1903–04 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Review, April
Team captain McMillan finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals. He played 32 games, with goalkeeper Seymour, half-back Robinson and forward Graham all being ever-presents. With the advent of league football in Bradford, thousands of people came to home games, resulting in the club's end-of-season receipts totalling £3,896. It resulted in a small operating loss from the first season, but donations helped the club record a profit of £39 in their first season in the Football League. Following the end of the season, the club released six players and also sold Guy to Leeds City.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1903–04 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League First Division. Despite leading the division in September 1903, disruption behind the scenes and the suspension of manager Dick Molyneux for the final month of the season led to a 13th-place finish.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Directly after the end of the dire 1902–03 season, the Brentford committee decided to act and appoint a first team manager. Dick Molyneux became the first official manager in the club's history and arrived at York Road having served as manager at Everton for 12 years, with a CV boasting one Football League First Division championship and two FA Cup runners-up medals.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
One of the first major changes Molyneux enacted was to request that the board raise funds to pay adequate summer wages for the playing squad, which would put an end to the failures of previous seasons, when the board waited until almost before the beginning of the season to transfer players in, so as to cut down on off-season wages. Due to the majority of clubs conducting their transfer business shortly after the end of the season, the tactic meant that Brentford were always short on transfer options, when conducting business close to the beginning of the following season.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The board raised £330 in donations (equivalent to £35,700 in 2021) and Molyneux set about building a 16-man all-professional squad which could compete in the Southern League First Division. Of the previous season's squad, only goalkeeper Tommy Spicer, inside left Percy Turner and outside left Tosher Underwood were retained and by early June 1903, Molyneux had signed an almost entirely new XI. Brentford's colours were changed for the first time since the mid-1890s, with the old claret and blue replaced by a kit consisting of gold shirts with blue stripes, white shorts and black socks.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Dick Molyneux's team started season strongly, reaching top spot in the First Division after five matches. The demands on the small squad led Brentford to fall back into mid-table and a goalkeeping crisis suffered in early 1904 exacerbated the problem. Molyneux brought in former trialist John Bishop and paid him money to play, an illegal move as Bishop was a serving soldier with the Scots Guards and therefore an amateur player. After his third appearance, Bishop returned late to barracks, was reported to his commanding officer and then made a statement in writing about his involvement with Brentford.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The statement was passed on to the FA, who fined Brentford £25 and suspended director Bill Dodge for two years and manager Molyneux for the final month of the season. With secretary William Lewis in caretaker charge, the Bees took one point from the remaining five matches of the season to finish in 13th position.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Playing squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1903–04 Brentford F.C. season, Playing squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1903–04 British Home Championship
The 1903–04 British Home Championship football tournament was a low-scoring affair, won by a powerful England side who were followed by the unfancied Irish in second place. The tournament was played during the second half of the British domestic season and was, for the time, low-scoring.


1903–04 British Home Championship
England began well, with a hard-fought draw with Wales and a 3–1 victory over Ireland in their opening games. Scotland were unable to match this success, only managing draws against both sides. The Irish recovered from their early loss in their draw with Scotland and managed to beat the Welsh 1–0 in Bangor to claim second place. In the final game, England and Scotland played out a close encounter which England won 1–0 thanks to a goal by Steve Bloomer.


1903–04 British Home Championship
This was the first time in tournament history that either England or Scotland finished below second place.


1903–04 Brown men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Brown men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Brown men's ice hockey season, Season
After two seasons of diminishing returns, Brown continued to find ways to get worse. While their record was approximate to the year before, the Brunos didn't score a single goal against a collegiate opponent.


1903–04 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represented Bucknell University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The Bisons team captain of the 1903–04 season was Pat Cheeseman.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was Burslem Port Vale's sixth consecutive season (tenth overall) of football in the English Football League. The club went the whole season without recording an away win, part of a club record 29 away games without victory. With the new rule of the direct free kick introduced, Arthur Rowley also wrote himself into the history books by becoming the first player to score from a free kick.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
The first team was firmly established, and the players had been together for some years. The financial crisis that loomed over the club was held at bay by an FA Cup run and by selling a promising young winger.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
A rather quiet pre-season saw no major signings or departures, and hopes were built of an improvement on last season's ninth-place finish.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The first game of the season was on 7 September 1903 against Bolton Wanderers, where Arthur Rowley wrote himself into the history books by becoming the first player to score from a direct free kick. Five days later the Vale beat Manchester United 1–0, and their season got going – albeit very slowly. Four games later they found their second victory – against new boys Bradford City, however by October they had racked up just five points from their opening eight games. A seven-game unbeaten run saw them surge up the table towards the end of 1903.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
This run ended at Gainsborough Trinity, but could be justified by the fact that they had played three games in four days. They went on to muster just one point from seven games to find themselves back in the danger zone as players looked towards their promising cup run rather than the league itself. An inconsistent end to the season followed, though picking up points from eight of their last twelve games was enough to ensure safety.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
On the final game of the season 20,000 Woolwich Arsenal fans turned up to watch their team claim the championship, however the "Valeites" hung on for a draw, with Harry Cotton in remarkable form, and a goalless draw was enough to hand the league title to Preston North End. Port Vale were one of only two teams to take a point home from London that season. This was even more surprising considering that Vale went the whole season without recording an away win, and had to rely entirely on their home form to stay in the league. They finished two points ahead of the re-election zones, and were twenty points shy of promotion.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
Adrian Capes was top scorer for the fourth consecutive season with seventeen goals, fourteen of them coming in the league. Tom Simpson contributed fifteen goals, and would only score thirteen more Football League goals in his entire career. Goalkeeper Harry Cotton missed just two games, as did right-back Ernest Mullineux; Harry Croxton, Arthur Rowley, Billy Heames, George Price, Bert Eardley, W. Perkins, and Joseph Holyhead made up the first of the first team – who each made a minimum of 35 out of 42 possible appearances in all competitions.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
Again attendances were disappointing, and to improve the financial outlook players were sold as early as October, when a highly promising Tom Coxon signed to nearby Stoke for £200. Their FA Cup clash at Southampton saw them rake in a £491 share of gate receipts. A loss of £39 was recorded on the season, and raising wages and falling gate receipts were only off-set by the income from transfers and cup runs. Recognizing this, the directors insisted that a controversial policy of selling on players had to be adopted.


1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In September the club were eliminated in both county cup competitions by Stoke by three goal margins. The "Valeites" found rather more success in the FA Cup, though had to win four matches to reach the First Round, at which point they were eliminated by Southampton of the Southern Football League. On the way they racked up a 6–0 home win over Stockport County in the Fourth Qualification Round Replay.


1903–04 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ralph Jones, coaching in his second season with the Bulldogs.


1903–04 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1903–04 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1903–04 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season. The head coach was Anthony Chez, coaching his second season with the Bearcats.


1903–04 Colgate men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ellery Huntington Sr. coaching the Raiders in his fourth season. The team finished with an overall record of 12–5.


1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1903–04 season. The team finished the season with a 17–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.


1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season was the 8th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a head coach but E. H. Updike served as team manager.


1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Columbia University adopted the Lion as its mascot in 1910.


1903–04 Columbia men's ice hockey season, Schedule and Results
† Yale records the score of the game as 5–2.‡ Cornell records the score of the game as 2–1.


1903–04 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with a 6–3 record against mostly local high schools. The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges.


1903–04 Cornell men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Cornell men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Cornell men's ice hockey season, Season
After playing a single game during the year, Cornell mothballed its ice hockey program until it could produce an ice rink closer to its Ithaca, New York campus. The program would remain shuttered for two years.


1903–04 Cornell men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Cornell University did not formally adopt 'Big Red' as its moniker until after 1905. They have been, however, associated with 'Carnelian and White' since the school's Inauguration Day on October 7, 1868.


1903–04 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1903–04 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold, who played without a head coach, played their home games at Main Building.


1903–04 Dundee F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was the eleventh season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 5th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would progress to the quarter-finals and take eventual champions Celtic to two replays before being defeated. This would be the first season where Dundee would wear their now common look of navy shirts, white shorts and navy socks.


