1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Ireland v England
England: CH Sample (Cambridge University), Herbert Fallas (Wakefield Trinity), H Wigglesworth (Thornes), WN Bolton (Blackheath), JH Payne (Broughton), HT Twynam (Richmond), GT Thomson (Halifax), CS Wooldridge (Blackheath), CJB Marriott (Cambridge University), A Teggin (Broughton), EL Strong (Oxford University), WM Tatham (Oxford University), H Bell (New Brighton), A Wood (Halifax), ET Gurdon (Richmond) capt.


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Scotland v Ireland
Scotland: JP Veitch (Royal HSFP), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish) capt., DJ Macfarlan (London Scottish), ET Roland (Edinburgh Wanderers), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope (Fettesian-Lorettonians), AGG Asher (Oxford University), Thomas Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst FP), JB Brown (Glasgow Acads), John Jamieson (West of Scotland), D McCowan (West of Scotland), William Peterkin (Edinburgh University), Charles Reid (Edinburgh Acads), CW Berry (Fettesian-Lorettonians), J Tod (Watsonians), WA Walls (Glasgow Acads)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Scotland v Ireland
Ireland: JM O'Sullivan (Limerick), RE McLean (NIFC), GH Wheeler (Queen's College, Belfast), LM MacIntosh (Dublin University), M Johnston (Dublin University), WW Higgins (NIFC), W Kelly (Wanderers), THM Hobbs (Dublin University), A Gordon (Dublin University), JF Maguire (Cork), JBW Buchanan (Dublin University), JA McDonald (Methodist College, Belfast) capt., RW Hughes (NIFC), WG Rutherford (Lansdowne), J Johnston (NIFC)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, England v Scotland
England: HB Tristram (Oxford University), CG Wade (Oxford University), Arthur Evanson (Richmond), WN Bolton (Blackheath), A Rotherham (Oxford University), HT Twynam (Richmond), GT Thomson (Halifax), CS Wooldridge (Blackheath), CJB Marriott (Cambridge University), RS Kindersley (Oxford University), EL Strong (Oxford University), WM Tatham (Oxford University), RSF Henderson (Blackheath), Charles Gurdon (Richmond), ET Gurdon (Richmond) (capt.)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, England v Scotland
Scotland: JP Veitch (Royal HSFP), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish) capt., DJ Macfarlan (London Scottish), ET Roland (Edinburgh Wanderers), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope (Fettesian-Lorettonians), AGG Asher (Oxford University), T Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst FP), JB Brown (Glasgow Acads), John Jamieson (West of Scotland), D McCowan (West of Scotland), William Peterkin (Edinburgh University), C Reid (Edinburgh Acads), CW Berry (Fettesian-Lorettonians), J Tod (Watsonians), WA Walls (Glasgow Acads)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Wales v Ireland
Wales: Tom Barlow (Cardiff), Frank Hancock (Cardiff), William Norton (Cardiff), Charles Taylor (Ruabon), William Stadden (Cardiff), William Gwynn (Swansea), William David Phillips (Cardiff), John Sidney Smith (Cardiff), Joe Simpson (Cardiff) capt., Tom Clapp (Newport), Bob Gould (Newport), Horace Lyne (Newport), Buckley Roderick (Llanelli), Samuel Goldsworthy (Swansea), John Hinton (Cardiff)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Wales v Ireland
Ireland: JWR Morrow (Queen's College, Belfast), Charles Jordan (Newport), J Pedlaw (Bessbrook), Henry Spunner (Wanderers), AJ Hamilton (Lansdowne), HG Cook (Lansdowne), DF Moore (Wanderers) capt., FW Moore (Wanderers), JM Kennedy (Wanderers), WS Collis (Wanderers), J Fitzgerald (Wanderers), W Hallaran, Lambert Moyers (Dublin Uni. ), WE Johnston (Dublin Uni. ), Harry McDaniel (Newport)


1884 Home Nations Championship, Matches, Wales v Ireland
When Ireland arrived in Wales for the 1884 encounter they were two players short. To allow the game to take place, uncapped substitute Welsh players were provided. Charles Jordan and Harry McDaniel, both of Newport RFC, took to the field as Ireland players, though contemporary reports continued to list the original chosen Irish players: Ernest Greene and Robert Gibson Warren.


1884 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 13 and 22 June 1884. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 234 of the 413 seats.


1884 Illinois gubernatorial election
The 1884 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884.


1884 Illinois gubernatorial election
Republican nominee Richard J. Oglesby defeated Democratic nominee Carter Harrison Sr. with 49.63% of the vote. Oglesby's victory was the eighth consecutive victory for the Republican Party.


1884 Illinois gubernatorial election
Republican John C. Smith was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. At this time in Illinois history, the Lieutenant Governor was elected on a separate ballot from the governor. This would remain so until the 1970 constitution.


1884 Illinois gubernatorial election, Bibliography
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1884 Indiana gubernatorial election
The 1884 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Democratic former Governor Isaac P. Gray defeated Republican nominee William H. Calkins with 49.51% of the vote.


1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season
The 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball team finished with a 29–78 record, 12th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.


1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1884 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 26 November 1884.


1884 Invercargill mayoral election
George Froggatt was elected mayor for the first time. His opponent, David Roche, would be elected mayor two years later in 1886.


1884 Jamaican general election
General elections were held in Jamaica in September 1884. Eight of the nine constituencies were contested, with only the candidate in St Mary & St Ann returned unopposed.


1884 Jamaican general election, Background
In 1866 the Jamaican House of Assembly had been abolished during disturbances on the island following the Morant Bay rebellion. Since then, the legislative functions of the Assembly had been used by a Council appointed by the Governor. In April 1884 a conference was at the Westminster Palace Hotel, which resulted in the re-establishment of an elected Assembly. The new Assembly would consist of nine elected members and six appointed members.


1884 Kaiapoi by-election
The 1884 Kaiapoi by-election was a by-election held on 16 May 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the Canterbury electorate of Kaiapoi.


1884 Kaiapoi by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Isaac Wilson on 7 April 1884.


1884 Kaiapoi by-election
The by-election was won by Edward Richardson, who was unopposed (although earlier J. Lowthian Wilson had considered to stand).


1884 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1884 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Republican nominee John Martin defeated Democratic incumbent George Washington Glick with 55.34% of the vote.


1884 Kentucky Derby
The 1884 Kentucky Derby was the 10th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 16, 1884.


1884 Lafayette football team
The 1884 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. Playing without a regular coach, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 261 to 88. Lewis Frey was the team captain, and F. Drake was the manager. The team played its home games on The Quad in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1884 Lafayette football team
On October 29, 1884, Lafayette lost to Princeton by a 140–0 score. Princeton's 140 points was the highest score achieved by a team in the history of the sport to that time.


1884 Lehigh football team
The 1884 Lehigh football team represented Lehigh University in the 1884 college football season. The team finished with an overall record of 0–4.


1884 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1884. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.


1884 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 1, Everton, 21 November 1884
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Robert Galloway (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1882).


1884 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 1884 Louisiana gubernatorial election was the second election to take place under the Louisiana Constitution of 1879. As a result of this election Samuel D. McEnery was re-elected Governor of Louisiana. The election saw widespread intimidation of African-Americans which guaranteed the election of the Democratic nominee.


1884 Louisville Eclipse season
The 1884 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 68–40 record, third place in the American Association.


1884 Louisville Eclipse season
There has been some debate over whom the manager of this club was, with some sources listing the club's starting second baseman, Joe Gerhardt, as manager for at least part of the year, with others crediting team official Mike Walsh with either all or part of the year.


1884 Louisville Eclipse season
Guy Hecker started 75 games for the Eclipse in 1884 and won the American Association Pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, with 52, strikeouts, with 385, and earned run average with 1.80.


1884 Louisville Eclipse 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


1884 Louisville Eclipse 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


1884 Louisville Eclipse season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Louisville Eclipse season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Massachusetts Aggies football team
The 1884 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1884 college football season. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 1–2.


1884 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1884 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4. Incumbent Republican Governor George D. Robinson was re-elected to a second term in office over Democrat William Crowninshield Endicott.


1884 Massachusetts legislature
The 105th Massachusetts General Court was convened in 1884. It sat Watson F. Hammond, the first American Indian to be elected to the Great and General Court.


1884 Men's Tennis tour
The 1884 Men's tennis tour was the eighth annual tennis tour, consisting of 55 tournaments it began at the beginning of the year in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and ended 21 December in Melbourne, Australia..


1884 Men's Tennis tour, Summary of tour
Herbert Lawford wins the Irish Lawn Tennis Championships at his 3rd attempt in Dublin defeating Ernest Renshaw in straight sets. William Renshaw a fourth consecutive Wimbledon Championship. Former Wimbledon champion Donald Stewart wins the Northern Championship in Liverpool against Herbert Wilberforce. In America Richard Sears collects a fourth successive US National Championship beating Howard Taylor in straight sets.


1884 Men's Tennis tour, Summary of tour
The title leader this season was Charles Walder Grinstead winning 5 tournaments from 5 finals.


1884 Men's Tennis tour, Calendar
Notes 1: Challenge Round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921), in some tournaments not all.


1884 Men's Tennis tour, Calendar
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season


1884 Mexican general election
General elections were held in Mexico in 1884. The result of the presidential election was a victory for Porfirio Díaz, who received 98.8% of the vote.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1884 college football season. The team compiled a 2–0 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 36 to 10. The team captain was Horace Greely Prettyman. Prettyman played a record eight years on the Michigan Wolverines football team between 1882 and 1890. The team's manager and starting center was Henry Killilea. Killilea was one of the five men who founded baseball's American League as a major league in 1899. He also owned the Boston Red Sox from 1903 until 1904. Quarterback Thomas H. McNeil went on to become the 30th Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In early October 1884, The Michigan Argonaut (a University of Michigan weekly newspaper) wrote that prospects looked good for Michigan's rugby team. (The game of American football was evolving in 1884 and was sometimes referred to as rugby and sometimes as football.) The Argonaut noted that many students were gathering daily at the northeast corner of campus to practice for the fall games. With several key players returning, including Olcott, Prettyman, and Killilea, and many new prospects, the paper concluded "there is no reason why an eleven cannot be made up which will equal any Rugby team the University ever had."


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The football team was managed by the university's Rugby Association. In early October, the Association met and elected Edward Adolphus Rosenthal as the president, Frank G. Higgins as the vice president, Ross L'Estrange Mahon as the treasurer, Edward Lester Dorn as the corresponding secretary, and James S. Skinner as the recording secretary. Henry Killilea was appointed as the manager. At a meeting held on the Tuesday before the Chicago game, Horace Greely Prettyman was elected as the team's captain.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In late October and early November, The Chronicle urged "every student who takes an interest in Rugby" to participate in the "scrub" or "practice" games or to try their hand at umpiring. Several lines above the notice about the scrub game, the introduction of a new technology was rumored: "There is rumor of the introduction of incandescent lights into Ann Arbor."


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
During the first week of November, the Albion College team invited the Michigan eleven to play a game at Albion on November 7. The team was unable to accept the invitation because the required permission from the faculty could not be secured. The Chronicle expressed its hope that a game with Albion could be arranged. Such a game was arranged for the following week in Ann Arbor.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
The 1884 football team played its first game on November 15, 1884, against the team from Albion College. The game was the first meeting between the two programs. As Albion was the only other college in Michigan at that time with a football program, Michigan played Albion on a regular basis. The two programs played 16 games between 1884 and 1905, with Michigan winning 15 of those games.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
Michigan won the inaugural game by a score of 18–0 in a match that was limited to a single inning. Michigan's 18 points were scored on three goals. The Chronicle (a weekly newspaper at the University of Michigan) wrote: "The Albion team was only recently organized, but nevertheless did some good playing. They proved themselves a gentlemanly set of fellows, and expressed their satisfaction at the treatment received."


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
The game was played at the Ann Arbor Fairgrounds and was part of university's annual field day.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
The program for the field day included a ten-mile walk,  three-mile walk, “collar and elbow,” standing long jump, half mile run, “hop, step and jump,” heavyweight boxing (won by Higgins), tug-of-war, Indian club swinging (won by W. J. Olcott), hammer throw, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling," "passing rugby ball" (won by Thomas H. McNeil with a distance of 116 feet), drop-kick, 100 yard dash, sprint exhibition by Michigan's national collegiate sprint champion Fred N. Bonine, baseball throwing, “chasing greased pig,” obstruction race, lawn tennis,  and the rugby game at 4:15 pm


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
The Detroit Free Press wrote that "[t]he game of Rugby between the University and Albion College [was] for the championship of Michigan." The Free Press wrote that growing interest in the new game was creating a market for weights in Ann Arbor stores:


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
"As a result of the field-day Rugby games a new invasion of villainous looking Indians clubs and weighty dumb bells occupies a conspicuous place in nearly all the stores resorted to by students. It is no uncommon thing to see a sprig of youth walk calmly into a store and come out again in a few minutes lugging a pair of dumb bells having enough iron to last a foundry a week; and he never fails to take his way homeward through the principal streets."


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Albion
The Michigan team that played in the Albion game consisted of Prettyman, Brock, Wilson, Killilea, Goss, Dorn and Duff as "rushers"; McNeil as quarterback; Olcott and Jaycock as halfbacks; and Duffy as goalkeeper. Frank G. Higgins was reportedly "severely injured" in the game. The Chronicle reported a week later that Higgins "has been unable to attend lectures and can barely get out of his room by the aid of a crutch."


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Chicago
On November 22, 1884, Michigan played its second and final game of the  season, an 18–10 victory over a Chicago city team reportedly "composed of business men." The Chronicle reported that the Chicago city team was "made up almost wholly of Englishmen who learned to kick shins at the English public schools." The game began at 2:15 pm and was played before 200 spectators at the Ann Arbor Fairgrounds. In the first inning of play (the halves were referred to as "innings"), Goss scored a quick touchdown for Michigan, but Duffy missed the kick for goal.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Chicago
The game was played according to "American college rules" which put the Chicago team (nine of whom were Englishmen) at a disadvantage due its practice of playing under the English rugby rules. After Michigan's touchdown, the game was paused briefly to allow the Chicago team to receive instruction on the American rules. After the break, Chicago scored a touchdown and kicked the goal to take a 6–4 lead. Michigan kicked a field goal (six points) and scored another touchdown (four points) and led 14–6 at the end of the first inning. In the second inning, Chicago scored a quick touchdown to narrow Michigan's lead to 14–10. Michigan scored a final touchdown in the second inning but missed the kick for goal.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Chicago
The Detroit Free Press called it a "very exciting and hotly contested game," but the paper criticized the poor condition of the playing field: "[I]t is due the Chicagoans to say that they played at a disadvantage on account of the unevenness of the field, which the home team were accustomed to." The Chicago Daily Tribune called it "A Fine Game of Foot-Ball." The Chronicle wrote: "The game was by far the finest ever witnessed in Ann Arbor and has greatly increased the interest in Rugby. Of the home team, Killilea, Olcott, Prettyman, and McNeil ought to be noticed for their fine playing.". The Chronicle also credited Duffy with "some good playing as goal-keeper" against Chicago.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Chicago
Michigan's lineup against Chicago was Goss, Dorn, Duff, Prettyman, Beach, Schemm and Killilea (rushers), McNeil (quarterback), Olcott and Jaycox (halfbacks), and Duffy (goal keeper). A Michigan player, Higgins, was the umpire for Michigan. Wild was the umpire for Chicago.


1884 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Chicago
Killilea was "severely hurt" in the game and was still carrying his arm in a sling two weeks later. He was replaced in the game by Charles E. Everett from the Class of 1887. A return game had been planned against the Chicago team for Thanksgiving Day in Chicago. However, the team did not make the trip due to the weather.


1884 Michigan gubernatorial election
The 1884 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Republican nominee Russell A. Alger defeated incumbent Josiah W. Begole, who ran on a fusion ticket, representing both the Democratic and Greenback, with 47.67% of the vote.


1884 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 1884 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic nominee, former Confederate general John S. Marmaduke, over the Republican candidate, former Congressman David Patterson Dyer, and Populist nominee John A. Brooks.


1884 Missouri gubernatorial election
Marmaduke died in 1887 and was replaced for the remainder of this term by Lt. Gov. Albert P. Morehouse.


