNeill, Professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law at the King's Inns, Dublin, to be the candidate, saying that MacNeill's election, as a Protestant, by the Catholic electors of South Donegal would have a great effect of dispelling the fears and prejudices of Northern Protestants'.


1887 South Donegal by-election
The other nominated candidate in the by-election was Henry Monsell Munster, representing the Liberal Unionists. Munster received 933 votes; MacNeill received 4,604 and was duly declared elected. He went on to represent the constituency until 1918.


1887 South Kerry by-election
The South Kerry by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Kerry on 27 September 1887. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, John O'Connor of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In the resulting by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, Denis Kilbride, a tenant farmer, was elected unopposed.


1887 South Sligo by-election
The South Sligo by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Sligo on 7 February 1887. The sitting member, Thomas Sexton of the Irish Parliamentary Party had been re-elected in the general election of 1886, but having been elected also in the constituency of Belfast West, he chose to sit for the latter. In the ensuing by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, Edward Joseph Kennedy, was elected unopposed.


1887 South Sydney colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of South Sydney on 4 June 1887 because Bernhard Wise (Free Trade) was appointed Attorney General in the fourth Parkes ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested. Most of the ministry was not required to face a by-election as they had been appointed prior to the general election in February 1887. William Foster had been the Attorney General however he resigned on the ground that he had been promised an appointment to the Supreme Court and Henry Stephen had been appointed instead.


1887 South Sydney colonial by-election, Aftermath
With a margin of just 40 votes, William Traill challenged the result in the Elections and Qualifications Committee. The Committee consisted of 2 Free Trade members (William Trickett and Charles Garland) and 3 Protectionist members (James Garvan, Thomas Slattery and Henry Clarke). The committee scrutinised the ballot papers and held that Wise was properly elected, finding that the true result was Wise 2,611, Traill 2,571, formal 5,182, informal 62, total 5,244.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season
The 1887 Southern Rugby Football Union season was the 14th season of the Sydney Rugby Premiership. This was the fifth competition for the Gardiner Challenge Cup which was awarded to the winners of the premiership. The football season was from May till August 1887. The season culminated in the premiership, which was won by Sydney University who were crowned premiers after winning the first ever final against Arfoma.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
For the 1887 Gardiner Cup, the Southern Rugby Football Union amended the rules for entry into the competition. It was decided that all clubs within the union had the right to enter after paying the entry fee. Eleven clubs entered the competition and were added to the draw.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
Amongst the names of clubs that folded over the off-season was the name Redfern. The Redfern club had been the premiers only a few seasons prior but had succumbed to internal wars and disagreements. After the draw had been created and the first games underway, Parramatta informed the union that the club was folding.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
The union declared all games against the now defunct club as null.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
At a meeting of the union, the new rules were set for the Gardiner Challenge Cup of 1887. Amendments to the rules from previous seasons included the opening of the competition to all union clubs. It was decided that the teams entered into the competition would be entered into a ballot to determine the draw for the season and that all cup games would be held between 24 May and 1 August. Teams would be ranked according to the number of wins with byes counted as wins.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
In addition, at the conclusion of these games, the eight clubs with the best record would then be matched in further games to determine the winner of the cup. Later in the season, it was decided at a meeting of the Union to bring forward the finals and not play the final round of games.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The Sydney University Football Club completed the season without suffering defeat. Every game they played was won with ease, except for their game against Rosedale. The strength of the team was in their forwards with all players excelling at dribbling the ball. Their halfback, Paddy Flynn proved to be quick and accurate with his kicking. Many of the older and more experienced players led the way with performance. The club were considered to be worthy winners of the cup.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
Arfoma Football Club displayed great improvement over their performance of the previous season. The club finished as well-deserved runners-up to the University. Hillyar, Hill, Fallick and Ashworth proved to be performing better than ever. The team were fast and nimble. Their only fault was their small stature: weight is a major contributor to success in Rugby Football.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The Wallaroo Football Club were unfortunate to suffer a number of injuries during the season that hampered their performance on the field. Chief amongst these was their captain, C Wade, who was considered one of the best players in Sydney. Rather than see the club play short, some of their older players who had retired played a few matches to complete the team.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
Burwood had a successful season losing only their two games against Sydney University. The team boasted quality players such as Percy Chapman (their highly regarded captain), HV Harris (considered one of the best kickers in Sydney) and Samuel Chapman (brother to their captain). Burwood were considered the second best team in the premiership.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
Last seasons premiers, the Gordon Football Club, disappointed many fans of the game. Compared to the previous season the results for the club were very poor winning less than half their games. Questions were being asked as to why they had performed below expectations. The team was still able to boast excellent players and a quality captain in James O'Donnell and the administration of the club was fine. No answer was forthcoming so it was hoped that the club would perform to their previous high standard in the new year.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Finals
A "finals series" was held for the first time in 1887. At the conclusion of the main draw of games, which were scheduled to end on 30 July, the top eight ranked teams would proceed to the second round of games. For the next week, the top four teams would remain and then the top two ranked teams would compete for the cup in the third week. At a meeting of the Union it was decided to bring the finals forward to begin on 30 July.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Finals
The top eight teams qualified for the finals with games decided by ballot. Three games were played on the Agricultural Grounds with approximately 1000 people watching them. University easily defeated Newtown winning 27 to nil. Arfoma won a tight contest against Balmain 4 points to nil. Wallaroo defeated a disappointing Gordon 10 points to nil. On the Ashfield Recreation Reserve Burwood defeated Rosedale 7 to nil. Each of the winners proceeded to week 2 of the finals. The top four teams ranked by wins progressed into the Semi Finals. Both games were played on the Agricultural Ground. On the northern field University won a tight contest against Burwood 4 points to nil. On the southern field Arfoma defeated Wallaroo 9 points to nil. Approximately 2000 people were in attendance across both of the games.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Finals, Final, 13 August
The Final saw Sydney University compete against the young Arfoma club. Atrocious weather kept much of the crowds away with approximately 500 in attendance. Rain turned the ground into a quagmire and a strong wind made it hard to kick accurately. Early in the game, Arfoma unfortunately lost two of their best players to injury. Their opponents sportingly allowed them to draft in two replacements. A close contest saw the scoreline at the end of the first half being 2 points to nil in favour of University. The remaining half saw eventual winners University adding 10 points using the winds at their backs to their advantage. The final score was recorded as 12 points to nil. As a result of this win, Sydney University were declared undefeated premiers.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Junior Cup
The Junior Cup was made open for all clubs not participating in the Gardiner Cup. Players who have participated in senior games were not eligible for participating in the Junior Cup. As the cup from the previous year had been won by the Oxford club, a new cup was created and would be given to the winner of the 1887 season. Seventeen clubs entered into the competition for the Atkinson-Price Cup. At the conclusion of the season Double Bay and Elvira competed in the final for the cup. The game was an even contest with no scores made until the final minutes. Elvira won the match and the Atkinson-Price Cup.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Union Cup
It was decided that a Union Cup would be offered for all clubs who did not participate in either the Gardiner Cup or the Junior Cup. The rules for the new competition were written and were similar to both the Senior and Junior Cups. Eligible clubs were stretched to include any club who had not completed the MacGregor Cup of 1886 and second teams of existing clubs competing in the other cup competitions. Eleven clubs submitted entries for the competition. At the conclusion of the season Sydney University II and Wallaroo II competed for the Union Cup. University II won the match and the cup.