1903–04 East Stirlingshire F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was East Stirlingshire Football Club's fourth season in the Scottish Football League, being admitted to the Scottish Football League Second Division. The club also competed in the minor Stirlingshire Cup.


1903–04 FA Cup
The 1903–04 FA Cup was the 33rd season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Manchester City won the competition for the first time, beating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 in the final at Crystal Palace, through a goal scored by Billy Meredith.


1903–04 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1903–04 FA Cup, Calendar
The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, five qualifying rounds, an intermediate round, three proper rounds, and the semi finals and final.


1903–04 FA Cup, Intermediate round
The Intermediate Round featured ten games, played between the ten winners of the Fifth Qualifying Round, and ten teams given byes. Manchester United, Bristol City, Preston North End, Woolwich Arsenal, Barnsley and Grimsby Town from the Second Division were entered automatically into this round, as were non-league Reading, Bristol Rovers and New Brompton.


1903–04 FA Cup, Intermediate round
The other Second Division sides had to gain entry to this round through the earlier qualifying rounds. Burton United and Bradford City were entered at the First Qualifying Round stage, with Bradford going out in the Fourth Qualifying Round. Glossop were entered at the Second Qualifying Round, but a walkover was awarded to their opponents, Heywood. The others, Blackpool, Burnley, Burslem Port Vale, Chesterfield, Gainsborough Trinity, Leicester Fosse, Lincoln City and Stockport County were entered at the Third Qualifying Round stage, with only Gainsborough and Burslem Port Vale reaching the intermediate round from these.


1903–04 FA Cup, Intermediate round
The ten matches were played on 12 December 1903. Four matches went to replays, with two of these going to a second replay and one of these, the Manchester United – Small Heath game, then went to a third replay.


1903–04 FA Cup, First round proper
The First Round Proper contained sixteen ties between 32 teams. 17 of the 18 First Division sides were given a bye to this round, as were Bolton Wanderers from the Second Division, and non-league Southampton, Portsmouth, Millwall Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur. They joined the ten teams who won in the intermediate round.


1903–04 FA Cup, First round proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 6 February 1904. Four matches were drawn, with the replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1903–04 FA Cup, Second pound proper
The eight Second Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 20 February 1904. There was one replay, between Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers, played in the following midweek fixture, but this was again drawn and went to a second replay the following week.


1903–04 FA Cup, Third round proper
The four Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 5 March 1904. Two matches were drawn and replayed in the following midweek fixture.


1903–04 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 19 March 1904.


1903–04 FA Cup, Final
The Final, the first all-Lancashire final since the start of the competition, took place at Crystal Palace on Saturday 23 April 1904. The 32nd FA Cup final was contested between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers. Manchester City won 1–0. The goal was scored by Billy Meredith.


1903–04 FC Barcelona season
The 1903–04 season was the fifth season for FC Barcelona.


1903–04 FC Barcelona season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1903–04 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1903–04 season was their eleventh season in their existence. The club's chairman was Ernst-Alfred Thalmann, who took over the chairmanship at the AGM for the third time in the club's history. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the Quarter Kleinbasel.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
With over 40 active footballers and over 70 patron members Basel were the second largest club in Switzerland at this time, larger was only Grasshopper Club Zürich. Basel's first team played in the Serie A and the second team in the Serie B.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
Daniel Hug (the team's most prominent, their best and their largest player) was named as team captain and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Together with goalkeeper Paul Hofer, the players Alphonse Schorpp, Eugen Strauss, Dr. Siegfried Pfeiffer, Ernst-Alfred Thalmann and Emil Hasler, Hug was one of many early national team players who came from the Basel team.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
The team played just one pre-season friendly at home against Grasshopper Club. There was another mid-season friendly against local lower tier Nordstern Basel. During the winter break Basel played two more friendly matches. These were the return game against the Grasshoppers which was drawn 6–6 and also an away game against west group team Montriond Lausanne which was won 3–2. At the end of the season Basel played against group winners Old Boys, which was played as warm up the finals. They also played a match against French club Mulhouse, which was lost 6–8, the highest scoring game of the season.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
The Swiss Serie A season 1903–04 was divided into three regional groups, east, central and west. Basel were allocated to the central group together with the Young Boys, FC Bern, Floria Biel/Bienne, and two further teams from Basel, Old Boys Basel and Fortuna Basel. Having lost their first six games of the season, local team Fortuna Basel opted out of the league season after the New Year and  gave forfait for all their remaining games.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
FC Basel ended their ten games with five victories, two draws and three defeats in third position in the league table, obtaining 12 points, scoring 28 and conceding 25 goals. The Young Boys and the Old Boys ended level on points and so a play-off match was arranged. The Old Boys won the play-off 3–2 and therefore qualified for the finals.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Overview
In the finals St. Gallen first drew 1–1 against group west winners Servette, then they won 1–0 against central group winners Old Boys and because the Old Boys beat Servette 2–0, St. Gallen won their first ever championship title.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1903–04 FC Basel season, Notes, Sources
(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel. Most of the documentation is missing.)


1903–04 Football League
The 1903–04 season was the 16th season of The Football League.


1903–04 Football League, Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1903–04 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.


1903–04 Football League, Final league tables
During the first five seasons of the league, that is until the season, 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league.


1903–04 French Rugby Union Championship
The French Rugby Union Championship of first division 1909-04 was won by SBUC that beat Stade Français in the final.


1903–04 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
SBUC: Jean Guiraut, Pascal Laporte, Maurice Bruneau, René Gorry, Hélier Thil, Jean Rachou, André Lacassagne, Albert Branlat, Jacques Duffourcq, Pierre Terrigi, Carlos Deltour, Edmond Froustey, Louis Mulot, Camille Galliot, Marc Giacardy


1903–04 French Rugby Union Championship, Final
Stade Français: Alexandre Pharamond, G. Barry, Stuart Forsyth, Francis Mouronval, Henri Marescal, Bernard Galichon, Henri Amand, Charles Beaurin-Gressier, Allan Henry Muhr, J.Tolson, André Vergès, Pierre Gaudermen, Georges Jérôme, G. Poirier, Pierre Rousseau


1903–04 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 7th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
A year after graduating, Alfred Winsor returned to Harvard as the program's first full-time head coach. Windsor's return didn't change anything for the Crimson as they again won all of their games and claimed their second consecutive Intercollegiate championship. Princeton was forced to forfeit the game against Harvard on January 23rd due to the Tigers being unable to participate. This game was only counted as a forfeit for the Intercollegiate Hockey Association standings.


1903–04 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1903–04 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1903–04 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1903–04 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished tenth out of 14 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1903–04 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represented The College of the Holy Cross during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Fred Powers, coaching the crusaders in his third season.


1903–04 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Willis Koval, who was in his 2nd and final year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana.


1903–04 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 5–4.


1903–04 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season. The head coach was John Kimmell, in his fifth season coaching the Sycamores. The team played their home games at North Hall in Terre Haute, Indiana.


1903–04 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1903–04 comprised 8 teams, and Linfield won the championship.


1903–04 KBUs Fodboldturnering, Overview
It was contested by 5 teams, and Boldklubben Frem won the championship.


1903–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in its sixth season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was James Naismith, the inventor of the game, who served his 6th year. The Jayhawks finished the season 5–8.


1903–04 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Kentucky State men's basketball team competed on behalf of the University of Kentucky during the 1903-1904 season. During the season, Kentucky would continue to struggle under the leadership of senior Claire Saint John. The Wildcats would only win one game against the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball and lose all four games to Kentucky University and Georgetown College.


1903–04 Madrid FC season
The 1903–04 season was Madrid Football Club's 2nd season in existence. The club played some friendly matches against local clubs. Madrid FC also played their second-ever match outside of the Community of Madrid against Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao.


1903–04 Madrid FC season
They also played in the Campeonato de Madrid (Madrid Championship) and the Copa del Rey. Madrid FC merged with Moderno Football Club on 30 January 1904 and contested these championships under the name Madrid–Moderno.


1903–04 Madrid FC season, Summary
Some of Madrid FC's best players left to join the newly formed Athletic Club Sucursal de Madrid (now Atlético Madrid) during the season. This precipitated a merger with Moderno FC on 30 January 1904 in order to survive. Carlos Padrós was elected president post-merger.


