1930 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (10–3–1) College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Association football
FIFA World Cup
The inaugural World Cup is held in Uruguay and is won by the host nation as Uruguay defeats Argentina 4–2 in the final. Brazil São Paulo FC was established on January 25. England The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 60 points, Derby County 50, Manchester City 47, Aston Villa 47, Leeds United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45 FA Cup final – Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Germany National Championship – Hertha BSC 5–4 Holstein Kiel at Düsseldorf Spain La Liga won by Athletic Bilbao Italy The inaugural Serie A is won by Ambrosiana
Athletics
Czechoslovakia
the third Women's World Games, Prague
Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership, beating Geelong 14.16 (100) to 9.16 (70) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Brownlow Medal The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Stan Judkins (Richmond), Allan Hopkins (Footscray) and Harry Collier (Collingwood) South Australian National Football League 4 October: North Adelaide 9.13 (67) defeats Port Adelaide 9.9 (63) for its fifth SA(N)FL premiership Magarey Medal won by Walter Scott (Norwood) West Australian Football League 4 October: East Fremantle 12.15 (87) defeats South Fremantle 7.9 (51) to win its third consecutive premiership. Sandover Medal won by Ted Flemming (West Perth)
Bandy
Sweden
Championship final – SK Tirfing 1-0 Djurgårdens IF
Baseball
World Series
1–8 October — Philadelphia Athletics defeats St Louis Cardinals to win the 1930 World Series by 4 games to 2
Basketball
ABL Championship
Cleveland Rosenblums over Rochester Centrals (4–1)
Events
The South American Basketball Championship 1930 is the first major international basketball competition when four South American teams play in Montevideo and the host nation Uruguay wins the tournament.
Europe
Olimpia Milan, most successful professional basketball club in Italy, officially founded. Club Joventut Badalona was founded in Spain
Bobsleigh
World Bobsleigh Championships
Inaugural world championship is held at Caux-sur-Montreux in Switzerland. It features a four-man bob event only, which is won by Italy.
Boxing
Events
Max Schmeling defeats Jack Sharkey by a controversial fourth round foul punch decision to take the vacant World Heavyweight Championship title Lineal world champions World Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Max Schmeling World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Maxie Rosenbloom World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker World Welterweight Championship – Jackie Fields → "Young" Jack Thompson → Tommy Freeman World Lightweight Championship – Sammy Mandell → Al Singer → Tony Canzoneri World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino World Bantamweight Championship – "Panama" Al Brown World Flyweight Championship – vacant
Canadian football
Grey Cup
18th Grey Cup – Toronto Balmy Beach 11–6 Regina Roughriders
Cricket
Events
January — New Zealand plays its inaugural Test match, losing to England at Christchurch by eight wickets. England goes on to win the series 1–0 with three matches drawn. Having scored 1586 runs in the 1929–30 Australian season at an average of 113.28 and including a world record individual innings of 452*, Don Bradman continues in the same vein through the Australian tour of England in 1930. Australia regains The Ashes, winning the Test series by 2–1 with two matches drawn. Bradman, with 974 runs in the series (still a world record), is the main difference between two strong teams. The highlight of the tour is Bradman's remarkable innings at Headingley in the Third Test when he makes 309 not out in a single day (his final score is 334). England County Championship – Lancashire Minor Counties Championship – Durham Most runs – Don Bradman 2960 @ 98.66 (HS 334) Most wickets – Tich Freeman 275 @ 16.84 (BB 10–53) Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Donald Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, Beverley Lyon, Ian Peebles, Maurice Turnbull Australia Sheffield Shield – Victoria Most runs – Don Bradman 1586 @ 113.28 (HS 452*) Most wickets – Clarrie Grimmett 82 @ 23.69 (BB 7–136) India Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus New Zealand Plunket Shield – Wellington South Africa Currie Cup – not contested West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested