1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Roachock stopped another attack, and then Rawson, Dixon, and Guster made a forward movement. Through the instrumentality of Kenneth McKenzie the ball was taken down to the centre, and J. Woods marked well. The Ports, however, made a determined rush. Miers and J. McKenzie gave Phillips a long shot, and he hit the post.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Quarter time: Norwood 3.1 (3) – Port Adelaide 3.1 (3)


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
The Ports with the aid of the wind started the second quarter with the first attack. However Jackson warded off the Ports rebounding to Shaw and Roberts who troubled the Ports' back line. Woods subsequently receiving a free on the boundary from a very difficult angle successfully kicked the Norwoods' fourth goal.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
On kicking off a very bad attempt at marking by the Norwoods let in Gardiner, and he sent the ball forward. Combe and Daly kept the Norwood goal out of danger on their end, and then the Ports tried the other wing, and worked the ball across to the pavilion, where Stephens, who was working very hard in the ruck, showed up. After the sphere had traversed the ground Hills tried a shot, and the ball passed just outside the post.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Kempster, beating two Norwoods, kept the play in the Norwoods' territory but an exchange of marks sent to the other end, where McGaffin and C. Woods missed badly. Then for a time the Norwood back men were kept hard at work at the river end. Eventually Phillips was given an opportunity but he could only manage another behind.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Norwood with a fast rush transferred play to the other end, but equally as fast was returned. Kempster, Stevens, and Ewers helped W. Bushby, Stephens, and Correll to futile shots.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Half time: Norwood 4.1 (4) – Port Adelaide 3.3 (3)


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
After the half time interval the Ports were the first to gain ascendency of the play with some aggressive tactics. C. Fry gave John McKenzie a shot, which he missed. Arthur Jackson worked the ball out of the Norwood defence, but the Ports were making a great effort in keeping the Norwood goal in danger. However, Hamilton and J. McKenzie would both miss chances, with the latter getting a behind. Daly was instrumental in stifling the Port attack.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Again the Ports put all their power into the play, and Gardner finished up a nice run with a good kick. Hills placed in front to Le Leu who finally converted an opportunity for Port and a loud cheer from their supporters announced that the scores were equal.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
The Ports continued their ascendancy in the play for a short while but state of the scoreboard eventually forced the Norwood's into action and by a series of long kicks and marks they forced the Ports to defend. Dixon placed up, and Shaw smartly passed to Guster, who proved reliable kicking the Norwood's fifth goal.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
A determined effort by the Ports placed the Norwoods' backs in trouble, and another behind came from Hamilton.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Gardner and Tomlin pressured any forward movements of the Norwood players keeping the ball in their opponents' territory. This eventually resulted in Davis putting Phillips in possession, but once more the usually accurate kicker sent the ball behind.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
McKee and J. Woods raised the siege along the gate wing, and Daly securing tried a sixty-yard kick which was very close to registering a goal but only resulted in Norwood's second behind.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Rawson and Wilson kept the ball close up to the Port Adelaide goal with Kenneth McKenzie working hard to prevent a Norwood score. When Alfred Robert gained a chance at scoring an easy goal he mulled the opportunity and only registered a behind.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Bushby beat Daly, and the leather went to the other end, Phillips securing yet another behind for the Ports.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Three quarter time: Norwood 5.3 (5) – Port Adelaide 4.7 (4)


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
When the final change took place the score was:— Norwood 5 goals 3 behinds to Port 4 goals 7 behinds.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
With deafening cries from the partisan supporters of both teams, the players took to the field and went into work at a great pace. The Norwoods had evidently reserved themselves for a big final stanza. A series of marks by Rawson, Daly, and McGrath gave Shaw an opportunity, and the game looked all over as the ball went right up to the goal, but it fell short, and J. Fry secured. Taking it around the gate wing the Ports called upon the Norwoods to defend. Hamilton dispatched to Hills, who kicked a behind. Shortly after John McKenzie kicked Port Adelaide's ninth behind.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
The Norwoods played wonderfully well together, successfully executing long kicks and marks. They transferred the play to the Ports' end, where Webb defended. Sending it along the pavilion wing Hills gave Phillips another chance, and he made amends for previous misses by equalizing the score.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
With time rapidly drawing on the teams were urged on by their supporters, and the Norwoods made a gallant effort, whilst the Ports defended in equal style. The Norwood's however, seemed to have a little bit in hand, and by some good marking Waldron forwarded to McGaffin, and his kick put the Norwoods a goal ahead.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
At this time in the game H.G. Hamilton seized up with the cramp and struggled to contribute for the rest of the game. Resuming, the Norwoods again attacked, and their combined play was too good for their opponents. In a scrimmage some distance from the goal C. Woods put his foot to the sphere and sent it between the uprights. The umpire thinking a Port man had kicked it did not give a decision, and nothing was registered. By Mr Traits order the ball was kicked off from behind, and then some hot play ensued in the Ports' quarters. K. McKenzie got away from two Norwoods, but Roachock outwitted him. Rawson, Roberts, and Gaster kept the ball forward, and Daly missed a running shot. Then O. Bertram also tried a running shot, and a loud cheer greeted another Norwood goal.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
With everything to gain the Ports started off again, but before anything serious had eventuated the bell rang out, and the great contest was over, leaving the Norwood team premiers of 1889.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Match summary, Fourth quarter
The final score was Norwood—7 goals 4 behinds. Port Adelaide—5 goals 9 behinds.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Teams
From their previous match Norwood replaced Haldane, Honner and McCarthy with John McGrath, Oswald Bertram and Patrick Roachock. Port Adelaide replaced Miller with Maurice Lowe.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Australian rules football Grand Finals
Although the term "Grand Final" was not in wide use until 1931, and finals series were not introduced until 1897, the term "Grand Final" is also used to denote any pre-1897 premiership playoff match that was required in order to break a tie on head-to-head records or premiership points or settle a dispute between teams, and also where the last match of the home-and-away season determined the winners and runners-up for the season.


1889 SAFA Grand Final, Australian rules football Grand Finals
As such, this match between Norwood and Port Adelaide was the first ever fixture in the SAFA's history to decide the premiership.


1889 SAFA season
The 1889 South Australian Football Association season was the 13th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1889 SAFA season
As Norwood and Port Adelaide finished level on premiership points, the first ever dedicated premiership playoff match in a major Australian rules football competition was held, with Norwood winning to claim the 1889 premiership.


1889 SAFA season
Adelaide merged with North Adelaide, the former Hotham and no relation to the current team, after North Adelaide had spent one season in the S.A.F.A.


1889 San Diego mayoral election
The 1889 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 2, 1889 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Douglas Gunn was elected Mayor with a majority of the votes.


1889 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
In November 1888, incumbent Mayor William Jefferson Hunsaker resigned from office prior to the completion of his term in office. Council president Martin D. Hamilton served as acting mayor until the 1889 election could be held.


1889 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
The 1889 campaign featured two Republican newspaper proprietors. Douglas Gunn ran on the non-partisan Citizens' ticket. John R. Berry ran on the Straight Republican ticket.


1889 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
On April 2, 1889, Gunn was elected mayor with 58.4 percent of the vote to Berry's 41.6 percent.


1889 Scottish Cup Final
The 1889 Scottish Cup Final, colloquially known as the Snow final, was a football match played on 2 February 1889 at Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) and was the final of the 16th staging of the Scottish Cup. Celtic and Third Lanark contested the match.


1889 Scottish Cup Final
Third Lanark won the match 3–0. Due to the poor conditions and the unplayable nature of the pitch through snow, the match was ordered to be replayed the following week on 9 February 1889, where Third Lanark won again with a 2–1 victory.


