Chelsea Bridge, London; 20.4.2020

Early Television History - Sports

I am re-starting, and polishing up, my "Tv History" series.

First up is a rundown of sports on tv pre-1940.

1931: June 3 – First television outside broadcast of a sporting event: Baird televises the Epsom Derby horse race in England.

1937: June 21 – Wimbledon Championships (tennis) first televised by the BBC.

1938: April 1 – The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is first televised by the BBC. April 19 – The first televised association football match, England vs. Scotland, shown by the BBC. April 30 – The FA Cup Final is televised for the first time by the BBC. June 24 – Test Match Cricket is broadcast for the first time by the BBC, with coverage of the second test of The Ashes series between England and the Australian team, live from Lord's Cricket Ground. October 26 – The first televised ice hockey match, Harringay Racers vs. Streatham Redskins, shown by the BBC.

1939: May 17 – The first baseball game (Princeton University vs. Columbia University) is broadcast by television, from Baker Field in New York. Bill Stern is the announcer. June 1 – The first heavyweight boxing match is televised, Max Baer vs Lou Nova, from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. August 26 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, in Brooklyn, New York. September 30 – 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game, the first televised American football game, between college teams Fordham University and Waynesburg College at Randall's Island, New York. October 22 – The first National Football League game is televised. The Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Eagles at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

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