1887 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
At the conclusion of the Gardiner Cup, a New South Wales team was organised to travel to Brisbane to play Queensland in two intercolonial matches. The first match saw a close contest with the accurate boot of Exton giving Queensland the win 9 points to 8. The return match saw another tight contest. Many unsuccessful attempts to kick a goal were made by both teams with the score remaining empty at half time. New South Wales managed to score two tries in the second half to take the win 4 points to 0.


1887 St Austell by-election
The 1887 St Austell by-election was a by-election held on 18 May 1887 for the British House of Commons constituency of St Austell in Cornwall.


1887 St Austell by-election
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the serving Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP), William Copeland Borlase. It was retained by the Liberal candidate William Alexander McArthur.


1887 St Ives by-election
The 1887 St Ives by-election was held on 9 July 1887 after the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, Sir John St Aubyn being elevated to the Peerage. The seat was retained by the Liberal Unionist candidate, Thomas Bedford Bolitho, who was unopposed.


1887 St Leonards colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of St Leonards on 24 October 1887 because of the resignation of Sir Henry Parkes (Free Trade) due to insolvency, having assigned his estate for the benefit of his creditors.


1887 St. Louis Browns season
The 1887 St. Louis Browns season was the team's sixth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the sixth season in the American Association. The Browns went 95–40 during the season and finished first in the American Association, winning their third pennant in a row. In the World Series the Browns played the National League champion Detroit Wolverines, losing the series 10 games to 5.


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Regular season, Drawing the color line in baseball
Racial segregation started to become a custom in baseball about the time that eight members of the Browns withdrew from playing exhibition game in September against the New York Cubans, a prominent 'colored' team. During this time, it was a popular practice to refer to teams of African American players as Cuban, Hispanic, or Arabian to deflect the racial stigma of the time, even though many were predominantly none of the three. News accounts reported that "for the first time in the history of base ball the color line has been drawn, and that by the St. Louis Browns, who have established the precedent that white players must not play with colored men."


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Regular season, Drawing the color line in baseball
The Browns were in Philadelphia with plans to travel to New York City to play the Cuban Giants in an exhibition game. Scheduled long in advance with a "big guarantee", a crowd was anticipated in excess of 15,000 spectators. However, the night before departure to New York, eight Browns players signed a letter addressed to Von der Ahe and delivered it in person. The letter read:


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Regular season, Drawing the color line in baseball
We, the undersigned, members of the St. Louis Baseball Club, do not agree to play against negroes to-morrow. We will cheerfully play against white people at any time, and think, by refusing to play, we are only doing what is right, taking everything into consideration and the shape the team is in at present.


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Regular season, Drawing the color line in baseball
Manager and first baseman Charlie Comiskey was reportedly unaware of the letter and Ed Knouff refused to sign it. The Cuban Giants had previously played numerous exhibition games against other 'white' teams including Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Louisville, Philadelphia. This was the first reported account that any club refused to play them because of their race.


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Regular season, Drawing the color line in baseball
The cancellation of the game with the Cuban Giants was merely symptomatic of a larger trend occurring in professional baseball. The boycott occurred during the same season in which Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings threatened not to play any 'white' professional teams who hired black players and just months after the International League prohibited further signing of black players. Clearly the tide was moving toward segregation in baseball, so the St. Louis Browns' withdrawal brought wider attention to what was to become a norm in the United States. Ironically, it would be by an act 60 years later by then-former Cardinals executive in Branch Rickey that broke the color barrier in MLB when he débuted Jackie Robinson in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Staten Island Cricket Club football team
The 1887 Staten Island Cricket Club football team  was an American football team that represented the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball club during the 1887 football season. In their first year as a member of the American Football Union, the Islanders compiled a 1–3 record (all in the AFU), and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 52 to 37.


1887 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 30 October 1887. The Radical Left narrowly retained its majority in the National Council.


1887 Swiss federal election, Electoral system
The 145 members of the National Council were elected in 49 single- and multi-member constituencies using a three-round system. Candidates had to receive a majority in the first or second round to be elected; if it went to a third round, only a plurality was required. Voters could cast as many votes as there were seats in their constituency. There was one seat for every 20,000 citizens, with seats allocated to cantons in proportion to their population.


1887 Swiss federal election, Results, Summary
Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 95.5% and lowest in Zug at 18.5%.


1887 Swiss referendums
Two referendums were held in Switzerland in 1887. The first was held on 15 May, asking voters whether they approved of a federal law on spirits, and was approved by 65.9% of voters. The second was held on 10 July, asking voters whether they approved of an amendment made to article 64 of the federal constitution, and was approved by 77.9% of voters and 20.5 cantons.


1887 Swiss referendums, Background
The spirits referendum was an optional referendum, which meant that only a majority of the public vote was required for the proposal to be approved. The constitutional referendum was a mandatory referendum, which required both a majority of voters and cantons.


1887 Taunton by-election
The Taunton by-election of 1887 was held on 23 April 1887 in Taunton, Somerset, following the succession of the incumbent, Samuel Charles Allsopp, to the peerage upon the death of his father, becoming 2nd Baron Hindlip. One of Lord Hindlip's brothers, Alfred Percy Allsopp, stood for the Conservative Party, while James Harris Sanders was the candidate for the Liberal Party. Allsopp was elected, with a majority of 536 votes (23.1%).


1887 Taunton by-election
Although they had considered not contesting the election because the area was a Conservative stronghold, the Liberals decided to do so in order to generate a discussion on the issue of Home Rule for Ireland. Allsopp was in agreement with the Conservative policy, which was to maintain full governmental control over Ireland, and pass further Coercion Acts to reduce lawlessness in that country. Sanders, who had lost two previous elections for the Liberal Party, was in favour of devolution of powers to Ireland.


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Vacancy and nominations
At the 1886 general election, Samuel Allsopp held his seat in parliament unopposed for the Conservative Party. In April 1887, his father, Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip, died. As a result of this, Samuel Allsopp succeeded, entering the House of Lords as a peer. This left the parliamentary constituency of Taunton vacant. The Conservative Party offered Samuel Allsopp's brother, Alfred Percy Allsopp (commonly known as Percy Allsopp) the chance to contest the vacancy.


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Vacancy and nominations
Initially it was reported that the Liberal Party would not contest the seat if Percy Allsopp was the only Conservative candidate, but a meeting of the local executive could not reach a consensus: some believed that as the area was so strongly Conservative, a large loss would be damaging to the party, while others wanted to generate a debate on Home Rule.


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Vacancy and nominations
Despite the Taunton executive of the Conservative Party selecting Percy Allsopp as their preferred candidate, the town's Mayor, Samuel Farrant, declared that he would also stand for the Conservatives, which led to concern within that party that a split of the votes could result in a Liberal candidate being elected. Farrant later withdrew his candidacy, leaving Allsopp as the Conservative's sole representative. After their initial uncertainty, the Liberals opted to give the Taunton electorate the opportunity to show their views on Home Rule, and chose James Harris Sanders, of London, as their candidate.


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Candidates
Alfred Percy Allsopp was the seventh, and youngest, son of Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip, and at the time of the election, was resident in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He often accompanied his brother during his time in office in Taunton, and had occasionally represented him in the town. The Taunton Courier noted that at one dinner, he "made a great impression by the perspicacity of his utterances, by the breadth of view they indicated, and by his fluency of speech." He was a partner in Samuel Allsopp & Sons, which along with Guinness and Bass was one of the largest brewers in the world.


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Candidates
James Harris Sanders, commonly Harris Sanders, was born in Tavistock, Devon, the second son of Richard Sanders. Sanders had previously stood in the 1886 general election in Harborough, South Leicestershire, and in the King's Lynn by-election in the same year, losing both. The Western Times described him as "an unexceptionable candidate", while the Taunton Courier elaborated on his past election performances, and commented that he was "becoming accustomed to acting as a political ninepin".


1887 Taunton by-election, Background, Home Rule
Home Rule was the key issue in British politics in the late 1880s. The debate revolved around granting Ireland more powers to govern themselves. William Ewart Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, proposed the First Home Rule Bill in April 1886, aiming to devolve power to Ireland. The Conservatives were opposed to the Bill, and were joined by a number of Liberal members in defeating the Bill. This caused a split in the Liberal party, the creation of the Liberal Unionist Party, and a fresh general election, just a year after the last. At the 1886 general election, the Conservatives entered government with Lord Salibsury as Prime Minister. They formed a majority with the Liberal Unionists.


1887 Taunton by-election, Election campaign
At the Conservative Assembly meeting at which Allsopp was formally nominated as the party's candidate, one of his nominators, Mr J. Standfast, decried the situation in Ireland. He called upon the people of Taunton to show that they "disapproved of the murders, and robberies, and outrages which were so common in Ireland, and were not prepared to hand over to the instigators of those crimes the government of that island."


1887 Taunton by-election, Election campaign
Allsopp did not initially campaign heavily, while he grieved for his father, but he did leave an advert in the Taunton Courier stating his support for the Conservative government's position on the administration of Ireland. He noted that his views mirrored those of his brother, the previous MP. During his campaigning, Allsopp drew parallels between the 1881 Coercion Bill, which Gladstone had introduced, with the proposed Crimes Bill, which Gladstone and Sanders both opposed. He accused them of hypocrisy, and claimed that those in support of Home Rule did not understand what it meant. He spoke of his hope for the Crimes Bill to be passed, and his belief that it would end the "misery and distress" in Ireland.


1887 Taunton by-election, Election campaign
At Sanders' nomination, the Liberal candidate spoke of his "entire concurrence" with Gladstone's proposals. At a meeting shortly thereafter, Sanders seconded a resolution raised by a fellow Liberal member protesting "against the attempt to impose coercion upon Ireland for ever." Sanders then highlighted the Corrupt Practices Act, and appealed to the party members to not only avoid engaging in any corruption, but to remain honourable at all times. He spoke at length about the virtues of Liberalism, and what he described as the sad history of Ireland under English rule.


1887 Taunton by-election, Election campaign
The following Monday, which was Easter Monday, Sanders travelled to London to take part in demonstrations against the Perpetual Crimes Bill. As the election drew close, Sanders issued a statement that he had deposited £1,500 in a local bank, of which £500 would be split as rewards if people presented evidence of bribery and corruption in the election that led to a conviction. The other £1,000 was set aside for a possible petition against the election result.


1887 Taunton by-election, Election campaign
The two sides both adopted mottoes during the election: the Conservatives called for people to "Vote for Allsopp and liberty", while the Liberals used "No Coercion, vote for Sanders." Cartoons were distributed by the Liberals, illustrating the recent evictions in Ireland. In reaction, the Conservatives posted pictures of "brutal outrages" that had been recently committed in that country.


1887 Taunton by-election, Result
The vote was held on Saturday 23 April 1887, with the booths open for twelve hours from eight in the morning. There were seven polling stations across Taunton, which was busy as it was market day. The Taunton Courier reported that party colours of both sides were on display, but that there was more "Conservative blue" than the tri-colour and Union Jack of the Liberals. Campaigning continued throughout the day, but was conducted in a civil manner.


1887 Taunton by-election, Result
Two hours into the voting it was announced that a third of the constituency had voted, and the Conservatives declared that they were leading by a ratio of two to one. Bad weather in the middle of the day caused a lull in the voting, but the polls were very busy throughout the afternoon when the weather cleared, as most of the town only worked half of the day. Based upon their polling on the day, the Conservatives continued to claim victory during the afternoon.


1887 Taunton by-election, Result
The votes were counted in the Municipal Office, and the results were announced at quarter-past nine in the evening. Allsopp received 1,426 votes to Sanders' 890, granting him a 536 majority. Both Allsopp and Sanders spoke briefly to praise the Returning Officer, and Allsopp was then called upon to give a speech. During that speech, Allsopp thanked the people of Taunton, and gently mocked Sanders for the money he had banked in case of corruption.


1887 Taunton by-election, Aftermath
Despite initial suggestions that a petition would be lodged against the result by Sanders, including a strong assertion in the Pall Mall Gazette, such a petition was eventually abandoned. Allsopp entered parliament, becoming the 18th new Member of Parliament to be elected since the general election in 1886. Allsopp served as the Member for Taunton until the 1895 general election.


1887 Te Aro by-election
The 1887 Te Aro by-election was a by-election held in the single-member Te Aro electorate during the 8th New Zealand Parliament, on 15 April 1887.


1887 Te Aro by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Charles Johnston; who was replaced by Francis Humphris Fraser.


1887 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1887 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board.