1889 Scottish Cup Final
The match was Third Lanark's first Scottish Cup and in Celtic's inaugural season it was their first appearance in the Scottish Cup final.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Road to the final
Third Lanark had a bye in the first round and did not enter the competition until round two. Both teams had to replay games en route to the final.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Road to the final
This was Celtic's first season in the Scottish Cup and indeed football, so making it to the final was quite an achievement. Their debut was a spectacular 5–1 win against Shettleston with John O'Connor scoring all five goals. Celtic eased through subsequent rounds with ease until they met Clyde in round five. Clyde won the match 1–0, but Celtic appealed the match as unplayable. Clyde had started the game in illegal footwear and by the time they changed into legal footwear, the match started late and it finished in darkness.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Road to the final
Celtic appealed for the match to be replayed and as it was deemed unplayable by the end, the appeal went in Celtic's favour. On the replay Celtic easily routed Clyde, beating them 9–2 at Parkhead. Subsequently, Clyde appealed against the decision to replay the game, but were overruled and Celtic went through.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Road to the final
Third Lanark had an even more prolonged route to the final with the matches against Queens Park and Abercorn having to be replayed following appeals. The Abercorn match went to a third replay before Third Lanark finally went through.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Road to the final
Typical of football at the time, there were several high-scoring games, with Celtic scoring 36 goals and Third Lanark 41 goals en route to the final.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, First match
Snow showers and strong winds had affected Glasgow on 2 February 1889. Around 11 am the officials decided that although there was a light covering of snow, the ground was playable. However, further heavy snow showers continued into the afternoon and by the time kick-off came, the pitch was ankle deep. It was decided that the match should be played, but both teams played under protest and agreed that, as the pitch was unplayable, the match would be treated as a friendly. The players threw snowballs at each other as they ran onto the pitch.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, First match
With the wind at their backs, Celtic made most of the early pressure, but despite that went a goal down on the 20th minute after Johnstone centred to Marshall to give Third Lanark the lead. In the second half Third Lanark had most of the pressure and went 2–0 up after Celtic goalkeeper Kelly dropped the snow-covered ball to let John Oswald score. Third Lanark continued to dominate the match and Hannah wrapped the game up for them with a third goal a minute from time.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, First match
The match attendance of 18,000 was a record for Scottish football at the time.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Aftermath
Two days later, on 4 February 1889, a special meeting of the Scottish Football Association was held to discuss the match. Both teams claimed that prior to the match they had agreed that because of the poor playing conditions it would be played as a friendly. Although a signed document was produced to show that the teams had agreed to play the match as a friendly, it was challenged by some members. Airdrieonians representative Mr Reid moved that the agreement should not be recognised and the result should stand. The referee, Charles Campbell, and his umpires were then questioned and stated that the ground had been unplayable. Following this admission it was unanimously agreed that the tie be replayed the following Saturday.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Replay
The replay took place the following week on 9 February 1889, this time in fine conditions, though on a hard pitch. Attendance at the match is believed to have been as many as 18,000–20,000 spectators. Shortly before kickoff Third Lanark handed in a protest about having to play on the pitch and having to replay the match. Despite their protest the game went ahead, and as Third Lanark won the toss they chose to play with the wind on their back.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Replay
The teams were evenly matched in the early stages, but Celtic's Coleman had to retire early injured and so Celtic had to play the remainder of the match with ten men. Third Lanark then had the bulk of possession, but it was Celtic who went closest as McCallum hit the post. The deadlock was broken in the 23rd minute when Third Lanark's Marshall scrambled the ball home from close range; Kelly saved the shot but it was judged to have crossed the line.


1889 Scottish Cup Final, Replay
In the second half, Celtic had most of the pressure and spurned a number of chances before a McCallum header equalised for them in the 67th minute. Despite Celtic bossing the remainder of the match, it was Third Lanark who scored next with John Oswald scoring the winner late in the game. This was the first of Third Lanark's two Scottish Cups; they won again in 1905.


1889 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 26 September 1889. The result was a victory for the People's Radical Party, which won 102 of the 117 seats in the National Assembly.


1889 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
The elections were originally planned for November, but was later rescheduled for September. After King Milan abdicated in February 1889, it was thought that fresh elections would be held shortly afterwards, but it was decided by the regents later in March that there would be no early election on the basis that Crown Prince Alexander was a minor and could not be required to take the Constitutional Oath before the National Assembly, and as the Regents had taken their oath in the presence of King Milan, the National Assembly was not required. This was in violation of the constitution, which required the regents to immediately call an election.


1889 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
The newly elected Assembly met for the first time on 13 October.


1889 Singapore Municipal Commission election, Background
The Municipal Ordinance was passed in 1887 which created a partly-elected Municipal Commission that would oversee local urban affairs in Singapore.


1889 Singapore Municipal Commission election, Background
A candidate for a Municipal Commission election would need to have a proposer and a seconder from among the registered voters in one of the five wards in Singapore. Once a candidate is nominated, a voting date is scheduled. The election system did not provide for political party affiliations for candidates but municipal commissioners are generally affiliated with ethnic or trade associations.


1889 Singapore Municipal Commission election, Background
A candidate needs to secure at least 20 votes to be elected as a municipal commissioner. Sole candidates who failed to secure the 20 required votes may be appointed by the Governor of the Straits Settlements as a municipal commissioner.


1889 Singapore Municipal Commission election, Background
If there are two or more candidates contesting in a ward, voters would elect one of the candidates.


1889 Singapore Municipal Commission election, Background
If there are no nominations in a ward, the Governor may appoint someone to represent the ward.


1889 South African Rugby Board Trophy
The 1889 South African Rugby Board Trophy was the first domestic rugby union competition held in South Africa. It took place after the South African Rugby Board was formed in 1889.


1889 South African Rugby Board Trophy
The tournament was won by  Western Province, while the other competing teams were  Eastern Province,  Griqualand West and  Transvaal.


1889 South African Rugby Board Trophy
This was the only time the Board Trophy was played for; in 1891, the Currie Cup was presented to  Griqualand West and the competition for that trophy became the main domestic competition in South Africa.


1889 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1889 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota as an independent during the 1889 college football season. They played 2 games and had a 1–0–1 record. It was their first season in existence.


1889 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 1889 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State University as an independent during the 1889 college football season. In their first season of existence, they played in one game, a 6–6 tie against South Dakota.


1889 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1889 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on October 1, 1889, to elect the first Governor of South Dakota. Territorial Governor Arthur C. Mellette received the Republican nomination and faced former Territorial Commissioner of Immigration P. F. McClure, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Mellette defeated McClure in a landslide.


1889 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Party conventions
At the Republican convention in August 1889, Territorial Governor Arthur C. Mellette faced no opponents in the gubernatorial race and was nominated by acclamation. The next week, at the Democratic convention, Adjutant General James W. Harden was nominated for governor, but upon the nomination of Territorial Commissioner of Immigration P. F. McClure, Harden's name was withdrawn and McClure was nominated by acclamation.


1889 South East Cork by-election
The South East Cork by-election, 1889 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South East Cork on 3 June 1889. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, John Hooper of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Only one candidate was nominated, John Morrogh of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was elected unopposed.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season
The 1889 Southern Rugby Football Union season was the 16th season of the Sydney Rugby Premiership. This was the seventh competition for the Gardiner Challenge Cup which was awarded to the winners of the premiership. The football season lasted from May to August. Sydney University Football Club successfully defended the premiership, completing the season undefeated for the third time. During the season a number of representative matches were played. In June players were selected to represent New South Wales against a visiting intercolonial team known as the New Zealand Natives. A representative team from Victoria visited Sydney in July, while a New South Wales team visited Queensland in August.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
The Gardiner Challenge Cup was open to all clubs who were part of the Union upon payment of an entry fee. After being rejected by the clubs last season, a Junior Cup was held for all Junior Clubs to enter. In addition to this, a Union Cup was also held for all second fifteens of senior or junior clubs, or those clubs who did not enter either of the other cups. When entries closed for the different competitions on the 10th May there were 14 entries into the Gardiner Challenge Cup, 11 entries into the Junior Cup and 16 entries for the Union Cup.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Teams
Of the senior clubs, three did not survive to the new season. Both Burwood and Balmain Wellington folded during the previous season's play, while Balmain did not survive into the new year. Five junior clubs entered into the Senior Cup: Strathfield, Elvira, Randwick, Double Bay and Cammeray. Three new clubs were formed and entered the senior ranks: Zealandia, Parramatta and Strathfield Rovers. Zealandia was a club made up of players from New Zealand, similar to the old Gordon club. Parramatta was an amalgamation of the Nomad and Union clubs. The Union also allowed Sydney University to enter a second team into the competition. Unfortunately, the Strathfield Rovers did not see out the season, lasting only one match before being disbanded.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
The 1889 Sydney Rugby Premiership returned to its usual starting slot of mid-May. For the third season, entries for the senior cup were open to all member clubs of the Union for a fee. Prior to the season beginning, a meeting of the Southern Rugby Football Union saw much debate concerning the allocation of points during a match. It was proposed that the points be amended with tries receiving a greater score. The amendment was carried with points now being allocated as such: Tries- 3 points, Goals- 2 points, Goal from the field- 4 points.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Rule Changes
Once the entries had closed, a draw was written which took into account the numerous representative matches that were planned for the season. It was decided that the premiership would be put on hold when these important games took place. This meant that teams would only be able to play seven matches which would not allow them to play against each of the senior teams in the competition. With the long list of senior clubs, it was seen as a mistake by the Union to write up such a draw.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The past season of football was seen as being productive of grand all round play among the different clubs. Many players lifted the quality of their game play, resulting in them coming into consideration for representative matches. Chief amongst these were Paddy Flynn and Percy Colquhoun of Sydney University, and James McMahon of Rosedale. For his team, Flynn displayed exceptional kicking skills that saw great benefit to the scoring capabilities of the 'Varsity. His accuracy at kicking a goal from the field was seen as developing the game further. McMahon was exceptional in his tackling, saving many a certain try.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
A unique tackling style, he waits patiently for his prey before pouncing upon them around the waist bringing them to the turf. Over the previous seasons, Percy Colquhoun had shown to be a valuable member of any team that he was a part of. However his performances during the season were of the very best form with his performance against McMahon in the 'Varsity match against Rosedale the highest point.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
For the third season in a row, the Sydney University Football Club completed the season undefeated. Since the beginning of the 1887 season, the team had won 24 matches and drew only 1. Over the course of these games, University had scored 334 points with only 27 points scored against them. From the beginning of the premiership, the 'Varsity were playing grandly together with many a selfless act. They out-paced all other teams with exception to only the visiting Māori's. Three times they held their opponents scoreless, while the remaining games saw only three tries scored against them.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
Their match against Wallaroo resulted in University winning by 54 points to nil. It was reported that their game play was brilliant rendering their opponents almost paralysed. The slippery wet conditions that was the scene of their match against Arfoma limited the free and open play that was characteristic of both teams. With both clubs being undefeated prior to the match, much interest was held in the result. A tight and rough game saw the 'Varsity hold on to win 9 points to 7.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
The only blemish to the 'Varsity's perfect season was that the two top teams did not meet each other on the field of battle. With the draw only taking into account 7 games, the new senior club of Strathfield did not face the eventual premiers. Strathfield had a favourable draw with the club also avoiding matches against the in-form Arfoma and Rosedale teams. As a result, the club remained undefeated having played only lower ranked teams. Their strength as a team had not been sufficiently tested.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Season Summary
During the course of the season, the Arfoma Football Club performed well, winning all but their match against the eventual premiers. Most of their games were played against lower ranked teams which they won easily. Arfoma defeated Rosedale early in the season before maintaining an unbeaten run until their loss at the end of the season against University. Out of their number, Fred Hillyar, Albert Sefton and D Walker were chosen for representative duties.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Junior Badges
After refusing to play for a cup during the previous season, the Junior clubs recognised that the decision was detrimental to their success. With falling crowd numbers and less attention in the press, many questioned the wisdom in not playing for a cup or trophy. As soon as the new season began, the Union arranged for there to be a Junior Badges competition for those clubs not entered into the senior competition. Eleven entries were received, with a draw written, games were scheduled from 25 May to 24 August.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Junior Badges
At the end of the season, Petersham and the Artillery faced off in a match at the Randwick Reserve that was seen as the "final". Petersham won the match 12 points to nil and were awarded the Junior Badges. As they had the harder draw, they Petersham were seen to be worthy winners of the badges.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Union Badges
A condition of the Union Cup proceeding in 1888 was that a Junior Cup would be played. With the Junior clubs refusing the cup offered, no Union Cup was held. At the beginning of the new season, the Union decided to set up a Junior Badges competition and with that a Union Badges competition. The Union Badges saw sixteens teams enter the competition. These teams were a mix of seconds from the senior clubs and clubs who did not enter the Junior Badges. The draw saw ten rounds with teams playing nine games during the season.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Lower Grades, Union Badges
A final was held between Rosedale Seconds and Double Bay Seconds who were both undefeated during the regular games. Despite Double Bay holding all of their opponents scoreless, Rosedale won the match 7 points to 3 in one of the best contests held at the Agricultural Ground. Rosedale Seconds were declared winners of the Union Badges.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Natives Tour
Joseph Warbrick, a Māori rugby player who represented New Zealand during their 1884 tour of Australia, conceived the idea of assembling a team of native footballers from New Zealand to tour Britain. A wholly private enterprise, the team initially contained full-blooded Māori players with part-Māori players later added. The team left for England 1 August 1888 arriving in London on 27 September. While touring Britain the Natives played 74 matches including three international matches, one each against Ireland, Wales and England. By the time the team left England on 29 March 1889, they had developed into a formidable team winning two-thirds of their matches. After playing a few games in Melbourne to the Victorian rules, the Natives travelled to Sydney in mid-June.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Natives Tour
The first match between New South Wales and the New Zealand Natives was held on 15 June at the Association Cricket Ground. Prior to the beginning of the match, the Natives performed a version of the Haka recorded in newspapers of the time as, "Ake ake kia kaha!" Within the first minute of the match starting, the Natives scored their first try. By halftime, the score stood at New Zealand 6 points to New South Wales' 5. In the second half, the locals briefly took the lead off of a kick from the field. Many times during the match, James McMahon provided the try saving tackle as the Natives consistently attacked the New South Wales line. Despite this, the Natives scored again winning the match 12 points to 9.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Natives Tour
With New South Wales making changes to the team ahead of the second match, there was much excitement. The changes were effective as the locals held the Natives scoreless until into the second half with scores standing at 9 points to nil at halftime. Once again James McMahon played a grand tackling game stopping many a strong attack from the Natives. With the score against them, the Natives "played up to high pressure", attacking the New South Wales line repeatedly.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, The New Zealand Natives Tour
Three quick tries saw the visitors take the lead before New South Wales brought the score back to one point difference. In the remaining time both teams had a chance to score thwarted by excellent play from the opposition. In the dying minutes, the Natives were able to break through and score the match winning try. The final points stood at 16 points to 12 in favour of the visitors. The match was considered the best game of football seen within the colony.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
With Australian Rules Football holding a strong position in Victoria, it wasn't until 1888 that the Melbourne Rugby Union was formed. A Victorian team was formed to play against the visiting English side later that season. In 1889 a Victorian team was chosen to tour the northern colonies with two matches arranged against New South Wales. In the first match the home team held a strong position, leading the game 8 points to nil at halftime. Despite the visitors scoring two tries, New South Wales won the match 13 points to 6.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
The second match proved to be a much closer affair. New South Wales scored the first try of the game and after weathering many attempts at their goal line, the home team were leading 10 points to 5 at halftime. During the second half, New South Wales continued to add to their total leading 17 points to 5 at one stage. Victoria began to put on the pressure, scoring a try and two goals. Unfortunately the comeback was not enough with New South Wales winning the match 17 points to 14.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
The customary intercolonial matches between New South Wales and Queensland were held in August at the conclusion of the Sydney premiership. New South Wales traveled to Brisbane to compete against the locals in two matches. Despite the Southern Rugby Union deciding to change the points system for 1889, it was agreed that the two matches would be played according to the older system. This meant that tries were worth 2 points and goals 3 points.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
The first match was held at the Exhibition Ground at Bowen Park. Accompanying the match was an exhibition in the parklands. This assisted in increasing the numbers at the game as many entered the grounds out of curiosity. The game was seen to be a tight tussle with the eventual victors having fought hard to earn the win. At halftime New South Wales held the lead 12 points to 5 thanks to Paddy Flynn scoring and converting his own try. With play consistently moving across the field, the visitors continued to add to their points score winning the match 19 points to 12.


1889 Southern Rugby Union Season, Representative Games, Intercolonial Matches
Rain failed to keep away the crowds for the second intercolonial match. Despite the slippery conditions the first half was entirely one-sided with New South Wales leading 13 points to nil at halftime. The visitors failed to press home their advantage in the second half with Queensland scoring 10 unanswered points. Unfortunately time ran out for the locals with New South Wales holding on to win the match 13 points to 10.


1889 St. Louis Browns season
The 1889 St. Louis Browns season was the team's eighth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its eighth season in the American Association. The Browns went 90–45 during the season and finished second in the American Association.


1889 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1889 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1889 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


1889 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


1889 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


1889 Staten Island Athletic Club football team
The 1889 Staten Island Athletic Club football team was an American football team that represented the Staten Island Athletic Club of West Brighton, which was likely a different organization than the Staten Island Cricket Club, in the American Football Union (AFU) during the 1889 college football season. The athletic club originally played on a pre-determined AFU schedule, but after its resignation from the league on November 1, the remaining games were no longer mandatory.


1889 Staten Island Athletic Club football team
However, they still continued to play league opponents for the remainder of the season, sticking to the original schedule to not disarrange the schedule for the rest of the schools in the union. The team finished its season with a 0–6 record (0–3 in the AFU), and did not score a single point against another opponent, losing by a total of 232 to 0.


1889 Swansea County Borough Council election
The first election to Swansea County Borough Council took place in 1889. It was followed by the 1890 election. The previous Town Council which had 24 members (18 councillors and 6 aldermen) would now have 40 members (30 councillors and 10 aldermen). An additional 16 members would therefore be elected.


1889 Swansea County Borough Council election
Almost all candidates expressed no party affiliation, fighting the contest on local issues.