1884 Monaro colonial by-election
A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Monaro on 18 July 1884. No poll was held as David Ryrie was the only candidate nominated. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Robert Tooth.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1884 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1884 college football season. The team was the fourth intercollegiate football squad to represent the United States Naval Academy, and was the final time the school played a single-game season. The squad was captained by rusher Jim Kittrell. The team's single game was a 9 to 6 (9–6) defeat of rival-school Johns Hopkins. The season continued a seven-season, eight game rivalry between the Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins. It was the final season that a Naval Academy team would go unbeaten and untied.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background and prelude
According to biographer C. Douglas Kroll, the first evidence of a form of football at the United States Naval Academy came in 1857, but the school's cadets lost interest in the game shortly afterward. However, it is widely believed by football researchers that the playing of intercollegiate football began in November 1869, when a player at Rutgers University challenged another player at the nearby College of New Jersey (now Princeton). The contest more closely resembled soccer, with teams scoring by kicking the ball into the opponent's net, and lacked a uniform rules structure.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background and prelude
The game developed slowly; the first rules were drafted in October 1873, and only consisted of twelve guidelines. Even though the number of teams participating in the sport increased, the game was still effectively controlled by the College of New Jersey, who claimed eight national championships in ten years. Only Yale presented any form of challenge, claiming four national championships in the same time period.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Background and prelude
The Naval Academy's first ever football team was fielded in 1879. The squad was entirely student-operated, receiving no official support from Naval Academy officials. The team was entirely funded by its members and their fellow students. The 1879 team participated in just one game, which resulted in a scoreless tie. It was played against the Baltimore Athletic Club, apparently on the Academy superintendent's cow pasture. Navy would not field a football team in 1880 or 1881, due to the lack of support from officials. When football returned to the academy in 1882, the squad was led by player-coach Vaulx Carter, and won 8–0 in a match with Johns Hopkins, starting the seven-year rivalry between the schools. The 1883 season resulted in Navy's first ever loss, a 2–0 defeat by Johns Hopkins.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary, Navy 9, Johns Hopkins 6
The sole game of Navy's 1884 season was the annual competition against rival Johns Hopkins, the third consecutive playing of the series. In what was the final season where the rivalry was the only game of the year, Navy defeated Johns Hopkins 9–6. The game, played on November 27, was hosted by the Academy, likely on an unused drill or parade field. In an unusual agreement between the two schools, the contest was played entirely under rugby rules. In the first half, Hopkins scored twice, on a touchdown from Mr. Bonsall and on a two-point safety. Navy scored twice in the second half of the game, when halfback Julius Dashiell, brother of Hopkins' Paul Dashiell, kicked a five-point goal and rusher David W. Taylor scored a touchdown to secure a victory.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Season summary, Navy 9, Johns Hopkins 6
The game was somewhat marred by one of the players suffering a broken collarbone and another spraining an ankle.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Players
The 1884 Naval Academy team was made up of eleven players at four different positions. The squad consisted of seven rushers, one fullback, two halfbacks, and a quarterback:


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Postseason and aftermath
The first postseason college football game was not played until 1902, with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses' establishment of the east–west tournament game, later known as the Rose Bowl. The Midshipmen did not participate in their first Rose Bowl until the 1923 season, when they went 5–1–2 and tied with the Washington Huskies 14–14 in the match. As a result of the lack of a competition, there were no postseason games played after the 1882 season. According to statistics compiled by the National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, and the Helms Athletic Foundation, Yale was declared the 1884 season champion. However, the Billingsley college football research center and Parke Davis also selected Princeton as the 1884 national champions.


1884 Navy Midshipmen football team, Postseason and aftermath
The 1884 win over Johns Hopkins brought the Naval Academy's overall win-loss record to positive, as well as once again giving the Midshipmen a lead over Hopkins in their rivalry. The season marked the final time a team for the Naval Academy would play a single-game season. In 1885, their schedule was expanded to three games. It also marked the final time a Navy team finished a season unbeaten and untied; the closest a squad would come was in 1926, when they went 9–0–1. Navy finished the 1880s with four winning seasons, and an overall record of 14–12–2. The school outscored their opponents 292–231, and finished the 19th century with an overall record of 54–19–3.


1884 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1884 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Republican nominee Moody Currier defeated Democratic nominee John M. Hill with 50.33% of the vote.


1884 New York Gothams season
The 1884 New York Gothams season was the second season of that baseball franchise, eventually known as the San Francisco Giants. The team finished in fourth place, 22 games behind the pennant-winning Providence Grays.


1884 New York Gothams 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


1884 New York Gothams 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


1884 New York Gothams season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 New York Gothams season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 New York Metropolitans season
The 1884 New York Metropolitans finished with a 75–32 record, first place in the American Association. After the season, they played the National League champion Providence Grays in the 1884 World Series and lost three games to zero.


1884 New York Metropolitans season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 New York Metropolitans season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 New York Metropolitans season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 New York Metropolitans season, The World Series of 1884
Providence Grays (NL) (84–28) vs New York Metropolitans (AA) (75–32)


1884 New York state election
The 1884 New York state election was held on November 4, 1884, to elect two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.


1884 New York state election, History
In 1884, the terms of the only two remaining original judges of the re-organized Court of Appeals expired. These were the only state officers to be elected statewide this year.


1884 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on June 18 at Saratoga, New York. William E. Smith, of Clinton County, was Temporary Chairman and President. Democrat Charles A. Rapallo and Republican Charles Andrews were nominated for judges after a viva voce vote almost unanimously, thus endorsing the resolution of the Republican convention that "the Court of Appeals should be removed from politics."


1884 New York state election, History
The Greenback-Labor state convention met on August 30 at Masonic Hall in New York City. H. Alden Spencer was Temporary Chairman until the choice of George O. Jones as President. Prof. Isaac L. Rice, of New York City, and Patrick H. Cowen, of Saratoga County, were nominated for judges of the Court of Appeals.


1884 New Zealand general election
The New Zealand general election of 1884 was held on 22 July to elect a total of 95 MPs to the 9th session of the New Zealand Parliament. The Māori vote was held on 21 July. A total number of 137,686 (60.6%) voters turned out to vote. In 11 seats there was only one candidate.


1884 New Zealand general election, 1881 electoral redistribution
The same 95 electorates that were defined through the 1881 electoral redistribution were used for the 1884 election. The next electoral redistribution was held in 1887 in preparation for the 1887 election.


1884 New Zealand general election, Government formation
Prior to the election Harry Atkinson had served as Premier since 1883. His government was unpopular at the time and the polls went against him. Only 32 of the returned Members supported him whilst 57 opposed his government as well as 6 independents. Soon after the election his government fell in August 1884 after Robert Stout successfully passed a vote of no confidence and assumed the premiership with the support of Julius Vogel. A strong counter-offensive by Atkinson enabled him to unseat Stout again after only twelve days. Stout, however, was not so easily defeated, and took the Premiership again after seven days. This time, Stout held his position for three years, defeating Atkinson's attempts to oust him.


1884 New Zealand general election, Results
The following table shows the results of the 1884 general election.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The first New Zealand team was selected in 1884, for a tour to New South Wales, Australia. It was a privately organized selection as the New Zealand Rugby Union was founded not until eight years later. On 22 May 1884, before the tour start, the team played a test match against the Wellington Rugby Football Union team, winning 9 to 0. During the tour, the team recorded eight wins in eight matches in Australia.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match summary
Complete list of matches played by New Zealand in New South Wales:


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Cumberland
New Zealand: R. J. Wilson, P. P. Webb, G. S. Robertson, J. O'Donnell, T. B. O'Connor, W. V. Millton (capt), E. B. Millton, J. G. Lecky, J. Allan, H. Roberts, J. T. Dumbell, G. H. N. Helmore, J. G. Taiaroa, T. Ryan, J. A. Warbrick


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Waratahs
New Zealand: P. P. Webb, H. Udy, G. S. Robertson, J. O'Donnell, T. B. O'Connor, W. V. Millton (capt), J. G. Lecky, G. Carter, J. Allan, H. Roberts, G. H. N. Helmore, J. G. Taiaroa, J. A. Warbrick, T. Ryan, H. Y. Braddon


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Combined Suburbs
New Zealand: R. J. Wilson, P. P. Webb, H. Udy, G. S. Robertson, J. O'Donnell, E. B. Millton, J. G. Lecky, G. Carter, J. Allan, J. G. Taiaroa, J. T. Dumbell, E. Davy, J. A. Warbrick, T. Ryan, H. Y. Braddon


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Match Report, Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate of 6 Jun 1884


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
The long-looked forward to match between the New Zealand footballers and a combined local team, came off on the Newcastle Cricket Club's ground yesterday afternoon. It proved, as will be seen, an easy victory for the Maori-landers, by twenty-nine points to nil.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
About daylight signs of rain appeared, and up till breakfast hour a few drops fell. Later on, heavy clouds banked up, and showers commenced, the wind hauling to the south. Subsequently, the sun conquered, and bright warm weather lasted until noon; when once more the horizon darkened, and a renewal of the downpour commenced. Ten minutes before the advertised time for kicking off (3 p.m.) building rain squalls were flying across the sward from the southward, and whispers went the round that postponement was inevitable.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
This however, was not to be: seeing that the visitors are booked to play at Bathurst to-morrow. Exactly one and a quarter minute past 3 p.m., while the grandstand was packed like a sardine case with beauty and muscle, both sexes vainly seeking to ward off the rain, and outsiders, huddled like so many storm overtaken bandicoots under every available shelter-place, the teams emerged, and took their positions. Newcastle won the toss and elected to play from the north side.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
It was clear to onlookers that from the jump our boys were outweighted and had an uphill two hours' work before them. The struggle opened with a strong defence (so much of it as could be caught is glimpse of between the squalls), and after a little by-play the New Zealanders forced down; following up speedily by a second. The local men followed suit, and J. Woods was put on to kick off; but proved unlucky, owing to the slippery state of the ball; which was every moment whirling through water-pools or greasy mud.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Fred Lockhead led off with a good attempt at a run in, and on the ball going up, Greaves held his own with some careful dribbling for the Newcastilians. A scrimmage followed-the first of the day by which the superior weight and centralized play of our visitors commenced to shew their generalship in working up being of thorough draught-board fashion. "Tommy" Johnson's weight and "go" shewed up 'brilliantly when called on, but the ball found its way down to the visitors' end for a long while.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Before anything decisive had occurred, a second blinding squall came up, rendering the sward a seething mass of spray, water, and foam; thunder growling angrily all around, and forked lightning flashing at all points of the compass, whilst the contestants flitted around like so many grey ghosts chasing a shadow. Under such circumstances genuine play was all but out of the question. No grip of the ball was obtainable. When caught it slipped like an eel; and on colliding or falling, player after player shot like Scotch curling stones several yards along the turf before bringing up to a standstill.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
The Newcastle men soon after scored their first and only touch-down; the kick-off. being entrusted to J. Wood, who made a good attempt for a goal. Following off, Greaves made a splendid lift, which Johnson backed up by nearly getting a touch-down; but a New Zealand man, slipping in, made a big dash and forced down. W. Langwill secured the leather after a few scrimmages, and with a brilliant run and dodging carried it opposite the grandstand but got out of bounds.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Wood was next to score for the home team, but the visitors again forced down five minutes later, near the goal. The N.Z. captain was soon after sent heavily to mother earth, when nearly finishing a smart run in, but further force down was called. "Get into the scrimmage better, blues" followed as the order, which was well responded to; despite game responses by the local men. Ford and Langwill and W. Laing essayed, but the latter was cleverly floored by the Maori, just before getting in.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
The next force down was made at the northern end, followed speedily by another, after some good generalship. The kick missed but following an immediate scrimmage a blue skied the ball clean over the fences and scored first goal. J. Woods kicked off and after hard play, the next goal was scored by a blue through a chance kick out of a scrimmage, at twenty minutes to 4 p.m. The Newcastle forwards at this. stage began to improve, working well through them. Laing again got it and made another dash, but minus result when half-time was called.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Only a few minutes' spell was allowed, when the blues kicked away to the southward, and followed passing and scrimmaging, barren of results, till the ball went nearly out of bounds at the southern end, and was then dribbled into a water-hole near the Grandstand, and blue once more forced down; the players looking like a cage of mud-bespattered drowned rats. Seven minutes' scrimmage ensued in midfield, when a herculean young visitor was running it in, but was smartly collared and floored by Laurence.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Ford made a fine kick of seventy or eighty yards on to the toe of a Maori man, who immediately shot the ball out of bounds, and a fierce scrimmage took place in which a chance goal was nearly scored. The visitors secured the chance of a kick, and Taiaroa, with his left foot, lauded another splendid goal. Newcastle's first kick went prettily over the goal posts, but of course did not count; and another touchdown speedily fell to the strangers; the Maori this time missing kick.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Bode and Johnson made two collars; one of their opponents getting a nasty bruise on his brow. Another force down and free-kick claimed by NZ., but the try missed, and the twenty-seventh scrimmage ensued. Taiaroa later on made a big effort to get in but was tripped and shot heels over head; the local men getting a free kick through off-side playing, but without scoring. Work now began to improve, and some brilliant runs we made on either slide the "passing" of the blues being beyond praise.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
Charge upon charge took place the Newcastle boys each time answering gamely and generally bringing the man down. A further touch down and a goal accredited to New Zealand with our men following with a strong effort to the northern end, whence they were sent by a high kick from one of the backs, and incessant scrimmaging followed, with very trying cross-field work, and constant out of bounds.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
The demon Taiaroa, later on, had the ball passed backwards to him, and with the dash of the day rushed it through all opposition, and touched down near the rails, after sliding several yards in a complete duck-pond of rain water, amid deafening cheers. The kick off failed, and shortly afterwards a most interesting and well contested match was closed by time. Three cheers were exchanged lustily; and a like honour having been paid to the Queen, the ground was cleared. It may not be generally known that the player Taiaroa has had his collar-bone fractured no fewer than three times.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
The actual result was a win for the New Zealanders by five goals and three tries to nil. Two of the goals dropped from the field.


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Northern Districts
New Zealand: R. J. Wilson, P. P. Webb, H. Udy, G. S. Robertson, J. O'Donnell, W. V. Millton (capt), E. B. Millton, G. Carter, J. Allan, H. Roberts, J. T. Dumbell, J. G. Taiaroa, G. H. N. Helmore, T. Ryan, J. A. Warbrick


1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match details, Waratahs
New Zealand: R. J. Wilson, P. P. Webb, H. Udy, G. S. Robertson, J. O'Donnell, T. B. O'Connor, W. V. Millton (capt), E. B. Millton, J. Allan, H. Roberts, J. A. Warbrick, J. G. Taiaroa, G. H. N. Helmore, T. Ryan, H. Y. Braddon


1884 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1884 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Democratic nominee Alfred Moore Scales defeated Republican nominee Tyre York with 53.80% of the vote.


1884 Northumberland colonial by-election
A by-election for the seat of Northumberland in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 26 May 1884 because of the resignation of Atkinson Tighe due to ill health.


1884 Olivet Comets football team
The 1884 Olivet football team was an American football team that represented Olivet College as an independent during the 1884 college football season. In Olivet's first year fielding a Varsity football team, the Comets compiled a 0–2 record, both games against Albion, and were outscored by a total of 20 to 7.


1884 Open Championship
The 1884 Open Championship was the 24th Open Championship, held 3 October at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Jack Simpson won the Championship by four strokes, ahead of runners-up Willie Fernie and Douglas Rolland.


1884 Open Championship
This was the first Open Championship to be played at Prestwick after it had been extended from 12 to 18 holes in 1882. The contest was still over 36 holes but  consisted of two 18-hole rounds rather than three 12-hole rounds.


1884 Open Championship
Conditions were difficult with a strong wind. Simpson, one of the early starters, had the best score in both rounds and was the surprise winner. Fernie and Rolland were joint second and shared the second and third prizes.


1884 Open Championship, Final leaderboard
Individual round scores are only known for the leading six players.


1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season
The 1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's first season of play. The club had formed the previous March and now was playing a season against other clubs. They played in red and black striped sweaters.


1884 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Roster
Thomas D. Green, Thomas Gallagher, F.M.S. (Frank) Jenkins, Jack Kerr, Halder Kirby, Albert Peter Low, Nelson Porter, Ernest Taylor, George Young


1884 Paisley by-election
The Paisley by-election, 1884 was a parliamentary by-election held on 15 February 1884 for the British House of Commons constituency of Paisley in Scotland. It was caused by the resignation of the constituency's sitting Liberal Member of Parliament William Holms who had held the seat since the general election of 1880 when he was returned unopposed.


1884 Paisley by-election, Result
The seat was held for the Liberals by Stewart Clark, a local thread manufacturer.


1884 Paisley by-election, Result
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1884 Penn Quakers football team
The 1884 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1884 college football season. The team compiled a 5–1–1 record. Alexander Gray was the team captain, and there was no coach.


1884 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1884 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 61–46 record and finished in seventh place in the American Association.


1884 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


1884 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 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


1884 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 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


1884 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


1884 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


1884 Philadelphia Quakers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1884 saw William Burns Smith defeat incumbent mayor Samuel G. King. This would ultimately be the last election to a three-year term as mayor, as the city subsequently extended mayoral terms to four years.


1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season
The 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the 3rd season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise. The Alleghenys finished 11th in the American Association with a record of 30–78.


1884 Poole by-election
The Poole by-election of 1884 was fought on 19 April 1884. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP, Charles Schreiber. It was won by the Conservative candidate William James Harris.


1884 Poole by-election, Background
Charles Schreiber had been elected at the 1880 general election, representing Poole, Dorset until his death in March 1884. A by-election was called for the following month.


1884 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 29 June 1884. The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 110 seats.


1884 Portuguese legislative election, Results
The results exclude the six seats won at national level and those from overseas territories.


1884 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis. This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship. Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.


1884 Prohibition National Convention
The 1884 Prohibition National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at Lafayette Hall, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from July 23–24, 1884, to select the Prohibition Party's presidential ticket for the 1884 presidential election.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Opening
On July 23, 1884, the convention was called to open by Chairman Gideon T. Stewart and was attended by 505 delegates from thirty one states.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Opening
Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner, who had served as the president of the 1880 convention, gave the opening prayer, Secretary R. W. Nelson read the call for the convention, Stewart gave the opening address where he criticized the alcohol industry as a greater evil than slavery, Reverend C. W. Blanchard gave a speech, and Frances Willard read a message from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union giving support to a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Opening
Samuel Dickie was selected to serve as the chairman of the convention and afterwards the vice-presidents of the thirty one state delegations were selected with ten being female.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Presidential nomination
On July 24, the delegates reconvened to vote on the presidential nomination. The California delegation nominated R. H. McDonald, who was seconded by delegates from Kentucky and Maine, the Illinois delegation nominated former Kansas Governor John St. John, who was seconded by Frances Willard, the Massachusetts delegation nominated Gideon T. Stewart, and a delegate from Pennsylvania nominated former presidential nominee James Black. Stewart withdrew from the balloting and endorsed St. John, the California delegation withdrew McDonald's nomination, and Black declined to contest the presidential ballot.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Presidential nomination
John B. Finch made a motion to suspend the rules to nominate St. John by acclamation was successful and 505 delegates voted in favor of St. John, who accepted the nomination via telegram. William Daniel of Maryland was selected to serve as the vice-presidential nominee.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Platform
The platform drafted by the platform committee was approved by the delegates, and it criticized the Republican and Democratic parties for not creating prohibition legislation while in power, included support for the prohibition of the sale and consumption of alcohol, increasing immigration, political and civil gender equality, women's suffrage, refusing to allow statehood to areas without the prohibition of polygamous marriages, soldier pensions, and money issued and regulated by the federal government.


1884 Prohibition National Convention, Platform
The platform plank in support of women's suffrage was weakened by Frances Willard to gain support among southern votes.


1884 Providence Grays season
The Providence Grays went 84–28 during the 1884 season to win the National League championship. The team started out with two main pitchers, Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn and Charlie Sweeney. After Sweeney jumped to the Union Association in mid-season, Radbourn pitched most of the Grays' remaining games and led the team to the pennant. Radbourn won 60 games by himself, setting a Major League Baseball record that has never been broken.


1884 Providence Grays season
After the regular season, the Grays faced the American Association champions, the New York Metropolitans, in the 1884 World Series. The Grays swept the series to become the "World Champions."


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Background
In 1883, the Providence Grays finished in third place. Pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won 48 games. Before the 1884 season, manager Harry Wright left the team and was replaced by Frank Bancroft. The franchise was on shaky financial ground, and ownership was close to disbanding the team.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Pitching rivalry
In early 1884, the Grays' two main pitchers were Radbourn and Charlie Sweeney. Both Radbourn and Sweeney were talented pitchers but also vain and temperamental. Through much of April and May, the younger Sweeney outshone the veteran Radbourn, creating tension between the two.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Pitching rivalry
On June 7, 1884, Sweeney struck out 19 Boston batters to set the single-game MLB record. The record would be tied a few times but not broken for 102 years, until Roger Clemens struck out 20 in a game in 1986. Sweeney was feted upon his return to Providence for days following his accomplishment, much to the bitter jealousy of Radbourn.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Pitching rivalry
Not long after that, Sweeney suffered arm problems which sidelined him. This meant that Radbourn would suffer the workload of two men, further driving a wedge between the veteran and the upstart. The two eventually fought in the clubhouse, and on July 16, Radbourn had a meltdown on the mound, intentionally lobbing several slow pitches over the plate in a losing effort. He was suspended from the team. Sweeney was forced to return to his regular pitching duties, which he did effectively for a time.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Sweeney's blowup
Following an exhibition game on July 21 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Sweeney, who had allegedly been drinking throughout the game, refused to return with the team to Providence, choosing to stay in Woonsocket with a lady he had escorted to the park that day. Waking the next morning, he realized he missed morning practice and raced to make it back to Providence for his start that afternoon. Though most players at the time were held to temperance clauses during the season, Grays manager Frank Bancroft was left with little choice but to pitch Sweeney.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Sweeney's blowup
After five effective innings, Bancroft signaled for the team captain Joe Start to make a pitching change. Sweeney refused to budge and continued to pitch for another two innings. With the Grays leading 6–2 before the start of the eighth inning, Bancroft insisted that Sweeney vacate the pitcher's box and move to right field. Still intoxicated, as well as the prevailing sentiment of 1880s baseball being that finishing a game a pitcher started was a question of manhood, Sweeney flatly refused.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Sweeney's blowup
When Bancroft threatened the pitcher with a $50 fine, Sweeney told him to take his fine and the rest of his salary, promptly quitting. This left Providence with only eight players. With two men to cover the outfield, they lost the game. Sweeney watched the rest of the game in street clothes and left with two women, presumably prostitutes. The Grays subsequently expelled Sweeney from the National League.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Sweeney's blowup
Sweeney then signed with the St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association, helping the Maroons win the UA's only championship. For the season, Sweeney pitched 221 innings for the Grays, going 17–8 with a 1.55 ERA, and pitched 271 innings for the Maroons, going 24–7 with a 1.83 ERA.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Radbourn's record
With only one main pitcher left, the Grays were left in a state of disarray with the consensus view that the team should be disbanded. At that point, Radbourn, who had spent the last several weeks demanding he be paid for doing the work of two men, offered to start every game for the rest of the season (having pitched in 76 of 98 games the season before). In exchange, he wanted a raise and exemption from the reserve clause for the next season. Ownership agreed, and Radbourn got his raise.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Radbourn's record
Over the Grays' next 43 games, Radbourn started 40 of them and won 36. Soon, pitching every other day as he was, his arm became so sore he couldn't even raise it to comb his hair. On game day he was at the ballpark hours before the start, getting warmed up. He began his warm up by throwing just a few feet, increasing the distance gradually until he was pitching from second base and finally from short center field. Led by Radbourn, the Grays got hot and stayed hot, clinching the National League championship on September 24 and finishing the season with a record of 84–28.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, Radbourn's record
Radbourn himself finished the season with a league-leading 678.2 innings pitched and 73 complete games, and he won the Triple Crown with a record of 60–12, a 1.38 earned run average, and 441 strikeouts. His 60 wins in a season is a record which is expected to never be broken because no pitcher has made even as many as 37 starts in a season since 1991. Also, his 678.2 innings pitched stands at second all-time, behind only Will White (680 in 1879) for a single season.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, World Series
At the end of the season, Providence officials accepted New York Metropolitans (AA) manager Jim Mutrie's challenge to a three-game postseason match, which became known as the first World Series. All of the games took place at the Polo Grounds in New York and were played under American Association rules, which forbade overhand pitching. Each team put up one thousand dollars with the winner taking all.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, World Series
Game 1 took place on October 23. Radbourn allowed two hits and struck out nine, and the Grays defeated the Metropolitans, 6–0. New York's ace pitcher, Tim Keefe, took the loss.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, World Series
The next day, Radbourn three-hit the Metropolitans and won 3–1 in a game called after seven innings due to darkness. Grays third baseman Jerry Denny hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning, the first homer in World Series history. Keefe lost for the second time.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, World Series
Providence had clinched the series, but New York, hoping to generate more revenue, asked them to play the third game anyway. The Grays agreed to play as long as they had the option of choosing the umpire, and they strategically chose Keefe, the Metropolitans' best pitcher. Due to the extremely cold weather, the attendance for the game was just 300, and the game was called after six innings. Radbourn, pitching his third complete game in three days, led the Grays to a 12–2 rout. Buck Becannon was the losing pitcher for New York.