1903–04 Madrid FC season, Competitions, Copa del Rey
The 1904 Copa del Rey was organized by the newly formed Madrid Football Federation. Originally, three teams were to participate, and the Federation invited Athletic Bilbao representing Biscay and Espanyol representing Catalonia. Madrid was to be represented by the winner of a preliminary round between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno (a merger of Madrid CF and Moderno FC). The three teams were to contest the cup in a round-robin format. Before the tournament Espanyol, unhappy with the competition system, announced they would not go to Madrid. Then two more teams from Madrid, Moncloa FC and Iberia Football Club, were admitted in the competition, forcing a change to the schedule.


1903–04 Madrid FC season, Competitions, Copa del Rey
The match between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno ended in 5–5 draw. The captains of both teams agreed not to play extra time, but failed to reach an agreement on when they should replay the match. Español wanted to play the next day, but Madrid-Moderno refused, citing the rules of the tournament which stated that a replay could not be played less than 48 hours after the previous game. The next day Club Español went to replay the match, but Madrid-Moderno did not appear. The regional federation, whose president Ceferino Birdalone happened to be president of Club Español as well, ruled in favor of Español, and they were declared winners of the match eliminating Madrid FC from the competition.


1903–04 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was Manchester City F.C. 's thirteenth season of league football and first season in the top flight of English football. Following their promotion, City made an immediate challenge for the league championship, falling at the last hurdle but finishing creditably second. They did, however, take the FA Cup in the same season, winning their first major trophy of their existence and becoming the 19th winner in the trophy's 33rd year with a 1–0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.


1903–04 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was Manchester United's 12th season in the Football League.


1903–04 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team
The 1903–04 team finished with a record 2–5. It was the first year for head coach Wilbur P. Bowen. Wilbur Bowen became Eastern Michigan's first athletic director in 1903. The team captain was Wilbur Morris and C.B. Jordan was the team manager.


1903–04 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team, Schedule
1.Media guide list game on 1/28 and the school year book list 1/31.


1903–04 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team, Schedule
2. EMU list the score as 14-34 while MSU list the score as 10-62.


1903–04 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University for the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The school was known as State Agricultural College at this time. The head coach was Chester Brewer coaching the team his first season. The team captain was Edward Balbach. The team finished the season with a 5–3 record as an independent.


1903–04 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Schedule
1. Michigan State Media Guide list score as 62-10, while Eastern Michigan Media Guide list score as 34-14.


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season
The 1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season was the first season of play of the new Montreal Wanderers ice hockey club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The club won the inaugural championship of the also-new Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) and challenged for the Stanley Cup.


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season, Team business
The club was organized from players from the Montreal Hockey Club and the Montreal Victorias. At the organizational meeting of December 3, 1903, the club selected its colours of red and white and selected the initial directors of the team:


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season, Team business
The club had formed over a dispute over the control of the Montreal Hockey Club. The Wanderers nickname was a namesake of the Montreal Wanderers team which played in the Montreal Winter Carnival hockey tournament in 1884. The club joined with teams rejected for membership in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) and helped found the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) on December 5, 1903. Many of the early Wanderers had been members of the Montreal Hockey Club team of 1902, which won the Stanley Cup. That team had been known as the "Little Men of Iron" because of the players' tenacity and small stature, and the nickname carried over to the new club.


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
The Wanderers, formed from players of the 1903 Stanley Cup champion Montreal Hockey Club, were the class of the league and went undefeated. Jack Marshall led the league in scoring, scoring 11 goals in six games.


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
Ken Mallen started the season with Cornwall but joined the Wanderers, playing two regular season games and the Cup challenge. He would leave after the season to become a professional in the International League.


1903–04 Montreal Wanderers season, Stanley Cup challenge
The Wanderers first Stanley Cup challenge was played against the Ottawa Hockey Club on March 2, 1904, resulting in a 5–5 tie game. The Wanderers would refuse to continue the series unless the tie was replayed in Montreal, and forfeited the series.


1903–04 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season. The head coach was R.G. Clapp, coaching the huskers in his first season. The team played their home games at Grant Memorial Hall in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1903–04 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1903–1904 was contested by seventeen teams participating in three divisions. This season, the western division had been split in two, creating the Eerste Klasse West-A and the Eerste Klasse West-B. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the three divisions of the Netherlands. HBS Craeyenhout won this year's championship by beating Velocitas and PW.


1903–04 Northern Football League
The 1903–04 Northern Football League season was the fifteenth in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1903–04 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season
The 1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the ninth season of rugby league football.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
The League Champions were Bradford and the Challenge Cup Winners were Halifax.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
Keighley and Huddersfield were demoted from the top division and replaced by Wakefield Trinity (Champions) and St. Helens.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
As the top two teams had finished level on points and Points Difference had not been introduced as a tie breaker yet, despite having a worse points difference, Bradford contested a play-off with Salford, that Bradford won 5-0.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
In the Second Division, Manningham and Stockport were replaced by Pontefract, reducing the competition to 17 teams. Birkenhead Wanderers dropped the Wanderers from their name.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
The second promotion place had to be decided by a play-off as Points Difference had not yet been introduced as a tie breaker. St. Helens beat Holbeck 7-0.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Internationals
On 5 April 1904, the first ever International Rugby League match took place between England and Other Nationalities. It was played at Central Park, Wigan, having originally been scheduled for New Year's Day in Oldham. England lost 3-9 in a twelve sided match, with the opposition made up of ten Welshmen and two Scots. The crowd numbered just 6,000.


1903–04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Challenge Cup
Halifax beat Warrington 8-3 in the final at Salford's The Willows before a paying crowd of 17,041, plus 1,000 additional guests, to become the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins. Halifax wouldn’t reach another final until 1921 nor win the Cup again until 1931.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season
The 1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, the club's 19th season of play, lasted from December 30, 1903, until March 11, 1904. Ottawa resigned from the CAHL after four games and played only Stanley Cup challenges for the rest of the season, winning them all.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Team business
The Club moved to a new rink installed at the Aberdeen Pavilion, which provided 4,000 seats, more than Dey's Rink could provide. A partnership was struck with the Central Canada Exhibition Association which received 40% of the gross receipts and provided facilities. The Club contributed $500 to the installation of the rink.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Highlights
The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. A home game with Quebec was postponed when Quebec could not travel due to a severe snowstorm.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Highlights
In their third game against the Victorias at Westmount's arena, the Ottawa team arrived 1½ hours late due to a loss of their baggage. The game was called at midnight due to a curfew, with Ottawa ahead 4–1, with 16 minutes left to play. Ottawa and the Victorias had disagreed on substitution for injured players instead of 'recuperation time' and the Victorias used 43 minutes of injury time, which the Ottawa club complained was a stalling tactic to get the game canceled as Ottawa was ahead.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Highlights
One week later, the League met to reschedule the Quebec-Ottawa game. At the meeting, the League levied a $10 fine against Ottawa for its lateness to the Victorias game, and a fine to the Montreal Shamrocks for lateness to a game in Ottawa. The League then discussed the Ottawa-Victoria match and ordered it to be rescheduled. J. P. Dickson, Ottawa's representative to the meeting, had proposed that it only be played if the match mattered in the standings and threatened to take Ottawa out of the league if the league went ahead and forced the game to be played.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Highlights
The threat failed, and Dickson called a meeting of the Club back in Ottawa to discuss the situation. The Club executive, against Bob Shillington's wishes agreed to pull the Club out of the league. The team executive was concerned about losing its status as Stanley Cup champions over the matter and consulted with P. D. Ross who agreed that the Cup would stay with Ottawa. The Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) was consulted and Ottawa would join the FAHL for the next season. The Club then submitted its resignation from the CAHL.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Highlights
After leaving the CAHL, the Ottawas played only one game other than a Cup challenge, an 18—1 exhibition win over the Ottawa Capitals of the FAHL.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Season, Results
† Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawa resigned from league.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
Before the CAHL season started, Ottawa defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1).


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
The first game was filled with rough play, with Alf Smith knocking out Joe Hall with a stick hit to the head and knocking out Nick Bawlf. Hall returned to the game and Hall and Smith fought, leaving Hall with a five stitch cut and Smith a four stitch cut. Westwick scored four goals, Frank McGee three. The Ottawa fans booed Ottawa for their rough play. After the game, Winnipeg captain Billy Breen said it was the 'dirtiest game of hockey he had ever played.'


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
The second game was tame by comparison. Because of the injuries of the first game, Winnipeg needed replacements and added Tammy Hamber of the Toronto Argonaut Rowing Club. Ottawa did not play a rough game and Winnipeg won by a 6–2 score. There was speculation that Ottawa had let up to ensure a lucrative third game.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
In the third game, Winnipeg showed that it was capable of keeping up with Ottawa. Smith missed the game to be replaced by Billy Gilmour. The game was scoreless after the first half. Frank McGee scored the winning goal and Suddy Gilmour scored a second goal to clinch the game with seven minutes to play during a power play. Hamber was protested by Ottawa, although he was allowed to play. Referee Trihey was confronted by rough play in the first half, which he countered with ever-increasing penalties to players.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
According to the Gazette report on the game, at one point only three Ottawa players were on and four Winnipeg players, meaning seven were sent off. During the break between the first and second halves, the ice was not cleaned. The audience numbers were down and this was attributed to the Ottawa Post Office being on fire.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Toronto vs. Ottawa
Next, Ottawa would defeat the Ontario Hockey Association champion Toronto Marlboros in a two-game total-goals series, played in Ottawa, 6–3,11–2 (17–5).


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Toronto vs. Ottawa
In the first game, the Marlboros led the Ottawas 3–1 after the first half before the Ottawas scored five in the second half to win the game.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Toronto vs. Ottawa
In the second game, Ottawa led by 6–0 at the half, leaving the result not in doubt. The crowd was estimated at 1500.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Wanderers vs. Ottawa
A two-game series between the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Hockey Club was arranged, for the Stanley Cup and the FAHL championship. The teams played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, demanding that the game be considered a no-contest and proposed that the series start over as a best two-of-three series. The Cup trustees demanded that the series continued as scheduled and the Wanderers abandoned the challenge.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Wanderers vs. Ottawa
According to the Gazette, the game saw "the dirtiest game ever seen between two senior teams at the Arena." Thirty-six penalties were called. Leahy was injured and replaced by Mallan. James Strachan, president of the Wanderers was quoted as saying that the Wanderers would not go to Ottawa and play with Dr. Kearns as referee. Ottawa took a 2–0 lead, before the Wanderers scored five in a row. The Ottawas came back with three, the final goal by Frank McGee.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Wanderers vs. Ottawa
The Wanderers demanded a replay of the game to be held in Montreal, which Ottawa refused. The series was cancelled, with Ottawa claiming the FAHL championship.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Stanley Cup Challenges, Brandon vs. Ottawa
To finish the season, Ottawa played a series with Brandon Wheat City, champions of the Manitoba & Northwestern Hockey Association. Ottawa would win the two-game series 6–3, 9–3 (15–6), held in Ottawa on March 9–11. Brandon wanted to add Clint Bennest and Joe Hall of Winnipeg for the series, but the Cup trustees disallowed the additions as the players had already played for Winnipeg in a challenge against Ottawa. Lester Patrick, in a foreshadowing of the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals, took over for a few minutes when goaltender Dugald Morrison was penalized in game one.


1903–04 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Ottawa Hockey Club 1904 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
Cyclone Taylor scratched 'Fred W. Taylor' over the official engraving of '1904 Ottawa'.


1903–04 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
The 1903–04 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The team finished with a final record of 5–4.


1903–04 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was the first season of competitive association football in the history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club, an English football club based in Plymouth, Devon.


1903–04 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
1903-04 was the first season when the Mexican championship was played under a normal league system. Defending champions Orizaba only managed to place fourth. The new champions were Mexico Cricket Club San Pedro de los Pinos, who from 1894 to 1903 had played under the name Mexican National Cricket Club. This club was founded in the small town San Pedro de los Pinos, which now lies in the outskirts of Mexico City. The line-up of Mexico's second national champions, which was mainly British, included the three brothers Bruce, "Jack" and Walter Willy.


1903–04 Primera Fuerza season, League standings, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1903–04 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
The Tigers' season was highlighted by a three-game set against Yale in Pittsburgh where Princeton came away with an even split. Princeton was forced to forfeit the game against Harvard on January 23rd due to the Tigers being unable to participate.


1903–04 RPI men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 RPI men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program.


1903–04 RPI men's ice hockey season, Season
After two years of trying, RPI won its first official game against Union College. After the third consecutive season of just one game the program was shuttered. It would return after two seasons.


1903–04 RPI men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Rensselaer's athletic teams were unofficially known as 'Cherry and White' until 1921 when the Engineers moniker debuted for the men's basketball team.


1903–04 Rangers F.C. season
The 1903–04 season is the 30th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1903–04 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 31 competitive matches during the 1903–04 season. The club finished fourth in Scottish League Division One, five points behind champions Third Lanark. Rangers was equal on points with third placed Celtic and a point behind second placed Hearts.


1903–04 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The Scottish Cup campaign ended in a 3–2 cup final defeat to the club's Old Firm rivals. A Finlay Speedie brace was not enough to win them the cup.


1903–04 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1903–04 Rugby Union County Championship was the 16th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Kent won the competition for the second time defeating Durham in the final.


1903–04 Scottish Cup
The 1903–04 Scottish Cup was the 31st season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic when they beat Rangers 3–2 in the final. The fixture may have been the point when the 'Old Firm' term began to be used in media to denote the relationship between the clubs, due to the increasing frequency of their meetings and the mutual commercial benefits of the growing rivalry.


1903–04 Scottish Districts season
The 1903–04 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1903–04 Scottish Division One
The 1903–04 Scottish Division One season was won by Third Lanark by four points over nearest rival Hearts. The top division of Scottish football expanded from 12 to 14 teams, and Airdrieonians and Motherwell joined the division having finished first and second in Division Two the previous season.


1903–04 Scottish Division Two
The 1903–04 Scottish Division Two was won by Hamilton Academical, with Ayr Parkhouse finishing bottom.


1903–04 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The team finished with an overall record of 2–3–1.


1903–04 Sheffield Shield season
The 1903–04 Sheffield Shield season was the 12th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.


1903–04 Small Heath F.C. season
The 1903–04 Football League season was Small Heath Football Club's 12th in the Football League and their 4th in the First Division, having been promoted from the Second Division as runners-up in 1902–03. After spending much of the season in the relegation places, they won six of the last nine matches to finish in 11th place in the 18-team league. They also took part in the 1903–04 FA Cup, entering at the intermediate round (between the qualifying rounds and the rounds proper) and losing in that round to Manchester United after three replays. In locally organised competition, they lost to Aston Villa in the first round of the Birmingham Senior Cup.


1903–04 Small Heath F.C. season
Twenty-three players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were twelve different goalscorers. Forward Charlie Athersmith played in 37 matches over the 38-match season. Billy Jones and Freddie Wilcox were joint leading scorers with eight goals, all of which came in the league.


1903–04 Southern Football League
The 1903–04 season was the tenth in the history of Southern League. Division One, expanded up to 18 teams, was won by Southampton for the 6th time in history. Watford finished top of Division Two, earning automatic promotion, the first time that test matches had not been held. No clubs applied to join the Football League.


1903–04 Southern Football League, Division One
A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 15 sides from previous season and three new teams.


1903–04 Southern Football League, Division Two
A total of eleven teams contest the division, including 4 sides from previous season, one team relegated from Division One and six new clubs in Division Two this season, all of which were reserve teams.