1889 Swansea County Borough Council election, Election of Aldermen
Seven aldermen were elected at the annual meeting of the Council held on 9 November. An attempt was made to ensure that aldermen from particular wards were elected but this was ruled out of order. The following aldermen were elected for a term of six years.


1889 Swiss insolvency referendum
A referendum on a federal law on insolvency and debt was held in Switzerland on 17 November 1889. The new law was approved by 52.9% of voters.


1889 Swiss insolvency referendum, Background
The referendum was an optional referendum, 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.


1889 Tamworth colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Tamworth in June 1889 because of the resignation of Robert Levien (Protectionist). The Supreme Court had found Levien guilty of the dishonourable conduct of permitting his unqualified clerk to have acted as an attorney, fined him  £100 and suspended him from practice for twelve months.


1889 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1889 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the third staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1889 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Moycarkey won the championship after a 1-03 to 1-00 defeat of Toomevara in the final. It was their first championship title.


1889 Trinity Blue and White football team
The 1889 Trinity Blue and White football team represented Trinity College (today known as Duke University) in the 1889 college football season. The game with rival North Carolina is still disputed, with both teams claiming a home win by forfeit.


1889 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
List of champions of the 1889 U.S. National Championships tennis event (now known as the US Open). The men's tournament was held from 27 August to 3 September on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. The women's tournament was held from 11 June to 15 June on the outdoor grass courts at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Philadelphia, PA. The men's doubles event was played at the Staten Island Cricket Club in Livingston, Staten Island, New York. It was the 9th U.S. National Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. The inaugural U.S. Women's National Doubles Championship was held in 1889 and like the women's singles was played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. :


1889 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Henry Slocum /  Howard Taylor defeated  Valentine Hall /  Oliver Campbell 6–1, 6–3, 6–2


1889 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Margarette Ballard /  Bertha Townsend defeated  Marion Wright /  Laura Knight 6–0, 6–2


1889 U.S. National Championships – Men's Doubles
Henry Slocum and Howard Taylor won the title by defeating Valentine Hall and Oliver Campbell in the final.


1889 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Henry Slocum won the Challenge Round against Quincy Shaw 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1887 U.S. National Championships. Quincy Shaw defeated Oliver Campbell 1–6, 6-4, 6–3, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final. The event was held at the Newport Casino, Newport, R.I. from 21 August to 28 August.


1889 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Bertha Townsend defended her tennis singles title by defeating Lida Voorhees 7–5, 6–2 in the Challenge Round of the 1889 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship. Lida Voorhuis had won the right to challenge Townsend by defeating Helen Day Harris 6–5, 2–6, 6–3 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, PA.


1889 USC Methodists football team
The 1889 USC Methodists football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California during the 1889 college football season. The team competed as an independent without a head coach, compiling a 2–0 record.


1889 USC Methodists football team
In early November 1889, the Los Angeles Times expressed the hope that "good elevens will be organized to introduce the game [of football] to the city." Days later, a group of young men formed the Pasadena Football Association. On Thanksgiving Day, USC defeated the Pasadena club by a 26–0 score at Sportsman's Park. After the game, the Los Angeles Times reported on the new game as follows: "The boys appeared in their attractive, though odd-looking suits, and to say that the play was animated is putting it rather mildly. The game was played for all there was in it, and the foot-ball soon became an object of interest to spectators and players alike. It is a very exciting game, more-so than base-ball, and requires fully as much judgment and no little skill."


1889 United Kingdom local elections
Elections to the municipal and county councils of England and Wales were held in 1889. Elections to the various county councils were held in January 1889. Progressive candidates won a majority on London County Council, although at this point party labels were relatively unimportant, with municipal and county politics in Victorian Britain being somewhat detached from national politics, and national political divisions. Liberal candidates would do particularly well in Wales however, winning clear majorities in 11 of Wales' 13 counties. The Liberals only failed to take Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, which had hung councils. In the English counties the Liberals took only Cumberland, Holland, London, and the West Riding, with most councils being run on a non-party basis.


1889 United Kingdom local elections
The elections were the first following the Local Government Act 1888, which had established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales. Prior to the act there had been no elected body at the county level, with counties being governed by justices of the peace in Quarter Sessions.


1889 United Kingdom local elections
A similar act - the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 - would later establish county councils in Scotland. Irish local governance would remain unreformed until 1898, and the passing of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.


1889 United States House of Representatives elections
There were 14 elections to the United States House of Representatives in 1889 to the 50th United States Congress and 51st United States Congress. Of these, at least 10 were special elections and 4 were general elections for new states.


1889 United States House of Representatives elections
One of the elections was for two seats, so the total members elected were 15.


1889 United States House of Representatives elections
The only gains came from new seats, created for the new states of Montana,  South Dakota, North Dakota, and Washington. From these new states, 5 new Republicans were elected to the House.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held in January 1889. Incumbent Republican Senator George Frisbie Hoar was re-elected to a third term in office with no serious opposition.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
At the time, Massachusetts elected United States senators by a resolution of the Massachusetts General Court.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Background, State legislature
At the time, the Massachusetts legislature was controlled by the Republican Party, as it had been since that party's founding, typically in dominant fashion. The 1888 election in particular, which coincided with the elections of President Benjamin Harrison and re-election of Governor Oliver Ames, returned the strongest Republican majority in eight years.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Background, State legislature
The Senate was composed of 33 Republicans and 7 Democrats, and the House had 181 Republicans, 58 Democrats, and 1 independent Democrat.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Candidates, Declared
Though Hoar remained unpopular with some younger elements of the party, including those in control of the party State Committee, no Republican candidate was willing to actively put their name forward in opposition to his election. With the unanimous support of the Republican caucus, his re-election was guaranteed in advance. Democrats were expected to give an honorary vote to one of their party leaders, likely U.S. Representative Patrick Collins or Cambridge mayor William Russell, who had run as the party nominee for Governor in 1888.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Election, Caucuses
In caucuses held on January 14, Republicans re-nominated Hoar unanimously. Democrats took two ballots to nominate Patrick Collins over William Russell.


1889 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, Election, Election
Hoar was re-elected on January 15 in each house of the General Court, with the full support of his party.


1889 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1889, in eleven states.


1889 United States gubernatorial elections
Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both elected its governors to a single-year term, which they would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively. Iowa and Ohio at this time held gubernatorial elections in every odd numbered year.


1889 United States gubernatorial elections
Mississippi at this time held its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. This was the last election in which this was the case; Mississippi switched to four-year terms with elections in the year preceding the presidential election year starting with the 1895 elections.


1889 United States gubernatorial elections
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington held their first gubernatorial elections on achieving statehood. Each of these states held early elections on October 1.


1889 VFA season
The 1889 Victorian Football Association season was the 13th season of the Australian rules football competition.


1889 VFA season
The premiership was won by the South Melbourne Football Club. It was the fourth premiership in the club's history, and the second out of a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1888 to 1890.


1889 VFA season, Association membership
The number of teams contesting the Association premiership reduced from 16 senior teams to 12 in 1889.


1889 VFA season, Association membership
The three Ballarat-based clubs – Ballarat, South Ballarat and Ballarat Imperial remained senior clubs, represented on the Association Board of Management and contested the Ballarat premiership, but matches played against them by metropolitan clubs (which often occurred during bye weeks) no longer qualified for the premiership. University, after a winless 1888 season, dropped out of the Association and went into recess.


1889 VFA season, 1889 VFA Ladder
Teams did not play a uniform number of premiership matches during the season. As such, in the final standings, each team's premiership points were adjusted upwards proportionally to represent a 21-match season – e.g., South Melbourne played 19 matches, so its tally of premiership points was increased by a factor of 21/19. After this adjustment, there was no formal process for breaking a tie.


1889 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1889 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1889 college football season. The team had no known coach, and went 4–2 and claims a Southern championship.


1889 Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1889 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1889 to elect the governor of Virginia.


1889 Waipa by-election
The 1889 Waipa by-election was a by-election held on 21 November 1889 in the Waipa electorate during the 10th New Zealand Parliament.


1889 Waipa by-election
The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent MP William Jackson on 29 September.


1889 Waipa by-election
He was replaced by John Bryce, a well-known politician. Bryce was the only candidate nominated, so was declared elected unopposed.


1889 Wake Forest Baptists football team
The 1889 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest College during the 1889 college football season.


1889 Washington Nationals season
The 1889 Washington Nationals finished with a 41–83 record in the National League, finishing in last place. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.


1889 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1889 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1889 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1889 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1889 Washington Nationals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1889 Washington football team
The 1889 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1889 college football season. The 1889 Washington team was the first team to represent the University of Washington. The team played only one game, losing to a team made up of eastern college alumni, 20–0, in Seattle on November 28, 1889. Frank Griffiths was the team captain.


1889 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1889 Washington gubernatorial election took place on October 1, 1889, to elect the first Governor of Washington shortly before it was admitted as a U.S. state. Both candidates, Republican Elisha P. Ferry and Democrat Eugene Semple, previously served as Territorial Governor, a position appointed by the President of the United States.


1889 Washington gubernatorial election
Ferry won the election by nearly 9,000 votes out of 58,000 cast, and took office in Olympia on November 18, 1889, a week after President Benjamin Harrison signed Washington's statehood into law.


1889 Welsh Cup Final
The 1889 Welsh Cup Final, the 12th in the competition, was contested by Bangor and Northwich Victoria at the Racecourse Ground. Bangor, in their first Welsh Cup final, won 2–1 in a match that would mark the first time these two teams, future founders and rivals of the Northern Premier League and Alliance Premier League would meet in a major final. The most recent was the 1984 FA Trophy Final.


1889 West Carmarthenshire by-election
The West Carmarthenshire by-election of 1889 was called following the death of W.R.H. Powell of Maesgwynne, who had represented the constituency since its formation in 1885.


1889 West Carmarthenshire by-election, Candidates
The Liberals had won the seat comfortably in 1885, with Powell heavily defeating the former Conservative member for Carmarthenshire, Viscount Emlyn. The party moved quickly to choose a new candidate and there was a strong feeling that the new candidate should be a nonconformist. Their choice fell upon John Lloyd Morgan, son of William Morgan, former principal of the Presbyterian College at Carmarthen, who was chosen unanimously following a selection conference at Carmarthen.


1889 West Carmarthenshire by-election, Candidates
There was no certainty that the Conservatives would contest the seat, and an editorial in the Liberal-inclined Carmarthen newspaper, the Welshman, expressed the view that unless the former member, Lord Emlyn, could be induced to come forward, the party's prospects were poor. Emlyn declined, and the Conservative choice, fell upon Hugh Williams-Drummond, a member of another prominent Carmarthenshire family.


1889 West Carmarthenshire by-election, Candidates
Thus, within a couple of weeks, both the Liberal and Conservative parties had chosen candidates who were of a similar age and who were both fighting their first parliamentary campaign. John Lloyd Morgan, the Liberal candidate, was thought to have an advantage over his Conservative opponent, Hugh Williams-Drummond, in that he was known to the electorate, having spoken for the former member at the previous election.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election
The first-ever Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 23 January 1889. Sixty members were up for election, with up to twenty more voting aldermen to be appointed by the new council.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election
The first Chairman of the Council was John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, and he remained in office until his death in 1896.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
The Local Government Act 1888 created County Councils throughout England and Wales, to take over various administrative functions until then carried out by the unelected Quarter Sessions. They gained some of their powers under the Act on 1 April 1889, and their full powers on 22 September 1889. These included repairing county roads and bridges; maintaining court houses, police stations, and county halls; providing an asylum for pauper lunatics and reformatory and industrial schools; and being responsible for weights and measures and the control of contagious diseases in animals.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
The areas they covered were called administrative counties and were not in all cases identical to the traditional counties, but in Wiltshire the whole 'ceremonial county' came under the authority of the new county council, as there were then no towns or cities in Wiltshire large enough to be treated as county boroughs.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
A Committee on Areas and Boundaries for Wiltshire was established to draw up a scheme of electoral divisions. It was reported in October 1888 that this scheme was ready to be presented to the next Court of Quarter Sessions for approval. Elections to the council were to be held every three years on a household franchise,  with sixty seats available, including three for Salisbury and one each for Devizes, Malmesbury, and Marlborough. There were also to be up to twenty voting aldermen, chosen by the councillors, holding office for six years.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
The first elections to the county council were held on 23 January 1889, but only thirty-two of the seats were contested. Among those elected unopposed were the 4th Marquess of Bath, the 13th Earl of Pembroke, the 18th Earl of Suffolk, Sir Thomas Grove, 1st Baronet, M. P., Sir Charles Hobhouse, 4th Baronet, and Sir R. H. Pollen. The contested seats were mostly fought on party lines, and sources vary on the exact numbers elected.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
The Local Government Chronicle of 2 February 1889 reported 28 Liberals, 28 Conservatives, and four Liberal Unionists; a note on the fly-leaf of the County Council Minutes says 26 Liberals, 25 Conservatives, and nine Liberal Unionists. Five Labour candidates were reported to be standing as Liberals, and one, Isaac Dalley, was elected in the North Western division.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
A first provisional meeting of the county council, before it gained its powers, was held at Devizes on 31 January 1889, with all of the members present, and Lord Bath was elected as chairman. Several voting aldermen were appointed, all from outside the elected members of the council. Further meetings were held in the Council House, Salisbury, on 1 April, the Town Hall, Warminster, on 1 July, and the recently-built Town Hall at Trowbridge, on 6 August 1889.


1889 Wiltshire County Council election, A new authority
The new county council had many of the members of the outgoing quarter sessions. The continuity was emphasized by the leadership: Lord Bath had been chairman of the Salisbury and Warminster sessions since 1880, and his vice-chairman, Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, had been the second chairman of the Devizes and Marlborough quarter sessions since 1887.


1889 Wimbledon Championships
The 1889 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 1 July until 13 July. It was the 13th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1889. William Renshaw won his seventh singles title, which as late as 1977 was thought to be a feat unlikely to ever be surpassed. However, in 2000 Pete Sampras equaled this total, and in 2012 Roger Federer also won a seventh title. Ultimately the record was broken by Federer in 2017 when he became the first man to win eight singles titles at Wimbledon. The Renshaw brothers were also unbeaten in doubles for seven years. The men's doubles were played after completion of the singles competitions.


1889 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Gentlemen's Doubles
Ernest Renshaw /  William Renshaw defeated  George Hillyard /  Ernest Lewis 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–1


1889 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Doubles
George Hillyard and Ernest Lewis defeated Arthur Gore and George Mewburn 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Ernest Renshaw and William Renshaw defeated Hillyard and Lewis 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–1 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1889 Wimbledon Championships.


1889 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles
William Renshaw defeated Harry S. Barlow 3–6, 5–7, 8–6, 10–8, 8–6 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated his brother and reigning champion Ernest Renshaw 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1889 Wimbledon Championships. Renshaw survived a total of six match points in the All Comers Final against Barlow at 2–5 and 6–7 in the fourth set and trailed 0–5 in the final set.


1889 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Singles
Blanche Hillyard defeated Lena Rice 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1889 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Lottie Dod did not defend her title.


1889 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1889 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1889 college football season. 1889 was the first season of Wisconsin Badgers football.


1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 8 and 9 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the first World Allround Speed Skating Championships, it's unofficial because there was no International Skating Union (ISU is founded in 1892)


1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Three distances were skated at the World Championship, the ½ mile (850 meter), the 1 mile (1609 meter) and the 2 miles (3219 meter). One became champion if one won all three distances.


1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The Russian Aleksandr Pansjin didn't win the final at the 2 miles and was not declared as winner due to the rules.


1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
One could only win the World Championships by winning at all three distances, so there would be no World Champion if no skater won all three distances.


1889 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
The winner of the distances was decided by a final of the best four skaters of the distance. If the same time was skated a skate-off is skated to decide the ranking.


1889 World Championship (football)
The 1889 World Championship was an exhibition football match that took place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3 October 1889 between the winners of the Scottish Cup, Third Lanark (then known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers), and the English Double winners of the Football League and FA Cup, Preston North End. The match finished 3–3, although Third Lanark took a 2–0 lead into half time.


1889 World Championship (football)
The Football World Championship had always been contested between the victors of the national cups of England and Scotland, which were the eminent club football competitions in the world at the time. The Football League in England was established in 1888–89 but it only consisted of clubs from the North and Midlands during its formative years. Nonetheless, Preston went through the inaugural season unbeaten and won the championship, earning the nickname "The Invincibles". They further asserted their dominance by winning that season's FA Cup. The Scottish Football League wouldn't be founded until 1890–91.


1889 World Championship (football)
An attendance of 6,000 was reported at Third Lanark's Cathkin Park for the spectacle. Among the crowd were the players of Blackburn Rovers, Preston's Lancashire rivals – who played Celtic, Third Lanark's Glasgow rivals, at Celtic Park that same day.


1889 World Championship (football)
The local newspaper The Glasgow Herald reported on the two matches in equal detail and prominence as bank holiday cross-border challenge matches with no particular attention given to the fact that Thirds v Preston was a contest between the cup-holders, although the previous year's fixture at the same venue between Renton and West Bromwich Albion was given far greater attention in the same publication.