1884 Providence Grays season, Summary, World Series
Overall, Radbourn pitched all 22 innings in the series, allowing 11 hits, three unearned runs, and no earned runs. The total attendance for the three games was 3,800. Local newspaper The New York Clipper called the series "The Championship of the United States." Several newspapers such as The Sporting Life penned the Grays as "World Champions," and the new title stuck.


1884 Providence Grays 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


1884 Providence Grays 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


1884 Providence Grays season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Providence Grays season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Providence Grays season, 1884 World Series
Providence Grays (NL) (84–28) vs New York Metropolitans (AA) (75–32)


1884 Republican National Convention
The 1884 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Chicago, Illinois, on June 3–6, 1884. It resulted in the nomination of former House Speaker James G. Blaine from Maine for president and Senator John A. Logan of Illinois for vice president. The ticket lost in the election of 1884 to Democrats Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks.


1884 Republican National Convention
In attendance were 1600 delegates and alternates and 6000 spectators. There were 820 official delegates; 411 votes were needed to win the nomination. The incumbent president, Chester A. Arthur, was not a serious contender due to ill health. Blaine was the favorite going in, but there was a possibility that President Arthur could build a coalition with smaller candidates such as George F. Edmunds. There were also rumors that members of the party would bolt if Blaine won the nomination. Neither Blaine nor Arthur were in attendance. Blaine was at his home in Augusta, Maine, and Arthur followed the events from the White House by telegraphy.


1884 Republican National Convention, Pre-balloting maneuvers
To test the waters, Blaine supporters nominated Powell Clayton as temporary chair of the Convention. A former Arthur supporter, Clayton was now in Blaine's camp. He was popular with veterans, but was also associated with the Star Route Frauds. Edmunds's supporters, led by Henry C. Lodge, moved to nominate John R. Lynch instead, an African-American from Mississippi. The speech supporting Lynch was given by Theodore Roosevelt. Lynch won the vote 424 to 384, and Blaine's nomination seemed for the first time vulnerable.


1884 Republican National Convention, Pre-balloting maneuvers
Blaine's future seemed more vulnerable the next day when, to address the rumors of party members bolting, his supporters made a motion to remove seats of delegates who failed to pledge support of the eventual nominee. The motion failed, again by the fortitude of Edmunds's supporters. The day closed with John B. Henderson being elected permanent chair of the convention.


1884 Republican National Convention, Pre-balloting maneuvers
That evening leaders of Arthur's and Edmunds's camps met in private in the Grand Pacific Hotel and tried to create a viable coalition. Arthur's team could not guarantee that his supporters would back Edmunds. It was more likely that the second choice of Arthur delegates was Blaine.


1884 Republican National Convention, Nominations
The roll call of the States began the next evening. When Maine was called, the cheering lasted ten minutes, during which time William H. West came to the platform and gave a rabble-rousing speech to second the nomination. After West's speech, pandemonium continued in the building, much to West's chagrin. Further speeches seconding the nomination were given by Cushman Kellogg Davis and Thomas C. Platt.


1884 Republican National Convention, Nominations
When the roll call reached New York, it was Arthur's turn to be nominated. Martin I. Townsend's speech was lackluster at best and poorly prepared, Townsend having been selected for the responsibility only after the roll call began. His speech was occasionally drowned out by hisses and eruptions of side conversations. The nomination was seconded by Harry H. Bingham, John R. Lynch and Patrick H. Winston. Bingham's speech was strong, Lynch's brief, and Winston's irritating. Although it was already 11 PM, a motion to adjourn failed. Another speech for Arthur was given by P. B. S. Pinchback, but like the others, it did not sway any support.


1884 Republican National Convention, Nominations
To close the night Joseph B. Foraker nominated John Sherman and John Davis Long nominated Edmunds. The delegates adjourned just after midnight.


1884 Republican National Convention, Balloting
On the first ballot Blaine received 344½, Arthur 278, Edmunds 93, Logan 63½, and Sherman 30, with Joseph Roswell Hawley, Robert Todd Lincoln and William Tecumseh Sherman receiving parts of the remainder. Arthur received only a third of his votes from the North, none from Ohio, 1 of 44 from Illinois, 9 of 30 from Indiana, 11 of 60 from Pennsylvania and only 31 of 71 from his home state of New York. It was expected that Logan's delegates would shift to Blaine.


1884 Republican National Convention, Balloting
On the second ballot, Blaine received 375 (gaining delegates from Edmunds), Arthur 274. On the fourth ballot, Blaine received 541, Arthur 207, and Edmunds 41. Blaine received 130 more than the majority needed, grabbing 67 from Arthur's camp and 28 from Edmunds's. That evening Logan was selected to be Blaine's running mate.


1884 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1884 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1884. Incumbent Republican Augustus O. Bourn defeated Democratic nominee Thomas W. Segar with 62.39% of the vote.


1884 Richmond Virginians season
The 1884 Richmond Virginians joined the American Association during the season after the Washington Statesmen dropped out. They  finished with a 12–30 record, 10th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.


1884 Richmond Virginians 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


1884 Richmond Virginians 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


1884 Richmond Virginians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Richmond Virginians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Richmond Virginians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1884 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1884 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 184 to 155. The team had no coach, and its captain was John DeWitt.


1884 SAFA season
The 1884 South Australian Football Association season was the 8th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1884 SAFA season
Port Adelaide went on to record its 1st premiership and in doing so ended Norwood's run of 6 straight premierships.


1884 SAFA season
The season would be the last of the South Park Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, previously known as the Victorian Football Club. It shares no relation to the modern day North Adelaide Roosters.


1884 SAFA season, Ladder
Note: Norwood were ranked ahead of South Adelaide on head-to-head record (2-1), and South Park were ranked ahead of North Adelaide on head-to-head record (1-0-1).


1884 Scottish Cup Final
The 1884 Scottish Cup Final was scheduled to be the 11th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1883–84 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. Six-time winners Queen's Park were due to face three-time winners Vale of Leven at Cathkin Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 23 February 1884.


1884 Scottish Cup Final
Following a bereavement, illness and injury, Vale of Leven requested that the match be postponed but this was refused by the SFA. In protest, Vale of Leven did not appear for the final. A subsequent meeting of an SFA committee narrowly decided to award the cup to Queen's Park rather than reorganising the final.


1884 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Queen's Park had reached the final on six previous occasions and had gone on to lift the trophy each time, most recently in 1882.


1884 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Runners-up in 1883, Vale of Leven reached the final for the second season in succession. This was their fifth appearance in the final and they had previously won the competition three times consecutively between 1877 and 1879.


1884 Scottish Cup Final, Background
Prior to the final, Queen's Park and Vale of Leven were the most successful teams in the competition having lifted the trophy in nine of the previous 10 seasons between them. However, they had only met twice previously in the competition. Queen's Park won 2–1 on their way to winning the trophy in 1875–76 before Vale of Leven recorded a 2–1 on their way to winning the cup the following season.


1884 Scottish Cup Final, Match details
As a result of a bereavement, illness and injury, three of Vale of Leven's players were set to miss the final. With their replacements also unavailable, Vale appealed to the SFA on the Wednesday before the final to have the match postponed but this was refused. The club then asked opponents Queen's Park to agree to a postponement but failed to notify them of their situation. With no reason to postpone the game and an upcoming FA Cup final, Queen's Park refused and the game was expected to go ahead as planned.


1884 Scottish Cup Final, Match details
After Vale failed to appear for the final, an SFA committee was tasked with deciding what should happen next. Chaired by the president of the SFA - a Queen's Park man - the committee decided by seven votes to six to award the cup to Queen's Park rather than reorganising the match. Following the decision, there were reports in the press that the SFA should be renamed the "Queen’s Park and Rangers Association" because of a perceived Glasgow bias.