1903–04 St Helens RLFC season
The 1903–1904 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's ninth in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 30th in the club's history. After the previous year's relegation from the first division, St Helens were able to earn promotion at the first attempt, finishing second behind Wakefield Trinity in Division 2. St Helens also competed in the end-of-season South West Lancashire mini-league, in which they finished third. In the Challenge Cup, St Helens were beaten in the second round by Halifax.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was Stoke's 15th season in the Football League.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season
Any hopes Stoke fans had that last season's achievement of finishing sixth would signal a change in the club's fortunes were short-lived as the 1903–04 season was another poor one for Stoke. The team was in a hard relegation battle again and for the third time in four seasons Stoke required a final day escape and again they survived. Stoke drew the final match  1–1 with Derby County giving Stoke one more point than relegated Liverpool.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, League
Off the pitch, Stoke's financial problems continued after spending £2000 on a roof for the Butler Street Stand meaning that the season's budget was spent before a ball was kicked. Stoke did receive some support from the church who agreed to provide a 21-year lease on the Victoria Ground enabling Stoke to continue improving their ground. Hopes for similar improvements on the pitch however were short-lived as the 1903–04 season was another poor one for Stoke and their supporters. The team were in deep relegation trouble from Christmas onwards.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, League
Arthur Lockett such a key figure in the side last season signed for Aston Villa, and although one or two other players were drafted in few looked to have any real class. Stoke's best signing was that of Fred Rouse from Grimsby Town who would eventually be sold for a profit.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, League
By January 1904 Mart Watkins had followed Lockett to Villa and at Easter time there was certainly an element of déjà vu about the position the club were in. West Bromwich Albion were sitting bottom of the table with 21 points from 30 games whilst Stoke were above them with the same number of points and matches played, while Liverpool had 22 points and Derby 23. Again it all came down to the final match of the season and yet again Stoke survived, a point against Derby was enough to keep Stoke up.


1903–04 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke lost 3–2 at home to Aston Villa in the first round in front of 15,000 spectators with Stoke's goals coming from George Baddeley and Sam Higginson.


1903–04 Swiss Serie A
Statistics of association football in Switzerland during the 1903–04 season.


1903–04 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team
The 1903–04 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The head coach was John A. R. Scott, coaching his first season with the Orangemen.


1903–04 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 9th season of collegiate ice hockey.


1903–04 WPHL season
The 1903–04 WPHL season was the seventh season of operation for the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Four Pittsburgh-area teams competed in the season, in which all games were played at the Duquesne Gardens. However, the Pittsburgh Keystones withdrew from the league on January 17, 1904. The season concluded with the Pittsburgh Victorias having the best record in the league and being named league champions. It would be the team's only league title. The season also marked the final WPHL season until 1907 as the city formed the Pittsburgh Professionals a professional club to compete in the International Professional Hockey League.


1903–04 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1903–04 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represents the University of Washington during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season.


1903–04 Welsh Amateur Cup
The 1903–04 Welsh Amateur Cup was the fourteenth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Wrexham Victoria who defeated Druids Reserves 4-2 in the final, at Oswestry.


1903–04 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team
The 1903–04 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents the University of West Virginia during the 1903–04 college men's basketball season. The team captain was Otis Cole. The Mountaineers finished with an overall record of 4–3.


1903–04 Western Football League
The 1903–04 season was the 12th in the history of the Western Football League.


1903–04 Western Football League
Tottenham Hotspur were the champions of Division One for the first time, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were newcomers Bristol City Reserves.


1903–04 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
One new club joined Division One, which remained at nine clubs after Millwall Athletic left the league.


1903–04 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Four new clubs joined Division Two, which was increased from eight clubs to 10 after Cotham Amateurs and St George left the league.


1903–04 Williams Ephs men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Williams Ephs men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program.


1903–04 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1903–1904 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Dr. James C. Elsom, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference.


1903–04 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season
The 1903–04 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 9th season of play for the program.


1903–04 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
Due to poor ice conditions, Yale played only a single game at home.


1903–04 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a coach, however, George Mohlman served as team manager.


1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States
The 1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States began in December 1903, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1904.


1903–04 collegiate men's basketball season in the United States, Regular season, Conference winners
NOTE: The Western Conference (the future Big Ten Conference) did not sponsor an official conference season or recognize a regular-season champion until the 1905–06 season. In 1903–04, Chicago (7–0) finished with the best winning percentage (1.000) and Purdue (11–2) and Wisconsin (11–4) with the most wins.


1903–04 in Belgian football
The 1903–04 season was the ninth competitive season in Belgian football.


1903–04 in Belgian football, Overview
Only one official division existed at the time, split into two leagues. It was called Coupe de Championnat (Championship Cup) and its winner was decided after a final round between the first two clubs of each league. The league A was not completed.


1903–04 in Belgian football, Overview
It was also the first competitive season of the now famous Daring Club de Bruxelles. At the end of the season, one of the new clubs (namely Olympia Club de Bruxelles) withdrew from the league. It was decided that there will be only one league the next season.


1903–04 in Belgian football, Overview
On May 1, 1904, Belgium played its first official match against France at the Stade du Vivier d'Oie, home of the Racing Club de Bruxelles. This match was viewed by around 1,500 people.


1903–04 in English football
The 1903–04 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in England.


1903–04 in English football
For the first time ever, a London (and Southern) team, Woolwich Arsenal, were promoted to the First Division and made the league's reach nationwide. They joined champions Preston North End in the top flight, after the Lilywhites beat arch-rivals Blackpool in the final game of the season to clinch the championship. Bradford City replaced Doncaster Rovers.


1903–04 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1903–04 in Scottish football
The 1903–04 season was the 31st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 14th season of the Scottish Football League.


1903–04 in Scottish football, Scottish Cup
Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–2 win over Rangers.


1903–04 in Scottish football, Junior Cup
Vale of Clyde were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–0 win over Parkhead.


1904
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th  year of the 20th century, and the  5th   year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.


1904, Births, September
Daniel Prenn (7 September 1904 – 3 September 1991) was a Russian-born German, Polish, and British tennis player who was Jewish. Lou Moore, American race car driver, team owner (died 1956)


1904 Aberdare Urban District Council election
The Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894 and covered the parish of Aberdare. Its responsibilities included public health, sanitation, roads and public works generally.


1904 Aberdare Urban District Council election
There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Originally, one member was elected from each ward on an annual basis, but from 1904 an additional member was granted to each ward resulting in the election of ten members, out of a total of twenty, every three years. At the intervening election, one member continued to be elected.


1904 Aberdare Urban District Council election
An election was held in April 1904. It was preceded by the 1903 election and followed by the 1905 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1901 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1907.


1904 Aberdare Urban District Council election
In line with an increase in the population a number of additional seats had been granted by the County Council.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team
The 1904 Alabama Crimson White football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was led by head coach W. A. Blount, in his second season, and played their home games at The Quad in Tuscaloosa and at West End Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the twelfth season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 5–3 SIAA).


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Florida Agricultural
To open the 1904 season, Alabama defeated Florida Agricultural College 29–0 at Tuscaloosa. In the game, Alabama touchdowns were scored by William LaFayette Ward (2), Chamberlain, Auxford Burks and Frank Clark.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Florida Agricultural
The starting lineup was: J. V. Boyles (left end), C. P. Butcher (left tackle), Harvey Sartain (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Guy Redden (right guard), Gates (right tackle), George Spigener Wilcox (right end), R. R. Cummings (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Floy Hall (right halfback), William LaFayette Ward (fullback).


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Clemson
In what was their first Birmingham game of the season, Alabama were shutout by the Clemson Tigers 18–0 at the West End Park. Puss Derrick gave the Tigers a 6–0 lead with his ten-yard touchdown run early in the first half. Joe Holland then made the final score 18–0 behind his pair of second half touchdown runs. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Clemson to 0–2.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Mississippi A&M
A week after their loss to Clemson, Alabama led the Aggies of Mississippi A&M (now known as Mississippi State University) 10–5 in the second half when the Aggie squad left the field and forfeited the contest after a disputed call on the field. The Crimson and White took a 10–0 lead into halftime behind touchdown runs by Auxford Burks and Frank B. Clark. In the second half, Mississippi cut the Alabama lead in half after they scored on a short touchdown run. The game then ended later in the half after the Aggies disputed a referees call and subsequently forfeited the contest. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi A&M to 4–1.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Nashville
In what was the only all time match-up against the University of Nashville, Alabama shutout the Garnet and Blue 17–0 at Tuscaloosa. Alabama took a 5–0 lead in the first half behind a short Auxford Burks touchdown run. In the second half, the made the final score 17–0 behind a short Frank B. Clark run and a 45-yard run by Burks that saw him escape six tackles en route to his second touchdown of the game.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Nashville
The starting lineup was: Guy Redden (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), T. A. McDaniels (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Frank B. Clark (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback).