1889 World Series
The 1889 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms (later known as the Dodgers).


1889 World Series
This Series was part of the pre-modern-era World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The Giants won this best-of-11-games series, 6 games to 3. The 1889 Series was the first involving solely New York City area clubs, and was part of the continuum of a long-standing rivalry that developed between the clubs in New York, particularly the Giants and the Dodgers. Brooklyn was then a separate city from New York; Brooklyn (and the other three boroughs) would merge with New York City in 1898. (see Timeline of New York City)


1889 World Series
Despite this Series setback, the Brooklyn team would come back strong in 1890. The club transferred to the National League, and with the Giants suffering raids by the Players' League, would win the league championship; it was the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues.


1889 World Series, World Series summary
The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1889 World Series, 6 games to 3.


1889 World Series, World Series summary
On October 17, the two clubs owners, John B. Day of the New York club and Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn club, met to arrange a post-season series. They agreed that the Series would end when one club had won six games. The Series commenced the next day, and continued through October 29, when the Giants won their sixth game, ending the Series.


1889 World Series, World Series summary
Attendance was good for the first two games, at the Polo Grounds and Washington Park, respectively, but the weather turned cold and rainy, and the remainder of the Series was sparsely attended.


1889 World Series, World Series summary
Game 1 saw a Seventh-inning stretch after somebody yelled "Stretch for luck."


1889 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1889 college football season. In their second season under head coach Walter Camp, Yale compiled a 15–1 record, held opponents scoreless in 12 games, and outscored all opponents by a total of 664 to 31. Its only loss was in the final game of the season against rival Princeton by a 10–0 score.


1889 Yale Bulldogs football team
Three Yale players (end Amos Alonzo Stagg, guard Pudge Heffelfinger and tackle Charles O. Gill) were named to the 1889 College Football All-America Team, the first college football All-America team as selected by Caspar Whitney. Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1889 college football season
The 1889 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1889–90 academic year.


1889 college football season
The 1889 Princeton Tigers football team, led by team captain Edgar Allen Poe, compiled a perfect 10–0 record and was recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.


1889 college football season
In the South, Wofford defeated Furman in the first intercollegiate game played in the state of South Carolina. The game featured no uniforms, no positions, and the rules were formulated before the game.


1889 college football season
As the popularity of the program increased, new football programs were established in 1889 at Iowa and Washington.


1889 college football season
All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the first All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard). Four of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: fullback Knowlton Ames (Princeton), end Amos Alonzo Stagg (Yale), tackle Hector Cowan (Princeton), and guard Pudge Heffelfinger (Yale).


1889 college football season, Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:


1889 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1889 in Australia.


1889 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1889.


1889 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1889 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1889 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1889 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1889 in Australian soccer
The 1889 season was the sixth season of competitive association football in Australia. The were two league competitions and two cup competitions fielded by Northern District British Football Association (Northern NSW) and the South British Football Soccer Association (New South Wales).


1889 in Australian soccer, League competitions
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)


1889 in Australian soccer, Cup competitions
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's competition record as winners/runners-up.)


1889 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1889 in the Kingdom of Belgium.


1889 in Canada, Historical Documents
Archbishop Taché cites education report from England to support Manitoba separate schools


1889 in Canada, Historical Documents
Canada should be equal to Britain in Empire, and under "Queen of Canada"


1889 in Canada, Historical Documents
John A. Macdonald on missed opportunity to create Kingdom of Canada with "gradation of classes"


1889 in Canada, Historical Documents
Methodist minister's brief description of Stoneys concentrates on their problems


1889 in Canada, Historical Documents
Rockslide from cliff below Citadel destroys several Quebec City houses


1889 in Canadian football, Canadian Football News in 1889
In October 1889, L.A. Hamilton of Winnipeg donated a trophy which would represent the best team in the northwest (Manitoba & Northwest Territories). Commencing with the 1890-91 season, the Northwest Championship became a tournament played over a weekend (Usually in October but occasionally played in May). The Hamilton Cup was awarded annually to the champion of the tournament. The final championship game was won by St.John's Rugby Football Club of Winnipeg in May 1898.


1889 in Canadian football, 1889 Season, Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points


1889 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1889 in New Zealand.


1889 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition – John Ballance (Liberal Party). This is the first year in which there is a recognised opposition leader.


1889 in New Zealand, Arts and literature
Reputedly the first science fiction novel written by a New Zealander, Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny by former Premier Julius Vogel is published.


1889 in New Zealand, Sport, Rowing
Coxless pairs and Double sculls are held at the championships for the first time.


1889 in New Zealand, Tennis
After this year the mixed doubles championship are not held again held until 1900.


1889 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1889 in Norwegian music.


1889 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1889 in South Africa.


1889 in South Africa, Railways, Locomotives
The Cape Government Railways places twenty-four 3rd Class 4-4-0 American type tender locomotives in passenger service on the Cape Western System, the first stock locomotives to be built in quantity to detailed designs prepared in the Cape Colony.


1889 in South Africa, Railways, Locomotives
Three locomotive types enter service on the newly established Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij:


1889 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1889 to Wales and its people.


1889 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.


1889 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1889  throughout the world.


1889 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1889 in film, including a list of films released and notable births.


1889 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1889.


1889 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1889.


1889 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1889 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1889 in poetry, Deaths
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1889 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1889.


1889 in science
The year 1889 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1889 in science fiction
The year 1889 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.


1889 in science fiction, Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at that time.


1889 in sports
1889 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1889 in the Congo Free State
The following lists events that happened during 1889 in the Congo Free State.


1889 in the United States
Events from the year 1889 in the United States. Four states—North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington—were created this year, making this the busiest year for state creation since 1788.


1889–1890 pandemic
In 1889–1890, a pandemic often referred to as the "Asiatic flu" or "Russian flu" killed about 1 million people out of a world population of about 1.5 billion. It was the last great pandemic of the 19th century, and is among the deadliest pandemics in history. The most reported effects of the pandemic took place from October 1889 to December 1890, with recurrences in March to June 1891, November 1891 to June 1892, the northern winter of 1893–1894, and early 1895.


1889–1890 pandemic
Although contemporaries described the pandemic as influenza and twentieth-century scholars identified several influenza strains as the possible pathogen, more recent research has suggested that it may have been caused by human coronavirus OC43.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
Modern transport infrastructure assisted the spread of the 1889 influenza. The 19 largest European countries, including the Russian Empire, had 202,887 km of railroads, and transatlantic travel by sea took less than six days (not significantly different from current travel time by air, given the timescale of the global spread of a pandemic). It was the first pandemic to spread not just through a region such as Eurasia, but worldwide.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
The disease was first reported in the Central Asian city of Bukhara in the Russian Empire in May 1889. The Trans-Caspian railway enabled it to spread farther into Samarkand by August, and Tomsk, 3,200 km away, by October. As the Trans-Siberian Railway had not yet been constructed, spread to the east was slower, but it reached the westernmost station of the Trans-Caspian, Krasnovodsk (now known as Türkmenbaşy), and from there the Volga trade routes, which carried it by November to Saint Petersburg (infecting 180,000 of the city's under one million inhabitants) and Moscow. By mid-November Kiev was infected, and the next month the Lake Baikal region was as well, followed by the rest of Siberia and Sakhalin by the end of the year.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
From St. Petersburg, the infection spread via the Baltic shipping trade to Vaxholm in early November 1889, and then to Stockholm and the rest of Sweden, infecting 60% of the population within eight weeks. Norway, and then Denmark, followed soon after. The German Empire first received it in Posen in December, and on 12 November 600 workers were reported sick in Berlin and Spandau, with the cases in the city reaching 150,000 within a few days, and ultimately half of its 1.5 million inhabitants. Vienna was infected around the same time. Rome was reached by 17 December.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
The flu also arrived in Paris that month, and towards its end had spread to Grenoble, Toulon, Toulouse and Lyon on the mainland, and Ajaccio on Corsica. At this point Spain was also infected, killing up to 300 a day in Madrid. It reached London at the same time, from where it spread quickly within Great Britain and Ireland to Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dublin.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
The first case on American soil was reported on 18 December 1889. It then quickly spread throughout the East Coast and all the way to Chicago and Kansas in days. The first American death, Thomas Smith of Canton, Massachusetts, was reported on 25 December. San Francisco and other cities were also reached before the month was over, with the total US death toll at about 13,000. From there it spread south to Mexico and farther down, reaching Buenos Aires by 2 February.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
Durban in South Africa was reached in November 1889, while India received it in February 1890, and Singapore and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) did by March. These were followed by Japan, Australia, and New Zealand by April, and then China in May; the infection continued to spread, reaching its original starting point in Central Asia.