1887 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Thurles won the championship after a 0-03 to 0-00 defeat of North Tipperary in the final. It was their first ever championship title.


1887 Tufts Jumbos football team
The 1887 Tufts Jumbos football team represented Tufts University in the 1887 college football season. The Jumbos finished the season with a record of 4–6.


1887 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
List of champions of the 1887 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open). The men's tournament was held from 22 August to 30 August on the outdoor Grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the 7th U.S. National Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. In 1887 the first U.S. Women's National Singles Championship was held. The event was launched at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, PA and was played after the men's tournament had ended. 17-year-old Philadelphian Ellen Hansell became the first women's champion. The men's doubles event was played at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey.


1887 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Champions, Men's Doubles
Richard D. Sears /  James Dwight defeated  Howard Taylor /  Henry Slocum 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3


1887 U.S. National Championships – Doubles
In the final, Sears and Dwight won in five sets against Taylor and Slocum.


1887 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Richard Sears won his 7th consecutive title by beating Henry Slocum in the challenge round 6–1, 6–3, 6–2, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1887 U.S. National Championships.


1887 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Ellen Hansell defeated Laura Knight 6–1, 6–0 in the final to win the inaugural event of the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1887 U.S. National Championships. It was played on outdoor grass courts and held from September 27 through October 5, 1887 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon, Philadelphia.


1887 United States House of Representatives elections
There were elections in 1887 to the United States House of Representatives:


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1887. Republican incumbent Henry L. Dawes was re-elected to a third term over opposition from within his own party, led by former Governor John Davis Long.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a majority vote of the combined houses of the Massachusetts General Court.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Background
Massachusetts had been a solidly Republican state since the start of the American Civil War. The Senate consisted of 25 Republicans and 14 Democrats, and the House consisted of 158 Republicans, 78 Democrats, and 5 independents.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Campaign
On January 10, Long supporters in the legislature moved for a binding Republican caucus to nominate a single candidate and coalesce the Republican vote. Dawes supporters killed the motion and instead substituted one for a non-binding conference. Without a binding caucus, the candidates would be put to the whole of the legislature, where Dawes could rely on his support among Democrats and independents.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Campaign
Some considered the matter to be a conclusive victory for Dawes. However, there was a chance that Long could pick up Democratic votes in the legislature, as he had in 1883.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Campaign
On January 11, both candidates conducted separate canvasses of the legislature, and each found that they would win by around 75 votes.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Campaign
On January 17, Democrats caucused and determined to cast their first ballot for Patrick A. Collins, and then to divide between Dawes and Long on subsequent ballots. Supporters of Governor George Robinson also determined to cast their ballots for Dawes after voting for Robinson in early balloting, a major blow to Long.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Balloting, First ballot
On the first ballots, Long was well behind Dawes. However, some of his supporters intentionally cast ballots for George Robinson. No candidate was close to the required majority in either house. It was generally conceded by all but the Long faction that Dawes would be re-elected given his unexpected lead in the House and rumors that Democrats would cast their votes for him tomorrow.


1887 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Balloting, Second ballot
On January 19, Democrats held a legislative conference to determine their action on the second ballot. The legislature met in joint convention to decide the election, rather than meeting as separate houses.


1887 United States Senate election in New York
The 1887 United States Senate election in New York was held from January 18 to 20, 1887, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 1) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Background
Republican Warner Miller had been elected to this seat in a special election in 1881 to succeed Thomas C. Platt who had resigned. Miller's term would expire on March 3, 1887.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Background
At the State election in November 1885, 20 Republicans and 12 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1886-1887) in the State Senate. At the State election in November 1886, 74 Republicans and 54 Democrats were elected for the session of 1887 to the Assembly. The 110th New York State Legislature met from January 4 to May 26, 1887, at Albany, New York.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Republican caucus
The caucus of Republican State legislators met on January 17, President pro tempore of the State Senate Edmund L. Pitts presided. 20 State senators and 71 assemblymen attended. Ex-Speaker of the Assembly George Z. Erwin (a Morton man) moved that a majority of all Republican legislators should be necessary to nominate, not only a majority of those present, meaning that 48 votes were required instead of 46, which was carried by a vote of 52 to 39. The incumbent U.S. Senator Warner Miller (Half-Breed faction) failed to be nominated by only four votes.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Republican caucus
Levi P. Morton (Stalwart faction) was rejected by the caucus, like in 1885. A small faction voted for Congressman Frank Hiscock. After the second ballot, Erwin moved to adjourn, which was carried by 48 to 43. The caucus met again on the next day, no choice was made in another two ballots. The caucus met again on January 19 after the joint ballot of the State Legislature, and after twelve more ballots, Erwin withdrew Morton's name and urged the Morton men to vote for Hiscock.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Republican caucus
On the next ballot Hiscock received one vote more than Miller (47 to 46), but was one short of the previously established majority of 48. On the 18th and last ballot, Hiscock received 50 votes and was nominated. On the next day, Hiscock was elected on the second joint ballot of the State Legislature. Thus, by blocking Miller's re-election, the Republican boss Thomas C. Platt took his revenge for his defeat at the special election in 1881.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Democratic caucus
The Democratic caucus nominated Smith Mead Weed (1834-1920), a lawyer and businessman of Plattsburgh, New York. Weed had been a member of the New York State Assembly from Clinton County, New York in 1865, 1866, 1867, 1871, 1873 and 1874; and a delegate to the 1876 and 1884 Democratic National Conventions.


1887 United States Senate election in New York, Aftermath
Hiscock served a single term, and remained in office until March 3, 1893. In January 1893, Hiscock was defeated for re-election by Democrat Edward Murphy, Jr..


1887 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1887 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 18, 1887. Matthew Quay was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.


1887 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, Results
The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate, convened on January 18, 1887, to elect a Senator to serve the term beginning on March 4, 1887. The results of the vote of both houses are as follows:


1887 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1887, in six states.


1887 United States gubernatorial elections
Kentucky and Maryland held their gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, preceding the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term, which they would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.


1887 VFA season
The 1887 Victorian Football Association season was the 11th season of the Australian rules football competition.


1887 VFA season
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club. It was the second and last VFA premiership in the club's history.


1887 VFA season, Association membership
The metropolitan membership of the Association (including Geelong) remained unchanged from the fifteen clubs which contested the premiership in 1886. The three Ballarat-based clubs (Ballarat, Ballarat Imperial and South Ballarat) also remained senior clubs; however, unlike in previous years, they were included in the premiership lists by all of the major sportswriters.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club, which played eighteen matches for the season, winning fifteen and drawing two. The runner-up was Geelong, which won sixteen and drew three matches from twenty-one played. South Melbourne was ranked third.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership
Although no official system for deciding the premiership existed, it was conventional for the club which suffered the fewest defeats during the season to be named premier.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership
On July 2, a weakened Geelong, which was missing eight of its best twenty due to unavailability, suffered one of its two losses for the season when Ballarat Imperial beat them 3.4 to 0.2 at the Eastern Oval in Ballarat. Geelong lodged a protest with the Association that the match should not be counted toward the premiership on the following grounds:


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership
However, the Association had in place a stringent rule in place that any match played on a Saturday between two Association clubs would count towards the premiership, and Geelong's protest was rejected by a large majority of delegates.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership
Had Geelong been successful in having the match excluded from the premiership, ceteris paribus, it and Carlton would each have finished with only one defeat for the season, and a playoff match would likely have been arranged to decide the premiership.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership, Club senior records
The below table details the records of the eighteen clubs in senior matches during the 1887 season.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership, Club senior records
In addition to Saturday matches, matches played on Queen's Birthday were counted towards the premiership, but matches played on the celebration the Golden Jubilee were not counted.


1887 VFA season, 1887 VFA premiership, Club senior records
The clubs are listed in the order in which they were ranked in the Sportsman newspaper. The VFA had no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only, particularly since the fixturing of matches was not standardised; however, the top three placings were later acknowledged in publications including the Football Record and are considered official.


1887 Vermont Green and Gold football team
The 1887 Vermont Green and Gold football team represented the University of Vermont during the 1887 college football season. The Green and Gold finished the season with an 0–2 record.


1887 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1887 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1887 college football season. On November 13, 1887, the Cavaliers and Pantops Academy fought to a scoreless tie in the first organized football game in the state of Virginia. Students at UVA were playing pickup games of the kicking-style of football as early as 1870, and some accounts even claim that some industrious ones organized a game against Washington and Lee College in 1871, just two years after Rutgers and Princeton's historic first game in 1869. But no record has been found of the score of this contest.


1887 Virton
1887 Virton, provisional designation 1950 TD, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle on 5 October 1950, and named after the Belgian town of Virton.


1887 Virton, Orbit and classification
Virton is a member of the Eos family. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,902 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.


1887 Virton, Orbit and classification
The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Uccle, as previous observations at Johannesburg, Crimea-Simeis and Turku Observatory remained unused.


1887 Virton, Physical characteristics
The asteroid has been characterized as a common stony S-type asteroid.


1887 Virton, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Virton measures between 20.8 and 23.43 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.105 and 0.124, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.14 and calculates a diameter of 21.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.1.


1887 Virton, Physical characteristics, Lightcurves
As of 2017, Virton's rotation period and shape remain unknown.


1887 Virton, Naming
This minor planet was named after the town and capital district, Virton, in the southernmost part Belgium. It is located very close to Robelmont, Arend's birthplace (also see 1145 Robelmonte). The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 September 1983 (M.P.C. 8151).


1887 Washington Nationals season
The 1887 Washington Nationals finished with a 46–76 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place.


1887 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1887 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1887 Wentworth colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Wentworth on 28 September 1887 because of the resignation of William MacGregor (Protectionist).


1887 Williams Ephs football team
The 1887 Williams Ephs football team represented the Williams College during the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a final record of 3–3.


1887 Wimbledon Championships
The 1887 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 2 July until 7 July. It was the 11th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1887. From 1880 to 1887 the men's singles draw fell from 60 to 16, this was attributed to the superior expertise of the Renshaw brothers and Herbert Lawford. Lawford won the gentleman's singles title after defeating Ernest Renshaw in the All Comers final. Defending champions William Renshaw was unable to play the Challenge Round due to a tennis elbow.


1887 Wimbledon Championships
The Ladies singles competition was won by Lottie Dod who won the title at an age of 15 years and 285 days and became the youngest ever Wimbledon singles champion.


1887 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Gentlemen's Singles
Herbert Lawford defeated  Ernest Renshaw, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4


1887 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Gentlemen's Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon /  Herbert Wilberforce defeated  Edward Barratt-Smith /  James Herbert Crispe, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2


1887 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles
Patrick Bowes-Lyon and Herbert Wilberforce defeated E. Barratt-Smith and James Crispe 7–5, 6–3, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1887 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champions Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw were unable to defend their title due to William suffering from tennis elbow.


1887 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles
Herbert Lawford defeated Ernest Renshaw 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1887 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion William Renshaw was unable to defend his title due to a tennis elbow.


1887 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles
Lottie Dod defeated Edith Cole 6–2, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Blanche Bingley 6–2, 6–0 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1887 Wimbledon Championships.


1887 World Championship (football)
The 1887 World Championship was an exhibition football match that took place in the city of Birmingham between the Scottish FA's Hibernian (1886–87 Scottish Cup winners) and The FA's Aston Villa (the 1886–87 FA Cup winners).


1887 World Championship (football)
The match was billed by the Birmingham Daily Mail in their 7 April 1887 edition as a "Great International Match". Aston Villa won the match 3–0 to become association football's very first "world club champions".


1887 World Championship (football), Overview
On 9 April 1887, Scottish Cup holders Hibernian, from Edinburgh, took on FA Cup winners Aston Villa in the Football World Championship at the Birmingham club's Perry Barr ground. Aston Villa won the match 3–0 to become what is believed to be the very first association football world club champions.


1887 World Championship (football), Overview
The Birmingham Daily Mail in their 7 April 1887 edition billed the game as a de facto world championship game; however, the Scottish newspapers The Glasgow Herald and The Scotsman reported on it in no grander terms or greater detail than several other cross-border challenge matches of that weekend, acknowledging the participants' cup-winning status in passing.


1887 World Championship (football), Overview
This is believed to have been the first "World Championship" game between English and Scottish sides, although further research is required to confirm this. In this series of matches, Sunderland and Aston Villa were the only known English winners, with both teams being powerhouses in English football in the pre 1900s era. Indeed, the National Football Museum, now based in Manchester, England, referred to both sides as forming world football's first great club rivalry.


1887 World Championship (football), Overview
Later in 1887, Hibernian won a friendly against 1887 FA Cup semi-finalists Preston North End that was billed as 'The Association Football Championship of the World'.


1887 World Series
The 1887 World Series was won by the Detroit Wolverines of the National League, over the St. Louis Browns of the American Association, 10 games to 5. It was played between October 10 and 26, and played in numerous neutral cities, as well as in Detroit and St. Louis. Detroit clinched the series in game 11.


1887 World Series
This Series was part of the pre-modern World Series, an annual competition between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association.


1887 World Series
The Wolverines, who had been in the League since 1881, had spent a significant sum of money to bring star players to Detroit for the 1887 season and the investment paid off with a championship, but not in money. Detroit was not yet the Motor City, and was not ready to support major league baseball. The 1887 champions folded after the 1888 season.