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Georgia
At Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated Georgia 16–5 and registered their first all time win against the Bulldogs. The Crimson White scored all of their points in the first half and took a 16–0 lead into halftime behind a pair of C. P. Butcher touchdown runs and another by Auxford Burks. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 1–2–1.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Georgia
The starting lineup was: George Spigener Wilcox (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), T. A. McDaniels (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), W. E. Lewis (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback).


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Auburn
At Birmingham, Alabama was defeated by Auburn 29–6 and lost what was billed as the "Alabama State Championship." Alabama scored their only points in the second half on a Harvey Sartain touchdown run. The victory bought Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 1–7.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The starting lineup was: George Spigener Wilcox (left end), W. C. Oates (left tackle), Guy Redden (left guard), James C. Gwin (center), Harvey Sartain (right guard), C. P. Butcher (right tackle), Aubrey Boyles (right end), W. S. Wyatt (quarterback), Auxford Burks (left halfback), Floy Hall (right halfback), S. W. McClesky (fullback).


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
On Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham, Tennessee beat Alabama 5–0. McAllister scored on a play Tennessee used throughout the game, where he put his foot on the guard in front of him and had the other backs hurl him forward.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, LSU
Hampered by injuries, LSU was beaten in Baton Rouge by Alabama 11–0. Butcher and Ward scored Alabama's touchdowns. The "feature play of the game" was a fake kick by LSU. Staudinger made 55 yards before Wyatt tackled him, saving a touchdown.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Alabama met Tulane at Athletic Park in New Orleans and won 6–0. Sartain scored Alabama's touchdown. Tulane once drove to the 5-yard line, but lost the ball on downs.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Pensacola Athletic Club
In Pensacola, Alabama won over the Pensacola Athletic Club 10–6. The Pensacola Team was composed of former players from Yale, Harvard, Army, Navy, Notre Dame, and Carlisle alongside high school athletes from Pensacola.


1904 Alabama Crimson White football team, Game summaries, Pensacola Athletic Club
Wyatt scored two touchdowns for Alabama in the first half. Ward also sustained a broken nose during the game. Just before the end of the first half, Garrett scored for Pensacola.


1904 Albion football team
The 1904 Albion football team, sometimes known as the Albion Methodists, was an American football team that represented Albion College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1904 college football season. In its first season under head coach Walter S. Kennedy, Albion compiled a 7–0–1 record, held every opponent scoreless, outscored opponents by a total of 206 to 0, and won the MIAA championship. The team's victories included games against two future Division I FBS programs, a 4–0 victory over otherwise undefeated Michigan Agricultural (now Michigan State University) and a 68–0 victory over Michigan State Normal (now Eastern Michigan University).


1904 Albion football team
The team played its home games at Winter–Lau Field in Albion, Michigan; the field was built in 1900 with funds donated by John Winter and Oliver Lau.


1904 All England Badminton Championships
The 1904 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall in Islington, London, England from 16-19 March 1904.


1904 All England Badminton Championships
Henry Norman Marrett made a clean sweep of victories by winning the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Ethel Thomson retained her women's singles title and teamed up again with Meriel Lucas to win the women's doubles. Lucas had missed the 1903 competition.


1904 All England Badminton Championships
The venue made six courts available and the event was extended to four days in order to include an England v Ireland international match.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 18th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, Ulster Senior Football Championship
Cavan were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-finals.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventeenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry led 0-4 to 0-2 at half-time and Dick Fitzgerald scored the only point of the second half to secure victory.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1904 was the 18th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 1-9 to 1-8 in the final.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-final: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the final.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. The winners are declared All-Ireland champions.


1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 17th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held on Maurice Davin's land in Carrick-on-Suir on 24 June 1906 between Cork and Kilkenny. Kilkenny won by a single point.


1904 All-Western college football team
The 1904 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1904 Western Conference football season.


1904 American Medical football team
The 1904 American Medical football team was an American football team that represented the American College of Medicine and Surgery of Chicago, in the 1904 college football season.


1904 Argentine Primera División
The 1904 Argentine Primera División was the 13th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on May 9 and ended on September 24. The 1904 championship had a 6 team league format, with each team playing the other twice.


1904 Argentine Primera División
Flores did not register to play the tournament after a poor performance in the last season. Estudiantes de Buenos Aires was promoted to Primera by the Association after the good campaigns made in lower divisions and the contribution made by the club to the practice of football.


1904 Argentine Primera División
Belgrano A.C. was the champion, ending a run of four consecutive titles for Alumni. The club won the tournament 6 fixtures before the end of the season, when the squad beat Quilmes by 4-0 with the following line-up: J. W. Howard; George N. Dickinson, H. J. Reeves; C. Edgard Dickinson, Harold T. Ratcliff, H. Frasser; H. A. Ruggeroni, Norman G. Forrester, H. B. Knight, S. Rioboó, E. Frilling.


1904 Argentine presidential election
The Argentine presidential election of 1904 was held on 12 June to choose the president of Argentina. Manuel Quintana was elected president.


1904 Argentine presidential election, Background
Riding high after another term of prosperity and important diplomatic accomplishments such as the May 1902 Pact with neighboring Chile over a border dispute and Foreign Minister Luis Drago's settlement of imminent war between the German Empire and Venezuela, President Roca enlisted Congressman Manuel Quintana as the PAN standard bearer. Within the PAN itself, some dissent was evident over Roca's dominance. These voices rallied behind former Presidents Carlos Pellegrini (as an Autonomist) and José Evaristo Uriburu (as a Republican). The UCR maintained its boycott, and the aging Quintana was selected by the electoral college on 12 June 1904.


1904 Argentine presidential election, Background
The year's legislative elections were more historically significant than the headline presidential selection: the Buenos Aires district of La Boca elected Alfredo Palacios, the first Socialist Congressman in the western hemisphere.


1904 Arizona football team
The 1904 Arizona football team was an American football team that represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Orin A. Kates, the team compiled a 3–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 66 to 48. The team captain was Burrell R. Hatcher.


1904 Arkansas Cardinals football team
The 1904 Arkansas Cardinals football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Ancil D. Brown (a former player and coach at Syracuse), the Razorbacks compiled a 4–3 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 133 to 68.


1904 Army Cadets football team
The 1904 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Robert Boyers, the Cadets compiled a 7–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 27. The team's two losses were to Harvard and Princeton. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 11–0.


1904 Army Cadets football team
Five members of the squad were honored by one or both of Walter Camp (WC) and Caspar Whitney (CW) on the All-America team. They are: center Arthur Tipton (WC-1, CW-1); back Henry Torney (CW-1); end Alexander Garfield Gillespie (WC-2); halfback Frederick Prince (CW-2); and tackle Thomas Doe (WC-3).


1904 Ashburton by-election
The Ashburton by-election, 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 7 January 1904 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashburton in Devon. It was triggered by the death of the sitting Liberal Party MP Charles Seale-Hayne.