1884 Selwyn by-election
The Selwyn by-election of 1884 was a by-election held on 15 February 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the rural Canterbury electorate of Selwyn.


1884 Selwyn by-election
The by-election was caused by the death, on 18 December 1883, of the previous member of parliament Edward Lee, who had won the previous by-election in April 1883.


1884 Selwyn by-election
The by-election was contested by John McLachlan and Edward Wakefield, the latter winning the show of hands at the nomination meeting. The election was won by Wakefield, with 479 votes to 316.


1884 Selwyn by-election, Results
McLachland won the polling booth at Leeston by one vote, but Wakefield won the other booths at Brookside, Southbridge and Dunsandel. At the 1884 general election on 22 July, Wakefield was returned unopposed in Selwyn.


1884 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbia in early 1884. The governing Conservative Party won 58 of the 130 seats. King Milan appointed a further 44 members. Following the elections, Milutin Garašanin of the Progressive Party became Prime Minister.


1884 South Australian colonial election
Colonial elections were held in South Australia from 8 April to 23 April 1884. All 52 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election.


1884 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.


1884 South Australian colonial election
Informal groupings began and increased government stability occurred from the 1887 election. The United Labor Party would be formed in 1891, while the National Defence League would be formed later in the same year.


1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Hugh Smith Thompson was renominated by the Democrats and was reelected for a second two-year term.


1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic Convention
Governor Hugh Smith Thompson had made no enemies during his first term as governor and no opposition to his nomination developed at the state Democratic convention of 1884. Thompson was then renominated by acclamation to be the Democratic nominee for governor in the general election, effectively meaning that he would serve two more years since there was no opposition in the general election.


1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 4, 1884 and Hugh Smith Thompson was elected as governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was less than the previous gubernatorial election because of the lack of opposition in the general election.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season
The 1884 Southern Rugby Union season was the 11th season of the Sydney Rugby Premiership. This was the second competition for the Gardiner Cup which was awarded to the winners of the premiership. The football season lasted from May till September 1884 with the main cup games held between June and August. The season culminated in the premiership, which was won by Burwood. Burwood were crowned premiers by a committee of the Union.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
Five Senior Clubs competed for the Gardiner Challenge Cup. Senior Clubs competed against each other for the Cup and played other games against Junior or Country Clubs. Only the first teams from the Senior Clubs were eligible for the Cup.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
The Sydney Rugby Premiership was still in its infancy in 1884 with many aspects of the championship undeveloped. It was the second year that the Gardiner Challenge Cup was to be given to the winner of the Premiership. As per the previous year, a committee was setup to organise the competition for the Cup. Their task was to arrange the contests and determine the conditions that the Cup would be awarded. However, the matches were rather sporadic with games intermingled between those against Junior Clubs and Country Clubs.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
Supporters of the game questioned the arrangement of matches and suggested organising rounds with a concluding final. The first games between Senior teams for the Cup were held on 21 June despite many of the clubs having played games since early May against Junior teams. The premiership was again decided by the committee at the conclusion of the season.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The Wallaroo Football Club began their Cup matches with a string of victories. It wasn't until they met Sydney University in a return match that the Wallaroos lost their first game. Unfortunately, they then lost against both Redfern and Burwood in close matches. Against the 'Varsity, Wallaroo had won one game and had lost the second. This was the same against Burwood. Across the entire season, the Club played 15 games, winning 11 of them. Eight of these games were against Senior Clubs with Wallaroo victorious in 5 of them.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The Sydney University Football Club finished the Cup games strong, winning three out of the last four games. Over the season, the 'Varsity played 15 games and won 11. In the Cup matches, the Club played 8 games against the Senior Clubs, winning 5. The 'Varsity lost against Wallaroo and Burwood but were able to reverse the result against Wallaroo in a return match later in the season. A return match against the Burwood Club saw the game end in controversy when a try was awarded near the end of the game. The first umpire for the game declared no try as time had ended, while the second umpire indicated that time was still available. The matter was passed on to the Union who declared the game as unfinished and therefore no result.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The Burwood Football Club enjoyed a successful season. The team played 13 matches, winning 11 of them and losing only 1. Against the Senior Clubs, Burwood played 7 games and won 5. Their only loss all season was against Wallaroo, whom they beat later in the year. After defeating University in their first matchup, their second match ended in controversy and was eventually declared "no result". This decision by the Union gave the Club the Premiership and the Gardiner Challenge Cup. During their matches, Burwood only had 9 points scored against them, indicating their strength in defence.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades
The Southern Rugby Football Union classified the participating clubs into two groups, Seniors and Juniors. Prior to 1883, all clubs were considered for the Premiership. With the introduction of the Gardiner Challenge Cup, only Senior clubs participated in the competition. The Junior clubs competed with each other, but no award was recognised for their achievements. Matches between Senior and Junior teams were common place, with results in those matches assisting in deciding the final Senior Premiership winner.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Rugby Tour
In 1884 the first team from New Zealand toured New South Wales and played a number of matches across the colony. The team was supported by the Canterbury Rugby Football Union, a provincial union who administered rugby in New Zealand until a national body was formed. Despite a New South Wales team having visited New Zealand in 1882, no games were played against a team representing the colony. This meant that the three games held in Sydney were the first time that a New Zealand Rugby team competed in football. In all, the team played eight games during the tour and were victorious in all of them scoring 167 points and conceding 17.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Rugby Tour
Despite being known in modern times as the "All Blacks", the New Zealanders at the time wore dark blue jerseys with New South Wales playing in olive-green jerseys. The team that the visitors placed into the field was heavier than the local team. Much of the three matches saw play restricted to the NSW line with a number of attempts made by the New Zealanders at scoring. In three games between New South Wales and the visiting team, the New Zealand team scored 48 points to 2. One of the main draw cards for the matches was the Maori player, John Taiaroa, who dazzled whenever he had the ball.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Rugby Tour
With the three matches being played at the end of May into mid June, the Gardiner Challenge Cup was not begun until late June. At the conclusion of the matches, some of the touring players remained in Sydney and took up positions in the local clubs.


1884 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
Two intercolonial games were played in July between New South Wales and Queensland at the Association Ground in Sydney. Both matches saw the local New South Wales team display superior play resulting in two easy wins over the Queenslanders. The first match saw the NSW team score 4 tries to defeat the tourists 17 points to 4. The next match was entirely dominated by the local team with NSW scoring 7 tries to win 26 point to nil. In support of these matches, the Gardiner Cup was put on hold in order to allow players to be available for representative duties and not jeopardise their club's performance in the Cup.


1884 Spanish general election
The 1884 Spanish general election was held on Sunday, 27 April and on Thursday, 8 May 1884, to elect the 3rd Restoration Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain. All 393 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election, as well as 180 of 360 seats in the Senate.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Background
The Spanish Constitution of 1876 enshrined Spain as a constitutional monarchy, awarding the King power to name senators and to revoke laws, as well as the title of commander-in-chief of the army. The King would also play a key role in the system of El Turno Pacífico (the Peaceful Turn) by appointing and toppling governments and allowing the opposition to take power. Under this system, the Conservative and Liberal parties alternated in power by means of election rigging, which they achieved through the encasillado, using the links between the Ministry of Governance, the provincial civil governors, and the local bosses (caciques) to ensure victory and exclude minor parties from the power sharing.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The Spanish Cortes were envisaged as "co-legislative bodies", based on a nearly perfect bicameralism. Both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate had legislative, control and budgetary functions, sharing equal powers except for laws on contributions or public credit, where the Congress had preeminence. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of censitary suffrage, which comprised national males over twenty-five, being taxpayers with a minimum quota of twenty-five pesetas per territorial contribution or fifty per industrial subsidy, as well as being enrolled in the so-called capacity census (either by criteria of Education or for professional reasons).