1889–1890 pandemic, Outbreak and spread
In four months it had spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Deaths peaked in Saint Petersburg on 1 December 1889, and in the United States during the week of 12 January 1890. The median time between the first reported case and peak mortality was five weeks. In Malta, the Asiatic flu took hold between January 1889 and March 1890, with a fatality rate of 4% (39 deaths), and a resurgence in January to May 1892 with 66 fatalities (3.3% case fatality). When this flu began, whether it was contagious was debated, but its quick action and pervasiveness across all climates and terrains proved that it was.


1889–1890 pandemic, Responses, Medical treatment
There was no standard treatment of flu; quinine and phenazone were used, as well as small doses of strychnine and larger ones of whisky and brandy, and as cheaper treatments linseed, salt and warm water, and glycerin. Many people also thought that fasting would 'starve' the fever, based on the belief that the body would not produce as much heat with less food; this was in fact poor medical advice. Furthermore, many doctors still believed in the miasma theory of disease rather than infectious spread; for example, notable professors of the University of Vienna, Hermann Nothnagel and Otto Kahler considered that the disease was not contagious.


1889–1890 pandemic, Responses, Public health
A result of the Asiatic flu in Malta is that influenza became for the first time a compulsorily notifiable illness.


1889–1890 pandemic, Identification of virus responsible, Influenza virus
Researchers have tried for many years to identify the subtypes of Influenza A responsible for the 1889–1890, 1898–1900 and 1918 epidemics. Initially, this work was primarily based on "seroarcheology"—the detection of antibodies to influenza infection in the sera of elderly people—and it was thought that the 1889–1890 pandemic was caused by Influenza A subtype H2, the 1898–1900 epidemic by subtype H3, and the 1918 pandemic by subtype H1. With the confirmation of H1N1 as the cause of the 1918 flu pandemic following identification of H1N1 antibodies in exhumed corpses, reanalysis of seroarcheological data suggested Influenza A subtype H3 (possibly the H3N8 subtype) as a more likely cause for the 1889–1890 pandemic.


1889–1890 pandemic, Identification of virus responsible, Coronavirus
After the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, virologists started sequencing human and animal coronaviruses. A comparison of two virus strains in the Betacoronavirus 1 species, bovine coronavirus and human coronavirus OC43, indicated that they had a most recent common ancestor in the late 19th century, with several methods yielding most probable dates around 1890. Authors speculated that an introduction of the former strain to the human population, rather than influenza, might have caused the 1889 epidemic.


1889–1890 pandemic, Identification of virus responsible, Coronavirus
In 2020 Danish researchers Lone Simonsen and Anders Gorm Pedersen noted that the clinical manifestations of the 1889 pandemic—runny nose, headache, high fever, severe chest inflammation, speeding up old respiratory diseases, and primarily killing elderly people—resembled COVID-19, a disease caused by a coronavirus, more than flu. They calculated that the human coronavirus OC43 had split from bovine coronavirus about 130 years before, approximately coinciding with the pandemic in 1889–1890. The calculation was based on genetic comparisons between bovine coronavirus and different strains of OC43. Their research had not been formally published as of November 2020. In July 2021, examination of contemporary medical reports found that the clinical manifestations resembled those of COVID-19 rather than influenza, with notable similarities including multisystem disease, loss of taste and smell perception, and sequelae similar to long COVID.


1889–1890 pandemic, Pathology, Patterns of mortality
Unlike most influenza pandemics such as the 1918 flu, primarily elderly people died in 1889. Due to generally lower standards of living, worse hygiene, and poorer standard of medicine, the proportion of vulnerable people was higher than in the modern world.


1889–90 Aston Villa F.C. season
Aston Villa had a disappointing 1889–90 season, having finished second in the previous season. They started with an unbeaten opening three games including a win over champions Preston, but suffered several defeats after Christmas, winning only one of their six remaining league games.


1889–90 Aston Villa F.C. season
Preston's "Invincibles" were unbeaten from the previous season. They had now won their first league match to stretch their unbeaten league run to 23 games but faced a Villa team who would inflict their first-ever league defeat with a 5–3 victory.


1889–90 Aston Villa F.C. season
Scottish centre back, Jimmy Cowan, made his debut, coming from Vale of Leven FC. He would go on to make 357 appearances for Villa, his last win seeing Small Heath knocked out of the 1901 FA Cup Quarter-final replay.


1889–90 Aston Villa F.C. season, Results, League
The table below lists all the results of Aston Villa in the Football League for the 1889–90 season


1889–90 British Home Championship
The 1889–90 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual international football tournament played between the British Home Nations. The seventh such competition held, the 1890 edition was, for the second time, jointly won by England and Scotland, the sixth time that Scotland had won. Played during the second half of the 1889/90 season, the tournament was also notable for two matches played by England on the 15 March against Wales and Ireland simultaneously. With an increasingly crowded domestic schedule cramping available dates for matches, England fielded two entirely separate teams, both of which won their games with an aggregate of twelve goals to two.


1889–90 British Home Championship
Wales took the early lead in the competition, winning the opening game at home against Ireland. England's double victories over Wales and Ireland then placed them in front with favourites Scotland still to play a match. Scotland responded to England's lead with two comfortable wins over Wales and Ireland 5–0 and 4–1 leaving the final match between England and Scotland as the deciding game. Despite a furious and dramatic encounter, neither side could best the other and the result was a 1–1 draw, placing both England and Scotland at the head of the table, goal difference not at this stage being used to differentiate the teams.


1889–90 Burnley F.C. season
The 1889–90 season was the eighth season in the history of Burnley Football Club and their second in the Football League. Burnley ended the season in 11th position with a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats. As a result, the club was forced to apply for re-election to the League for the following season; the application was successful and Burnley retained their berth for the 1890–91 campaign.


1889–90 Burnley F.C. season
Burnley lost eight consecutive matches between 9 November 1889 and 22 February 1890 and did not achieve their first win in the League until 1 March 1890, when they beat Bolton Wanderers 7–0. The team was knocked out by Sheffield United in the First Round of the FA Cup, but they had success in the Lancashire Senior Cup, beating Rossendale United, Higher Walton and Haydock on the way to the final, where they defeated rivals Blackburn Rovers by two goals to nil.


1889–90 Celtic F.C. season
The 1888–89 season was the second season of football by Celtic. They competed in the Scottish Cup, Glasgow Exhibition Cup, Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, Glasgow Cup and Glasgow North Eastern Cup.


1889–90 Currie Cup
The 1889–90 Currie Cup was the inaugural edition of the Currie Cup, the premier first-class cricket tournament in South Africa. The 1889–90 competition involved just two teams, Transvaal and Kimberley. The two sides played a single, three-day match, which was won by Transvaal by six wickets.


1889–90 Currie Cup
Both sides made low scores in their first innings; Kimberley, who had opted to bat first, were dismissed for 98 runs, and in their reply Transvaal reached 117, a lead of just 19 runs. In the second innings, they both fared better; a century from Bernard Tancred helped Kimberley to a total of 235, but Transvaal reached their total in 38 five-ball overs, helped by a century from Monty Bowden.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Background
First-class cricket was first played in South Africa in the previous 1888–89 season, when Robert Warton managed a side which toured the country, playing against representative teams from each of the provinces, and two matches against South Africa, which were later adjudged to have Test cricket status. During that tour, Donald Currie donated the Currie Cup to be awarded to the team which performed best against the touring side; which was judged to be Kimberley. In other first-class matches during the 1889–90 season, Kimberley faced Natal twice, winning both matches. Transvaal did not play any first-class cricket prior to their Currie Cup contest with Kimberley.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Background
Transvaal challenged Kimberley for the Currie Cup in 1890, the first such challenge for the trophy. A number of the team selections were controversial: the selection committee for Transvaal chose Aubrey Smith and Monty Bowden, both of whom had remained in South Africa after touring as part of the England cricket team the previous year, and Charlie Finlason, who played the majority of his cricket for the opposition Kimberley team. Finlason, a newspaper journalist, had fallen out with Smith after writing a number of articles criticising him and the English side. When Finlason was selected for Transvaal, Smith—who was captaining the side—made him bat at number eleven.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Match, Summary
The match began on Saturday 5 April 1890 at the Eclectics Cricket Club Ground in Kimberley. The toss was won by the Kimberley captain, Walter Woodthorpe, who opted to bat first. Bernard Tancred and Robert Snedden opened the batting, and scored 25 runs together before the first wicket fell. The Transvaal bowlers took three more wickets for the addition of just 27 runs, leaving Kimberley on 52 for 4. The batsmen then shared a partnership of 40 runs, but upon the loss of the next wicket, Kimberley suffered a collapse, and were eventually bowled out for 98 runs. Tancred top-scored for the side, accruing 42 runs, but only two other batsmen reached double figures; Snedden and John Coghlan, both of whom scored 13. Transvaal only used three bowlers during the innings; Aubrey Smith and Bentley Wimble each took four wickets, while Charles Vintcent took the remaining two.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Match, Summary
Transvaal began their reply strongly; their openers, Monty Bowden and John Hickson put on 69 runs for the first wicket, the majority being scored by Bowden. Once they lost their first wicket, the team continued to lose wickets at regular intervals; the second-highest partnership of the innings was the 17 runs made for the tenth, or last, wicket. George Glover was the best of the bowlers, collecting six wickets. Glover and Albert Rose-Innes bowled the majority of the overs, and took nine of the wickets between them. Bowden's score of 63 was substantially the best by any batsman in the innings, only John Piton, Spranger Harrison and Hickson scored more than 10 runs, and none managed as many as 20.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Match, Summary
The third innings of the match gave Kimberley a second attempt at batting on the first day; they lost wickets regularly through the afternoon, but opener Tancred remained at the crease throughout, finishing the day unbeaten on 55, with the team on 100 for six. The match resumed on Monday 7 April 1890, with no play scheduled for the Sunday. After the early loss of Rose-Innes for 20 runs, Charles Rutherfoord joined Tancred. The pair scored 97 runs together, taking the score up to 226.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Match, Summary
Three quick wickets then ended the Kimberley innings; they scored 235 runs from 83 overs, in which Tancred scored a century, hitting 106 runs before being leg before wicket to Bowden. Vintcent took the most wickets for Transvaal, claiming four for 70. Smith claimed two wickets, and Bowden, who was designed on the scorecard as the team's wicket-keeper also claimed two wickets from the three overs that he bowled.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Match, Summary
Transvaal batted rapidly in their second innings, reaching the required total to win the match inside the second day of the match, which had been scheduled for three days in total. Opening batsman Bowden batted throughout the whole innings, remaining not out on 126 when his side won the match. He was joined at the end by Vintcent, who scored 60 runs in a partnership of 126 runs between the two players. Kimberley tried six different bowlers in an effort to bowl Transvaal out, but only Rose-Innes and Irvine Grimmer took wickets, claiming two apiece.