1904 Ashburton by-election
The election was contested by the Conservative and Liberal parties and won by the Liberal candidate, Harry Trelawney Eve, with a majority of 1,476 votes.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the death on 22 November 1903 of the sitting Liberal Party MP Charles Seale-Hayne, who had held the seat since the 1885 general election.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Candidates, Liberals
The Liberals adopted Harry Trelawney Eve KC, a 57-year-old barrister who practised at the Chancery Bar. Eve had connections with Devon. He owned land in the county at Yarner Wood near Bovey Tracey and farmed it professionally, taking a particular interest in the breeding of South Devon cattle. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county in 1903 and his wife came from Torquay. He identified himself as a Radical and a supporter of Free Trade.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Candidates, Conservatives
The Conservative candidate was Sir Richard Harrison, a recently retired professional soldier, educated at Harrow School. Sir Richard was aged 66 years, had a home in Brixham and owned a farm in Hampshire.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, Trade
Eve, having from the outset adopted the traditional Liberal stance as a Free Trader, made the most of this position to attack government policy on tariff reform and to warn that this would lead to taxes on food. Harrison supported the government line, arguing that this was the only effective way to deal with the unfair competition to which British industry and trade were being subjected by foreign countries and that it would maintain a strong home manufacturing base to guarantee full employment.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, Trade
Harrison received a letter of support from Joseph Chamberlain arguing that agriculture was one of the industries which had suffered most from unrestricted imports and contending that tariff reform proposals would not add a penny to the cost of living while helping farmers and allotment holders. It was reported that the arguments concerning cheap food found most resonance among the town-dwellers of the constituency and the agricultural labourers, a traditional source of strength for the Liberal Party in the area.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, Trade
The attempts of the Tariff Reform League to hold a public meeting in Newton Abbott during the election campaign proved a bit of a disaster. The meeting was first disrupted by about a hundred Radicals singing political songs, causing the speakers to delay but then a fight broke out in the hall and the meeting had to be abandoned for fear of violence to the speakers. Once the speakers had withdrawn the fighting got worse and a lot of damage was done. However The Times reported that Newton Abbott had a reputation for rowdyism at times of political excitement and the incident was unlikely to affect the outcome of the election but it did note that the future meeting of the Tariff Reform League had been postponed.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, Education
The Education Act 1902 provided Eve with a campaigning issue to appeal to his traditional supporters. The Act handed over responsibility for education from local school boards to borough or county education authorities. The Act also brought voluntary schools under some control of the government, giving them funding. The nonconformist and dissenting religionists, who were by and large Liberal supporters, resented this funding of Anglican and Roman Catholic church schools from the general rates. ‘No Rome on the Rates’ was the rallying cry.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, Education
Eve raised this subject early in the election campaign, at his adoption meeting, realising its resonance for committed Liberals and their traditional constituency of nonconformist church and chapel-goers. The Liberals also hoped to pick up votes from Conservative nonconformists. Harrison took a neutral line on the 1902 Act. He said it had been controversial but was now law and should be given a complete and fair trial, while being monitored for discrimination against particular religious groups.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Issues, The Armed Forces
In the aftermath of the Boer Wars and given his own military background it was not surprising that Harrison felt comfortable dealing with issues around the armed forces. He supported the proposals being contemplated to reform the administration of the War Office and he favoured the introduction of a comprehensive scheme to improve the strength, efficiency and organisation of all Britain’s military – particularly the navy. These measures were the subject of Royal Commissions established in 1902. The Esher and Norfolk Committees eventually bore fruit in certain reforms brought in by the Conservative Hugh Arnold-Foster in 1904-05 but ironically major reform had to wait until the new Liberal government of December 1905 and the implementation of the Haldane Reforms.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Result
Eve held Ashburton for the Liberals with a majority of 1,476. The size of the majority was larger than expected, doubling Seale-Hayne’s majority at the 1900 general election. The Times commented that the government clearly needed to do more in agricultural constituencies to persuade voters of the value of protectionism. The fact was that the Conservative government re-elected in 1900 and which first came to office in 1895 was by now appearing stale and weary to the electorate.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Result
The government would in the year following the by-election give up the ghost and allow the creation of a Liberal administration in December 1905, an administration which would go on in the general election of January–February 1906 to secure a landslide mandate from the electorate. In the sixty by-elections between 1895 and 1905 the Liberal poll went up, overall, by 30% and the Unionist poll went down by 7%. That trend had gathered momentum since 1902, the year of the Education Act and the imposition of a tax on corn – the two major campaign issues of the Ashburton by-election.