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Congress of Deputies, 88 seats were elected using a partial block voting in 26 multi-member constituencies, with the remaining 305 being elected under a one-round first-past-the-post system in single-member districts. Candidates winning a plurality in each constituency were elected. In constituencies electing eight seats, electors could vote for up to six candidates; in those with seven seats, for up to five candidates; in those with six seats, for up to four; in those with four or five seats, for up to three candidates; and for one candidate in single-member districts.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
Additionally, up to ten deputies could be elected through cumulative voting in several single-member constituencies, provided that they obtained more than 10,000 votes overall. The Congress was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants, with each multi-member constituency being allocated a fixed number of seats: 8 for Madrid, 5 for Barcelona and Palma, 4 for Seville and 3 for Alicante, Almería, Badajoz, Burgos, Cádiz, Cartagena, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Coruña, Lugo, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza. The law also provided for by-elections to fill seats vacated throughout the legislature.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
For the Senate, 180 seats were indirectly elected, with electors voting for delegates instead of senators. Elected delegates—equivalent in number to one-sixth of the councillors in each municipal corporation—would then vote for senators using a write-in, two-round majority voting system. The provinces of Álava, Albacete, Ávila, Biscay, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Guipúzcoa, Huelva, Logroño, Matanzas, Palencia, Pinar del Río, Puerto Príncipe, Santa Clara, Santander, Santiago de Cuba, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Valladolid and Zamora were allocated two seats each, whereas each of the remaining provinces was allocated three seats, for a total of 147.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
The remaining 33 were allocated to a number of institutions, electing one seat each—the Archdioceses of Burgos, Granada, Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Cuba, Seville, Tarragona, Toledo, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza; the Royal Spanish Academy; the Royal Academies of History, Fine Arts, Sciences, Moral and Political Sciences and Medicine; the Universities of Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Havana, Oviedo, Salamanca, Santiago, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza; and the Economic Societies of Friends of the Country from Madrid, Barcelona, Cuba–Puerto Rico, León, Seville and Valencia.


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Electoral system
An additional 180 seats comprised senators in their own right—the Monarch's offspring and the heir apparent once coming of age; Grandees of Spain of the first class; Captain Generals of the Army and the Navy Admiral; the Patriarch of the Indies and archbishops; as well as other high-ranking state figures—and senators for life (who were appointed by the Monarch).


1884 Spanish general election, Overview, Election date
The term of each House of the Cortes—the Congress and one-half of the elective part of the Senate—expired five years from the date of their previous election, unless they were dissolved earlier. The Monarch had the prerogative to dissolve both Houses at any given time—either jointly or separately—and call a snap election.


1884 St. Louis Browns season
The 1884 St. Louis Browns season was the team's third season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its third season in the American Association. The Browns went 67–40 during the season and finished fourth in the American Association.


1884 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


1884 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 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


1884 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 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


1884 St. Louis Maroons season
The 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team finished with a 94–19 record and won the championship of the new Union Association. After the season the UA folded and the Maroons joined the National League, the only UA team to continue past the 1884 season.


1884 St. Louis Maroons season
The Maroons were back in the news in 2015, when the Golden State Warriors started the 2015–16 season with an NBA-record 24 straight wins; this surpassed St. Louis' 20-0 start, which was the previous record for the four major professional sports leagues in the United States.


1884 St. Louis Maroons season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 St. Louis Maroons season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 St. Louis Maroons season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 St. Louis Maroons season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden in 1884 to elect the Second Chamber of the Riksdag for a three-year term.


1884 Swedish general election
Of a total population of 4.7 million, only 291,668 people (6.3%) were eligible to vote. Only 73,636 voters participated in the election.


1884 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 26 October 1884. The Radical Left retained its majority in the National Council.


1884 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.


1884 Swiss federal election, Results, National Council, Summary
Voter turnout was highest in Schaffhausen (where voting was compulsory) at 95.9% and lowest in Neuchâtel at 25.1%.


1884 Swiss referendum
A four-part referendum was held in Switzerland on 11 May 1884. All four were rejected by voters.


1884 Swiss referendum, Background
All four referendums were optional referendums, which meant that only a majority of the public vote was required for the proposals to be approved, as opposed to a mandatory referendum which required both a majority of voters and cantons.


1884 Swiss referendum, Results, Question I
Question I asked whether a federal law on the organisation of the federal departments for justice and the police should be enacted.


1884 Swiss referendum, Results, Question II
Question II asked voters whether they approved of a federal resolution on patent taxes for salesmen.


1884 Swiss referendum, Results, Question III
Question III asked voters whether they approved of an amendment to the federal criminal law made on 4 February 1853.


1884 Swiss referendum, Results, Question IV
Question IV asked voters whether they approved of a federal resolution on a 10,000 CHF contribution to the cost of the Swiss embassy in Washington, D.C.


1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Incumbent Democrat William B. Bate defeated Republican nominee Frank T. Reid with 51.24% of the vote.


1884 Tenterfield colonial by-election
A by-election for the seat of Tenterfield in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 20 November 1884 because of the resignation of Sir Henry Parkes, stating that he was retiring from politics and that "I have no intention of seeking or accepting a seat in any future Parliament".


1884 Tenterfield colonial by-election, Aftermath
Despite Sir Henry's statement that he was retiring from politics, he re-entered the Legislative Assembly at the Argyle by-election on 31 March 1885, and would become Premier for a fourth time in 1887.


1884 Thorndon by-election
The 1884 Thorndon by-election was a by-election held on 13 May 1884 for the Wellington urban electorate of Thorndon during the 8th Parliament.


1884 Thorndon by-election
One of the losing candidates, Henry Bunny had represented the Wairarapa electorate from 1865 to 1881. He was widely expected to win.


1884 Thorndon by-election
Thomas Dwan did not impress one reporter at the opening meeting of the campaign, saying that he did not give his usual "political mountebank" speech but a deadly dull one, and that he showed he knew as much about the country districts as a "Hindoo does about skating".


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season
The 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings finished with a 45–58 record, eighth place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in a major league.


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season
The team was noteworthy for catcher Fleet Walker and outfielder Weldy Walker, two brothers who are credited as being the first and second African Americans to play Major League Baseball before the color barrier prevented blacks from playing in the majors again until 1947.


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 Toledo Blue Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1884 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
List of champions of the 1884 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open). The tournament was held from August 26 to August 27 on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the 4th U.S. National Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year.


1884 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Singles
Richard D. Sears defeated  Howard Taylor 6–0, 1–6, 6–0, 6–2


1884 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Richard D. Sears /  James Dwight defeated  Walter Berry /  Alexander Van Rensselaer, 6–4, 6–1, 8–10, 6–4


1884 U.S. National Championships – Doubles
James Dwight and Richard Sears defended their title against Alexander Van Rensselaer and Walter Berry in the final.


1884 U.S. National Championships – Singles
Three-time defending champion Richard Sears defeated Howard Taylor in the final, 6–0, 1–6, 6–0, 6–2, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1884 U.S. National Championships. A challenge round was introduced which was played until 1911. Arthur Rives is the first player to play at more than one Grand Slam singles tournament within one calendar year.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1884 for Representatives in the 49th Congress. These election coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections
In spite of Cleveland's victory, the opposition Republican Party gained back some of the seats lost in 1882, but the Democratic Party retained a majority in the House. Republicans were able to make these slight gains by connecting their pro-business and industry message with progress. The Democrats were also hindered by the Panic of 1884, but were not greatly affected by it since the depression ended quickly.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections, Early election dates
In 1884, four states, with 28 seats among them, held elections early:


1884 United States House of Representatives elections, California
Two new districts were created for the seats gained in the 1882 reapportionment, eliminating the at-large district that had been created for them.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in California
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1884 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 4, 1884. Republicans won both newly created districts and three of the four existing districts.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida were held November 4, 1884 for the 49th Congress. These elections were held at the same time as the 1884 Presidential election and election for governor.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Background
The 1882 elections had sent one Democrat and one Republican to the House to represent Florida. That would prove to be the last Congressional election won by a Republican in Florida until 1954.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, Election results
Both incumbents ran for re-election, one of whom was re-elected. One seat changed from Republican to Democratic control


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 4, 1884 to select seven Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Five incumbents were re-elected and the two open seats were split between the Democrats and the Republicans. The composition of the state delegation after the election was six Democrats and one Republican.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1st congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Samuel Dibble of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1883, defeated Republican challenger W.N. Taft.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 2nd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman George D. Tillman of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1883, defeated Republican challenger E.J. Dickerson.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 3rd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman D. Wyatt Aiken of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1877, defeated Republican challenger John R. Tolbert.


1884 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 4th congressional district special election
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John H. Evins of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1877, died on October 20, 1884. A special election was called for December and Democrat John Bratton was unopposed in his bid to serve the rest of the term for the 48th Congress.