1887 World Series, World Championship summary
The Detroit Wolverines defeated the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series, 10 games to 5.


1887 World Series, World Championship summary
After the Wolverines won the National League pennant, owner Fred Stearns challenged the American Association champion St. Louis Browns. The Wolverines and the Browns would play "a series of contests for supremacy" of the baseball world. This early "world series" consisted of fifteen games – played in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Baltimore and Chicago, as well as Detroit and St. Louis. The Wolverines claimed their eighth victory – and thus the championship – in the eleventh game.


1887 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1887 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.


1887 Yellow River flood
The 1887 Yellow River flood was a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China. This river is prone to flooding due to the elevated nature of the river, running between dikes above the broad plains surrounding it. The flood, which began in September 1887, killed at least 900,000 people. The highest estimated death toll is 2,000,000. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. This flood is ranked one of the top most dangerous natural disasters ever.


1887 Yellow River flood, History
For centuries, the farmers living near the Yellow River had built dikes to contain the rivers, which over time flowed higher because, not allowed to flood, they had to deposit their silt on the riverbed. In 1887, this rising river, swollen by days of heavy rain, overcame the dikes on around 28 September, causing a massive flood. Since there is no international unit to measure a flood's strength it is usually classified by the extent of the damage done, depth of the water, and the number of casualties.


1887 Yellow River flood, History
The waters of the Yellow River are generally thought to have broken through the dikes in Huayuankou, near the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province. Owing to the low-lying plains near the area, the flood spread very quickly throughout Northern China, covering an estimated 50,000 square miles (130,000 km2), swamping agricultural settlements and commercial centers. After the flood, two million were left homeless. The resulting pandemic and lack of basic essentials claimed as many lives as those lost directly to the flood. It was one of the worst floods in history, though the later 1931 Yangtze-Huai River flood may have killed as many as four million.


1887 college football season
The 1887 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions. In the West, the 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team compiled a 5–0 record, including three wins over Notre Dame (who was playing its first game ever and did not have a varsity team yet ), and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 102 to 10. On November 13, college football was first played in the state of Virginia when the Virginia Cavaliers and Pantops Academy fought to a scoreless tie.


1887 college football season, Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:


1887 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in Australia.


1887 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1887.


1887 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1887 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1887 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1887 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1887 in Australian soccer
The 1887 season was the fourth season of competitive association football in Australia. The were two league competitions played by Northern District British Football Association (Northern NSW) and the South British Football Soccer Association (New South Wales) and three cup competitions.


1887 in Australian soccer, League competitions
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)


1887 in Australian soccer, Cup competitions
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)


1887 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in the Kingdom of Belgium.


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Senate committee suggests seeding North-West with wild rice, developing bison hybrid, and preserving food using Indigenous ways


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Senate debate on North-West Territories growth blames decades of delay on British ignorance (Note: "Indians" and "civilize" stereotypes)


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Statistical snapshot of Ontario, with note on reciprocity with U.S.


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Royal commission hears that labour and small business in Toronto are squeezed by increasing competition and rising rents


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Countering slurs in other newspapers, an editorial welcomes Mormons to Alberta


1887 in Canada, Historical Documents
Opposition Leader Wilfrid Laurier comments on "cancer of emigration" to United States


1887 in Canadian football, Canadian Football News in 1887
The ORFU withdrew from the CRFU and the governing body ceased to function. The St.John's Rugby Football Club (St.John's) formed in October 1887. The St. John's team met the Winnipeg Football Club (Winnipegs) to determine the first ever Manitoba champions. After splitting the first two games, a third game was scheduled to determine the winner. The Winnipegs won by a goal and a try to nil. All games were scored using the challenge system which credited the team with the most goals as the winner. The games were unofficially scored using the points system used by the CRU in eastern Canada. Based on the points system, the Winnipegs won all three games.


1887 in Canadian football, Canadian Football News in 1887, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1887 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in Chile.


1887 in Costa Rica
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1887 in India, Events
Trinity College London examiners conducted music examinations in Mumbai for the first time.


1887 in Michigan, Population
In the 1880 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 1,636,937. By 1890, Michigan's population had increased by 27.9% to 2,093,890.


1887 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 5,000 based on 1880 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1870 and 1890 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.


1887 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 30,000 based on 1880 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1870 and 1890 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.


1887 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in New Zealand.


1887 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government and law
In the general election on 22 July the Premier Robert Stout loses his seat. A new ministry is formed, the 10th New Zealand Parliament, on 8 October, with Harry Atkinson as Premier, and is announced on 11 October. This is the Atkinson's 4th separate term as Premier.


1887 in New Zealand, Sport, Athletics
The Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Otago and Southland clubs form the New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association, now Athletics New Zealand. Auckland refuses to join. The NZAAA is "one of the two oldest national bodies among the members of the IAAF". The first New Zealand Championships will be held towards the end of the 1887–88 season (see 1888).


1887 in New Zealand, Sport, Horse racing
The Auckland Cup of 1887 is moved to January 1888. Subsequently the Auckland Cup is normally scheduled for New Year's Day.


1887 in New Zealand, Sport, Rowing
The New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association is formed on 16 March. 9 clubs are present. The first Championships are held at the end of the 1887–88 season. (see 1888)


1887 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1887 in Norwegian music.


1887 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in South Africa.


1887 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1887 to Wales and its people.


1887 in architecture
The year 1887 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1887 in association football
The following are the  events of 1887 in association football.


1887 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1887  throughout the world.


1887 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1887.


1887 in music, Events
25 May – A fire during the 745th performance there of Mignon largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique in Paris; 84 people are recorded dead.


1887 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1887.


1887 in paleontology, Plants
The Fossil Grove was discovered in Glasgow, Scotland. It contains the fossilised stumps of eleven extinct Lepidodendron trees, which are sometimes described as "giant club mosses" but they may be more closely related to quillworts.


1887 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1887 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1887 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1887 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1887.


1887 in science
The year 1887 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.


1887 in sports
1887 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1887 in the Congo Free State
The following lists events that happened during 1887 in the Congo Free State.


1887 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1887 in the United Kingdom. This year was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria.


1887–88 British Home Championship
The 1887–88 British Home Championship was the fifth edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. It was the first edition of the tournament in which Scotland did not at least share in the trophy and was also notable for a record flood of goals, 46 in six games, 26 of them conceded by Ireland, who suffered a disastrous competition.