1904 Ashburton by-election, Result
Eve retained his seat at the 1906 general election with a majority of 1,289. He resigned the seat in 1907 to become a judge in the Chancery Division.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1904 Atlantic hurricane season featured no tropical cyclones in the months of July and August. The first tropical cyclone was initially observed in the southwestern Caribbean on June 10. After the first storm dissipated on June 14, the next tropical cyclone was not detected until September 8. The sixth and final system transitioned into an extratropical cyclone offshore South Carolina on November 4. Two of the six tropical cyclones existed simultaneously.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season
Of the season's six tropical storms, four of those strengthened into a hurricane. None of them deepened further into a major hurricane, which is a tropical cyclone that reaches at least Category 3 on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project also indicated but could not confirm the presence of four additional tropical depressions throughout the season. However, the reanalysis added a previously undetected hurricane in late September and early October to the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT). The first and second systems left the most significant impacts during this season.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season
The first storm brought heavy rainfall to eastern Cuba, causing flooding that left widespread damage and at least 87 deaths. In September, the season's second tropical cyclone produced strong winds along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina northward and into Atlantic Canada. There were at least 18 deaths and $2.5 million (1904 USD) in damage.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 30, the third lowest value at the time and the lowest since 1864. ACE is a metric used to express the energy used by a tropical cyclone during its lifetime. Therefore, a storm with a longer duration will have high values of ACE. It is only calculated at six-hour increments in which specific tropical and subtropical systems are either at or above sustained wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm intensity. Thus, tropical depressions are not included here.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
The first storm of the season was observed by ships over the southwestern Caribbean on June 10, about 65 miles (105 km) east-southeast of Isla de Providencia. Moving north to north-northeast, the depression strengthened slowly, reaching tropical storm intensity by early on June 12. After curving to the northeast, the storm strengthened further.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
It became a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale on June 13, several hours before peaking with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,003 mbar (29.6 inHg), both estimated by Ramón Pérez of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology in 2000. Shortly thereafter, the hurricane made landfall near Pilón in Granma Province, Cuba. Early on June 14, the cyclone weakened to a tropical storm. It soon emerged into the Atlantic Ocean, but continued weakening, falling to tropical depression intensity and dissipating over the southeastern Bahamas late on June 14.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
In Jamaica, the slow moving storm brought over 10 inches (250 mm) of rainfall to the western portions of the island. Subsequent flooding inundated a number of roads and washed away several bridges, isolating some areas. Heavy precipitation also fell in eastern Cuba, with the city of Santiago de Cuba observing about 14 in (360 mm) of rainfall in only five hours. About 150 homes were damaged or destroyed, while many mines and roads and railways were impacted. El Corbe was also among the cities most devastated by the storm. Low-lying areas of the city were completely destroyed, as were bridges, railroad bridges, and railways. At least 87 deaths occurred, with some sources estimating that over 250 people were killed.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
After a three-month lull, the next tropical storm was first observed about 420 mi (680 km) northeast of Barbados on September 8. The storm moved northwestward for several days and slowly strengthened. By 12:00 UTC on September 12, the system became a hurricane. Six hours later, it peaked with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). The hurricane made landfall on Cedar Island, South Carolina, at the same intensity around 13:00 UTC on September 14. A barometric pressure of 985 mbar (29.1 inHg) was observed at landfall, the lowest in relation to the system.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
About five hours later, the cyclone weakened to a tropical storm and curved sharply northeastward. Weakening and losing tropical characteristics, it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over the Delaware Bay early on September 15. The remnants briefly restrengthened into a powerful extratropical cyclone, equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane, before dissipating over Nova Scotia later that day.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
In South Carolina, three fishing boats sank offshore Charleston, drowning several people, while another ship capsized, causing three deaths. Two additional drownings occurred in North Carolina offshore Wrightsville Beach. A tornado spawned by the storm destroyed about 20 homes and damaged several other structures, including a few ginneries at a cost of $25,000, and downed telephone and electrical poles between Mount Olive and Faison, as well as causing a fatal injury. Two other tornadoes in the state caused similar damage. Some areas of the Carolinas experienced heavy rainfall, with 8.9 in (230 mm) in Smiths Mills, South Carolina. In Maryland, strong winds caused extensive damage to trees, power lines, and crops. A death from electrocution occurred in Baltimore. Numerous vessels in the Chesapeake Bay were damaged, beached, or capsized.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Nine deaths occurred in Delaware, eight after a tugboat sank and another after a schooner ran aground. In Lewes, strong winds deroofed homes and businesses, while telegraph and telephone lines and trees were downed. Heavy rainfall in Philadelphia and New York City inundated many streets and basements. Winds up to 80 mph (130 km/h) in New York City shattered hundreds of windows and downed numerous trees and wires. One man died after being struck by a cast iron fire escape.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
At New York Harbor, 19 barges broke loose from their moorings and several smaller ships were washed ashore during the storm, while 15 vessels suffered damage or were grounded at Boston. Throughout southern New England, strong winds resulted in widespread damage to trees and power lines. Damage in the United States reached at least $2 million. In Atlantic Canada, powerful winds disrupted telephone and telegraph services. A woman was killed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when a tree fell on her. The winds aided firefighters battling a large blaze in Halifx, which ultimately caused about $500,000 in damage. Several incidents involving ships being sunk, run aground, or forced to return to port occurred throughout Atlantic Canada, including in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
Based on observations and continuity, it is estimated that a tropical depression developed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea about 120 mi (195 km) east-southeast of Isla de Providencia at 00:00 UTC on September 28. Moving slowly northwestward, the depression intensified into a tropical storm about 24 hours later. Early on October 1, based on observations from the steamship Ellis, the cyclone strengthened into a hurricane. Shortly thereafter, the storm began curving west-northward and peaked with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
However, it soon began to weakened and fell to tropical storm early on October 2. Around 06:00 UTC on the following day, the system made landfall near the Belize–Mexico border with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Observations from Mexico suggest that the cyclone weakened to a tropical depression around 00:00 UTC on October 4 and dissipated over Chiapas about 18 hours later.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
The next storm was first observed by ships early on October 12, while located about 185 mi (300 km) south-southeast of Morant Point, Jamaica. After initially moving westward, the storm gradually curved northward over the next few days. It strengthened slowly, becoming a hurricane around 12:00 UTC on October 15. Early on the following day, the cyclone made landfall in Cuba near Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The system weakened to a tropical storm while crossing the island, before emerging into the Atlantic Ocean near the Straits of Florida late on October 16. However, early on October 17, the storm re-intensified into a hurricane. At 05:00 UTC, the hurricane attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 989 mbar (29.2 inHg), which was observed by a weather station in Miami.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
Around 08:00 UTC on October 17, the cyclone struck Key Largo, Florida, while still at peak intensity. It weakened to a tropical storm four hours later. The storm then drifted slowly northwestward across South Florida and began executing a cyclonic loop. Late on October 18, the system emerged into the Gulf of Mexico near Boca Grande as a minimal tropical storm. The storm moved southwestward, southeastward, and then east-northeastward. It failed to re-intensify over the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in mainland Monroe County at 10:00 UTC on October 20 with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). Around 18:00 UTC, the cyclone emerged into the Atlantic near Miami Beach and weakened to a tropical depression. Continuing east-northeastward, the storm crossed the northern Bahamas, striking Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands. By 18:00 UTC, the cyclone dissipated about 90 mi (140 km) northeast of the Abaco Islands.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
In Cuba, the storm dropped heavy rainfall, leaving "significant damage" due to flooding. Much of the impact in Florida was concentrated in the Miami area. Several homes were unroofed in the northern sections of the city and in "Colored Town", an African American neighborhood today known as Overtown. A few local hotels were structurally impacted, while many businesses were damaged. Winds also defoliated shrubbery and downed trees and signs. Trees and electrical poles were downed as far north as Fort Lauderdale, leaving some power outages.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
Some citrus and pineapple crops were damaged throughout South Florida, while low-lying vegetables were ruined considerably due to flooding. Offshore Florida, three sailing vessels were wrecked in the storm – the British Melrose, the German Zion, and the American James Judge. The crews of Zion and James Judge reached shore safely, but the Melrose sank offshore in heavy seas with the loss of seven crewmen. The survivors were left clinging to wreckage for nearly four days before being rescued.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five
Data from ships on October 19 indicated the presence of a tropical storm about 1,195 mi (1,925 km) northeast of Barbuda. After initially moving southwestward, the storm briefly curved west-northwestward on October 20, shortly before turning northward. Around 12:00 UTC on October 21, the cyclone obtained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,005 mbar (29.7 inHg), the latter of which was observed by a ship. The system then curved northwestward and began accelerating. By 00:00 UTC, the storm transitioned into an extratropical cyclone while located about 365 mi (585 km) south-southeast of Sable Island. The extratropical remnants continued rapidly north-northeastward until dissipating south of Greenland on October 23.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six
The final storm of the season was detected over the Bay of Campeche based on observations from Mérida, Yucatán, on October 31. The station recorded a barometric pressure of 1,005 mbar (29.7 inHg), the lowest known in relation to the system while it was a tropical cyclone. Initially moving northwestward, the storm curved northeastward early on November 1. It intensified slightly throughout the day, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) around 00:00 UTC the next day. Thereafter, the cyclone began weakening while approaching the Florida Panhandle.


1904 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six
Around 12:00 UTC on November 3, the storm made landfall near Fort Walton Beach, Florida, with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It tracked across the Florida Panhandle, southern Georgia, and coastal South Carolina before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone just offshore South Carolina. The extratropical remnants continued rapidly northeast until dissipated near Newfoundland late on November 6. Winds up to 36 mph (58 km/h) were observed in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Pensacola, Florida. The storm produced light to moderate rainfall across the Southeastern United States.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1904 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team
The team went undefeated, winning all five of its regular season games. It also won two "practice" games against Montgomery and the University of Florida. The Tigers defense was nearly perfect, outscoring opponents 73–11 in regular season play and completing three shut outs (five counting the practice games). This was the first undefeated Auburn team since 1900 and was the fourth time the Tigers went undefeated.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team
The squad was coached by Mike Donahue in his first year as a head football coach. Donahue coached two separate times at Auburn (1904–1906 and 1908–1922) before moving to LSU. He also served as athletic director, basketball coach, baseball coach, and track coach during his tenure. Donahue still ranks second on Auburn football coaches' all-time career win list and third in winning percentage.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Before the season
Auburn hired former Yale substitute quarterback Mike Donahue. Humphrey Foy recovered from a broken collarbone.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Schedule
‡The October 4, 1904, game against the University of Florida was considered a practice game by Auburn and is not included in the official record of 5–0 for the season. Furthermore, the institution known as the University of Florida in 1904 was located in Lake City, Florida, and was previously known as Florida Agricultural College. It was one of four colleges combined to form the modern-day University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, under the Buckman Act passed by the Florida Legislature in May 1905. Since the present-day institution known as the University of Florida did not exist prior to 1905, it does not recognize this game.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, at Clemson
"The game was slow. Neither team was at its best." Humphrey Foy went around end on a double pass for an 18-yard touchdown, the game's only score. "Referee Beaver says it was one of the fiercest of games and that Clemson's defense was superb but the team lacked snap and ginger."


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, at Clemson
The starting lineup was Wilkinson (left end), Streit (left tackle), Ringey (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Patterson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Foy (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Nashville
Auburn easily defeated Nashville 10–0. "Foy and Reynolds gained ground every time they were given the ball... The Auburn team is 50 per cent stronger now than it was at this time last year, and Coach Donohue is doing wonderful work with his material."


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Nashville
The starting lineup was Patterson (left end), Streit (left tackle), Bigney (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Foy (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia Tech
Donahue's Auburn team beat first year head coach John Heisman's Georgia Tech 12–0, making two touchdowns in the first half.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia Tech
The starting lineup was Wilkinson (left end), Street (left tackle), Braswell (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Patterson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Reynolds (left halfback), Foy (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Alabama
Auburn beat Alabama 29–6. Auburn used a delayed buck effectively. On this play, blockers swept around end, faking the ball. The ball carrier then drove through the line for substantial gains.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia
Auburn closed the undefeated season with a 17–5 win over the Georgia Bulldogs. For the first score, Lacey ran in a 5-yard touchdown. Georgia answered with its own score. Lacey drove in another touchdown later, before the half ended. Lacey again got a 5-yard touchdown in the second half to make it 17–5.


1904 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia
The starting lineup was Patterson (left end), Streit (left tackle), Braswell (left guard), Butler (center), Moon (right guard), Hughes (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Perkins (quarterback), Foy (left halfback), Reynolds (right halfback), Lacey (fullback).