1889–90 Currie Cup, Aftermath
Transvaal and Kimberley remained the only sides to contest the Currie Cup in the following season, and in their 1891 match, Kimberley won by 58 runs in a timeless match. The tournament was not played in 1891–92, but when it restarted the following year, a third team, Western Province joined, while Kimberley were renamed Griqualand West.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1889–90 season was the 17th Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at a national level.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, August
The season began on 10 August with an away fixture against local county side, Kirkintilloch Athletic. A scratch side was fielded with seven first team regulars missing and only McLeod of the demised Dumbarton Athletic turning out at full back. The game was a poor one that the Sons lost 4-2.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, August
The following week Dumbarton were invited to play the first game at Leith Athletic's new ground. While not at full strength, Dewar, McMillan and Stewart returned and McLeod played in his preferred position as keeper. Play was much improved on the previous week resulting in a 6-3 win. At the same time it was learned that Alex Latta formerly of Dumbarton Athletic and whose attacking skills were undoubted, had decided to turn professional and move to Everton.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, August
On 22 August Dumbarton travelled to neighbours Clydebank. The Sons were still under strength but Watson played his first game in a Dumbarton shirt. The play was mixed and in the end a 3-3 draw was a fair result.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, August
Two days later, Boghead hosted its opening game of the season against Methlan Park. The selection committee continued to try different combinations to ascertain the best eleven for the upcoming cup matches. A rather scrappy game finished in a 1-1 draw.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, August
Dumbarton were the first visitors of the season to Celtic Park on 29 August. The return of Keir and Joe Lindsay for their first games of the season meant a more recognisable team took the field. Miller shocked the 5,000 crowd by opening the scoring for Dumbarton after five minutes and the Sons play continued to be of a fine calibre though the Celts equalised before half time. Both teams strived for a winner in the second half but in the end the result stood at 1-1.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, September
Dumbarton opened up their Scottish Cup campaign on 7 September. The draw was still made on a regional basis and it was perhaps unfortunate that Dumbarton had to play one of the other favourites for the competition, Vale of Leven, at Alexandria. The team that took the field was McLeod (goal); Stewart and Hannah (full backs); McMillan; Boyle and Keir (half backs); and Fraser, Weir, Bell, Mair and Alex Miller (forwards). In a tight game the Vale showed up more than the Sons in front of goal but both defences stood firm for a 0-0 draw.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, September
A week later the replay took place at Boghead with the same eleven taking the field. In a lively game Vale opened the scoring in the first half but after the interval Mair managed to score to make the final score 1-1. In the draw made by the SFA on the following Tuesday both Dumbarton and Vale of Leven were advanced to the next round.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, September
On 21 September Hearts visited Boghead. The team was weakened by the loss of Hannah and Keir who were both unfit and Weir who had moved south to play professional at Gateshead. Hearts were first to score but Mair had the Sons level by half time. After the restart both teams contributed to a fast and equal game but it was Hearts who found the net for a 2-1 win.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, September
The following weekend pitted Dumbarton against Renton in the Scottish Cup at Tontine Park. Former Dumbarton Athletic players, James Galbraith and Joe Lindsay took their places in the team for this vital match. The Sons were quick off the mark and Fraser gave them the lead after seven minutes. Lindsay scored a second after 25 minutes and this was the state of play at the interval. Renton pushed hard in the second half and managed a goal with ten minutes remaining but the victory was Dumbarton's by 2-1.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, October
Dumbarton made a visit to Hampden Park to play Queen's Park on 5 October. Hannah and Bell returned to the side. Both teams opened up well but despite chances at each end the interval arrived goalless. Fast attacking play continued and  Queens managed to score ten minutes into the second half. This however was the only goal of the game.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, October
On 12 October, Stewart; McMillan; McLeod and Bell played in the Dumbartonshire county side against Ayrshire at Ayr, and were on the losing side by 1-4. On the same day, Dumbarton minus the county reps met their neighbours Union at Boghead, but despite the missing talent managed a 2-0 win with goals from Mair and Chapman.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, October
The following Saturday it was the third round of the Scottish Cup with a home tie against cup holders 3rd LRV. A full strength side was available. Both teams started well but it was the Thirds who crossed over at half time a goal to the good. The Sons recovered in the second half and a Boyle goal secured a 1-1 draw and a replay.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, October
The teams met again on 26 October at Cathkin Park and it was another titanic struggle. The same eleven took to the field but it was the holders who prevailed 1-0.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, November
With interest in the Scottish Cup at an end, Dumbarton turned their attention to the Dumbartonshire Cup, and on 2 November played Kirkintilloch Athletic in the first round. Stewart was missing from the squad, but with a goal in each half from Aitken and Fraser, the Sons advanced to the next round.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, November
The following week Dumbarton were on their travels again with a visit to Thistle in Glasgow. Five regulars were missing and replaced by second XI players. Nevertheless, an own goal and a strike from Bell was sufficient for a 2-0 win.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, November
On 16 November, Jamestown were visitors to Boghead in the second round of the county cup. A full strength team was available with the exception of the addition of William Thomson. Jamestown managed to hold off the Sons attack for 15 minutes but as soon as McMillan scored the first it was then a question of how many. Two more in the first half followed by four in the second resulted in a 7-1 rout.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, November
Then a week later saw the season's second trip to Glasgow to play Celtic. Due to injuries a team reshuffle was required, with notably McLeod coming out of goal to play at left half. Despite the missing team members, Dumbarton started well but found themselves a goal down at the interval. Another Celtic goal was scored early in the second half but two goals in the final 15 minutes ensured that the Sons carved out a 2-2 draw.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, November
On 30 November Dumbarton played Cowlairs at Boghead. Hannah was a returnee to the team but in poor conditions Dumbarton's luck in front of goal deserted them. From a breakaway Colwairs scored 15 minutes into the second half but Bell got the equaliser 10 minutes later. Continued pressure brought no further goals the result being a 1-1 draw.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, December
Methlan Park arrived at Boghead on 7 December to contest the semi final of the Dumbartonshire Cup. Lindsay returned to the front line. The Sons started well and on 20 minutes Chapman put the home side in front. Methlan equalised before half time but in the second half goals from Mair, Bell and one from a scrimmage resulted in a comfortable 4-1 victory for Dumbarton.


1889–90 Dumbarton F.C. season, Story of the Season, December
Dumbarton made a visit to Abercorn on 14 December. Second XI player Goodwin was given a start on the left wing. Galbraith was first to score for the Sons and the home side equalised before half time. Goodwin restored the lead early in the second half and soon thereafter an Abercorn player had to leave the field injured. Play then became a bit ‘rough’ and through a free kick Abercorn brought the score level again. The 10 men continued the pressure and in the process of scoring their third goal the Abercorn scorer was severely injured and had to be carried from the field  Despite the handicap of playing with only 9 men, the home team secured a 3-2 win.