1887–88 British Home Championship
England began the tournament in the same vein as they finished it, winning the opening match 5–1 against Wales at the Alexandra Recreation Ground in Crewe. Wales responded to this, and to their shock defeat by Ireland the year previously with an 11–0 thrashing of the visiting Irish, a Welsh record scoreline which remains standing after 133 years. Any hopes of a recovery for the Welsh were however dashed in their final game when Scotland administered a 5–1 beating in Edinburgh.


1887–88 British Home Championship
England returned to the fray and gained revenge for their narrow defeat in the deciding match of the previous year when they in turn thrashed Scotland 5–0 in Glasgow, leaving only the weak Irish in between them and the trophy. Before this however, Ireland received another massive defeat at the hands of Scotland, who beat them 2–10 in Belfast to take second place. In the final game, England needed only a draw to secure the title but managed a win by five goals to one to take their first undisputed championship.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1887–88 season  was the 15th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Following an easy first round victory, Dumbarton were knocked out of the Scottish Cup at the second round stage by their old rivals Vale of Leven.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Cup
Following an easy win in the second round, Dumbarton lost to Renton in the third round.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Glasgow Charity Cup
A good win was achieved in the first round against 3rd LRV, but Cambuslang were to prove too strong in the semi final replay, after a 1-1 draw.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Friendlies
Dumbarton's fixture list during the season grew to its largest so far with 43 'friendly' matches being played. This included home and away ties against Rangers, Hibernian, Vale of Leven, Partick Thistle, Morton, Port Glasgow and 3rd LRV, a match against Renfrewshire Cup holders Abercorn, and a 4 match tour of the north of Scotland during the New Year holidays. In addition 6 matches were played against English opposition with mixed results. In all, 23 were won, 4 drawn and 16 lost, scoring 134 goals and conceding 98.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics
Of note amongst those donning the club's colours for the first time were Duncan Stewart and John Bell. At the same time the club's squad was depleted by the loss four internationalists:- Robert 'Plumber' Brown and Joe Lindsay moved to local rivals Dumbarton Athletic. James McAulay emigrated to Burma and Billy Robertson also heading for 'pastures new'. In addition after returning from a short spell with Bolton Wanderers, Jock Hutcheson left the club for the final time.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics
Only includes appearances and goals in competitive Scottish Cup matches.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International caps
An international trial match was played on 18 February 1888 to consider selection of teams to represent Scotland in the upcoming games in the 1888 British Home Championship. Leitch Keir was selected to take part.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International caps
Subsequently, four Dumbarton players were selected to play for Scotland as follows:


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International caps
- Geordie Dewar and Duncan Stewart earned their first caps and Ralph Aitken earned his second cap against Ireland. Both Dewar and Aitken scored in the 10-2 win over the Irish.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Representative matches
Dumbarton players were selected to play in Dumbartonshire county XI's as follows:


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Representative matches
- Leitch Keir was selected to play in a Scots Anglo XI against a Scots Welsh XI on 26 May 1888. The 'English' XI won 4-3.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Representative matches
- Geordie Dewar was selected to play in a Scottish Internationalists XI against Perthshire and Aberdeenshire on 20 and 21 April respectively.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton were defeated in the second round of the Scottish Second XI Cup by Vale of Leven.


1887–88 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
In the Dumbartonshire Second XI Cup competition, Dumbarton lost out in the semi final to Renton.


1887–88 Eastville Rovers F.C. season
The 1887–88 season was the fifth to be played by the team that are now known as Bristol Rovers, and their fourth playing under the name Eastville Rovers. It marked a major change in the direction of football in Gloucestershire as a County Football Association was established, enabling a formal cup competition to be played in the area for the first time.


1887–88 Eastville Rovers F.C. season, Season review
Until 1887 Eastville Rovers had played only friendly matches, but this season began with a meeting at the Montpelier Hotel in Bristol that would change this. On 7 September 1887 W.W. Perrin and T. Channing, on behalf of Eastville Rovers, along with Charles Lacy Sweet and J. Innes-Pocock from Clifton Association and representatives from Warmley, St George, St Agnes, and Southville voted to establish the Gloucestershire County Football Association. This would enable a cup competition to be organised and enable the standardisation of the rules governing matches, which up to this point had not been the case. The delegates unanimously agreed to adopt a slightly modified version of the London Football Association rules, and to convene again a week later to elect officials for the new County FA.


1887–88 Eastville Rovers F.C. season, Season review
Rovers were given a bye when the first round draw was made the following month, before being paired with Clifton Association in the semi-final. As the first team drawn, Eastville had the choice of where to play the match, and arranged for it to be played at the home ground of St George F.C..


1887–88 Eastville Rovers F.C. season, Season review
Unfortunately for them, Rovers lost forward Harry Horsey to injury early in the game and had to play the majority of the match with ten men, but in spite of this disadvantage it was the Eastville side who took the lead in the first half through Harry Cade. H.H. Francis scored an equaliser for Clifton shortly afterwards to make the half time score 1–1. In the second half Clifton's man advantage began to show, and aided by playing down the slope of the pitch they managed to score a further three goals, thanks to Charles Wreford-Brown, and A.B. Colthurst (x2), making the final result 4–1 to Clifton Association.


1887–88 Eastville Rovers F.C. season, Season review
As with previous seasons, many of the team's friendly results are not known, but where final scores have been established Eastville Rovers ended the season with five wins and two defeats.


1887–88 FA Cup
The 1887–88 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventeenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. One hundred and forty-nine teams entered, twenty-one more than the previous season, although four of the one hundred and forty-nine never played a match.


1887–88 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
Season 1887–88 was the twelfth season in which Heart of Midlothian competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the twelfth time.


1887–88 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Overview
Hearts reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup losing to St Mirren after 3 replays.


1887–88 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season, Overview
Later that season they reached the Semi Final of the East of Scotland Shield losing to Hibs.


1887–88 Hibernian F.C. season
Season 1887–88 was the 12th season in which Hibernian competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Cup for the 11th time.


1887–88 Hibernian F.C. season, Overview
Hibs reached the third round of the Scottish Cup, losing 6–2 to the Heart of Midlothian.


1887–88 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season
The 1887–88 season was Newton Heath LYR's final season before entering into league football. They only entered one competitive cup competition during the season, the Manchester and District Challenge Cup. They won the tournament, beating Denton 7–1 in the final at Whalley Range.


1887–88 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season, Manchester and District Challenge Cup
Newton Heath LYR entered the Manchester and District Challenge Cup for the fourth time in 1887–88. Having reached the final in each of their three previous entries, they made it a fourth consecutive final appearance this season. They started their campaign in the Second Round away to Hooley Hill in March 1888, beating them 7–0. The semi-final against Hurst was played on neutral ground in Denton. It was a tougher match than the previous round, as proven by the 2–0 scoreline, with the Doughty brothers, Jack and Roger, getting a goal apiece.


1887–88 Newton Heath LYR F.C. season, Manchester and District Challenge Cup
As with the previous three seasons, the final was played at Whalley Range in south Manchester. Newton Heath's opponents in the final were Denton, who proved to be no contest, as Newton Heath won the match 7–1 to make it two Manchester Cup titles in four years. Both Doughtys scored in the final, as they both had done in the two previous rounds, with Jack getting a hat-trick and Roger a brace. The other two goals were scored by Joe Davies and Tom Burke.


1887–88 Rangers F.C. season
The 1887–88 season is the 14th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1887–88 Royal Arsenal F.C. season
This was the second season of the club that was to become Arsenal F.C. In this season they moved from the common of Plumstead Ground to the privately owned Sportsman Ground, in order to charge an entrance fee to view games. The nearby Sportsman Pub was used as a dressing room. This season was notable for their inaugural participation in the London Senior Cup, and home and away games against enduring rivals, Tottenham Hotspur.


1887–88 Royal Arsenal F.C. season, Players
Below is a list of all Arsenal Players reported to play for them that season, and all confirmed appearances and goals. Out of the 24 games played that season, confirmed line-ups were recovered for 12 of these games, and goalscorers for 11. Players who predominantly played as goalkeepers are marked in Italics.


1887–88 Royal Arsenal F.C. season, Players, Management
There was no manager for the 1887-88 season, though Fred Beardsley, Arthur Brown (both players) and Duncan Porteous were positioned as joint-secretaries amongst others, after Elijah Watkins left the position of secretary at the beginning of the season.


1887–88 Scottish Cup
The 1887–88 Scottish Cup was the 15th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the second time after they beat Cambuslang 6–1 in the final. The result set a new record as the largest margin of victory in a Scottish Cup Final - a record that was equalled by Celtic in 1972 but has never been bettered.


1887–88 Scottish Cup, Teams
All 145 teams entered the competition in the first round.


1887–88 Scottish Cup, First round
Aberdeen Rovers, Glasgow University, Mauchline, Nithsdale and Southern Athletic received a bye to the second round.


1887–88 Scottish Cup, Second round
Heart of Midlothian, Kilmarnock, Lassodie, Oban, Plains and Vale of Leven Wanderers received a bye to the third round.


1887–88 Scottish Cup, Third round
Lindertis and Partick Thistle received a bye to the fourth round.


1887–88 Scottish Cup, Fourth round
Abercorn, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Cambuslang, Carfin Shamrock, Cowlairs, Dundee Our Boys, Queen's Park, St Bernard's and Thistle received a bye to the fifth round.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season
The 1887–88 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the  rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season
It includes the East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District trial match.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
The North of Scotland District was founded in this year. Initially known as the Scottish Northern Counties Football Union, on 24 November 1887 a meeting was held in Watson's Restaurant in Aberdeen to elect office bearers. Those noted were:- George Cruden (President);  D. M. Milligan (Vice President); C. Sleigh (Secretary).


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
Rules of the North of Scotland District were agreed on 2 December 1887.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
A North of Scotland District match was arranged with Glasgow District to take place in Cupar on 31 December 1887. Another match was arranged with Edinburgh District on 21 January 1888 in Aberdeen.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
Owing to frost, the planned match between the North and Glasgow had to be abandoned. It is noted that a great many matches were postponed in January and February; and it seems the planned Edinburgh District match was also abandoned. North of Scotland did manage a match against Merchiston Castle - but it was noted that it was played in a blizzard.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
Edinburgh District won back the Inter-City for the first time in 4 years.


1887–88 Scottish Districts season, History
The East v West match was postponed from 28 January 1888. It was played on 11 February 1888 and the East won.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season
1887–88 was the third season for St. Mary's Young Men's Association Football Club (St. Mary's Y.M.A.) based in Southampton in southern England. The club entered, and won, the Hampshire Junior Cup in its inaugural year, thus laying the foundation for success over the next two decades.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Summary of the season
The 1887–88 season saw the St. Mary's club start to evolve from a church youth club side playing friendly matches on the local common into the dominant team in Southampton, who would play in front of paying crowds. Two years after being founded, the club began to embrace professionalism and move away from its roots, gradually severing its connection to St. Mary's Church to become a more secular organisation, eventually dropping references to the Young Men's Association becoming simply St. Mary's Football Club and, at the same time, acquiring the nickname, "the Saints" which remains to the present day.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Personnel
The most significant new arrival was George Carter: Carter was employed as an engraver by the Ordnance Survey and in 1887 he was posted to their offices in Southampton.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Personnel
Speaking in 1999, Carter's daughter-in-law, Nellie Carter, said that Carter was "not at all happy" about being posted to Southampton and that Carter maintained that the move was arranged by Dr. Russell Bencraft who was medical officer at the Ordnance Survey and was later to become the president of Southampton St. Mary's F.C. As secretary of the Hampshire County Cricket Club, Bencraft was also a colleague of Col. James Fellowes, who was an assistant to the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey. It would seem, therefore, that Carter was transferred to Southampton as a quasi-professional footballer.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Personnel
Canon Basil Wilberforce continued as the president of the club, although this was an honorary position, with Dr. Bencraft, a "highly-active" member of the committee, acting as "de facto" president. Wilberforce left the parish of St. Mary's in 1894, after which Bencraft became the official club president. George Muir, a schoolteacher, also continued to act as the club secretary as well as being "ever-present" on the pitch.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Strip
The players continued to wear white shorts, black knee-length socks and "white tunics" with a red sash worn diagonally. A photograph taken after their victory in the Hampshire Junior Cup in March 1888 shows the sashes worn from either shoulder in a rather haphazard fashion.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, The Hampshire F.A.
In April 1887, the South Hants & Dorset F.A. was dissolved to be replaced by two separate county associations. The newly formed Hampshire Football Association held its first meeting on 20 April at the Spartan Club in Southampton High Street when St. Mary's were represented by Messrs. Varley and Bromley.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, The Hampshire F.A.
In September, the Hampshire F.A. announced the creation of two cup tournaments, the Hampshire Senior Cup and the Hampshire Junior Cup; St. Mary's Y.M.A. entered into the latter competition. The trophy was a silver cup provided by Charles Baring Young, the Member of Parliament for Christchurch.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, The Hampshire F.A.
In the first edition of the Hampshire Football Association Handbook, the club is listed as St. Mary's Young Men's Association FC with their home ground at Southampton Common.


1887–88 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season, Hampshire Junior Cup
Under the rules of the Hampshire cup tournaments, the cup-ties had to be played in an enclosed ground for which an admission fee could be charged, thus precluding the club from playing their cup matches on Southampton Common.