Green Bay Packers win the National Football League title with a record of 10–2–1
College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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.
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
Czechoslovakia
the third Women's World Games, Prague
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 Djursgårdens IF
World Series
1–8 October — Philadelphia Athletics defeats St Louis Cardinals to win the 1930 World Series by 4 games to 2
ABL Championship
Cleveland Rosenblums win four games to one over the Rochester Centrals
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.
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.
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
Grey Cup
18th Grey Cup – Toronto Balmy Beach 11–6 Regina Roughriders
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 – Transvaal
West Indies
Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
Tour de France
André Leducq (France) wins the 24th Tour de France
World Figure Skating Championships
World Men's Champion – Karl Schäfer (Austria)
World Women's Champion – Sonja Henie (Norway)
World Pairs Champions – Andreé Joly-Brunet and Pierre Brunet (France)
Events
Bobby Jones becomes the only player to win the golfing Grand Slam
Major tournaments
British Open – Bobby Jones
U.S. Open – Bobby Jones
PGA Championship – Tommy Armour
Other tournaments
British Amateur – Bobby Jones
U.S. Amateur – Bobby Jones
Women's professional
Women's Western Open – Mrs. Lee Mida
England
Champion Hurdle – Brown Tony
Cheltenham Gold Cup – Easter Hero
Grand National – Shaun Goilin
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Fair Isle
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diolite
Epsom Derby – Blenheim
Epsom Oaks – Rose of England
St. Leger Stakes – Singapore
Australia
Melbourne Cup – Phar Lap
Canada
Queen's Plate – Aymond
France
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Motrico
Ireland
Irish Grand National – Fanmond
Irish Derby Stakes – Rock Star
USA
Kentucky Derby – Gallant Fox
Preakness Stakes – Gallant Fox
Belmont Stakes – Gallant Fox
Stanley Cup
28–29 March — Montreal Canadiens defeats Boston Bruins by 2 games to 0 in the 1930 Stanley Cup Finals
Grand Prix racing
6 April — the 2nd Monaco Grand Prix is run at Monte Carlo. The winner is René Dreyfus (France) driving a Bugatti T35B. He covers the 318 km (198 mi) (100 laps) in 3:41:02.6.
20 July — the 2nd Belgian Grand Prix is run at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The winner is Louis Chiron (Monaco) driving a Bugatti T35C. He covers the 596.56 km (370.69 mi) (40 laps) in 5:08:34.6. The race is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
21 September — the 16th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Pau. The winner is Philippe Etancelin (France) driving a Bugatti T35C. He covers the 395.875 km (245.985 mi) (25 laps) in 2:43:18.4. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXIV Grand Prix de l'ACF.
Indianapolis 500
30 May — 18th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Billy Arnold in the Hartz Special Summers-Miller in 4:58:39.72. (This, an average speed of 100.448 mph (161.655 km/h), is the first time the winner averages over 100 mph (160 km/h).)
Le Mans 24 hours
The 8th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Woolf Barnato (Great Britain) and Glen Kidston (Great Britain) driving a Bentley Speed Six over 179 laps (2,930.663 km (1,821.030 mi)).
British Empire Games
Inaugural British Empire Games, precursor of the Commonwealth Games are held at Hamilton, Ontario
Far Eastern Championship Games
9th Far Eastern Championship Games are held at Tokyo, Empire of Japan
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
5th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1930 are held at Oslo-Holmenkollen ski jump, Norway
The Boat Race
12 April — Cambridge wins the 82nd Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
The Australia national rugby league team completed on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
England
Championship – Huddersfield
Challenge Cup final – Widnes 10–3 St Helens at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Lancashire League Championship – St Helens
Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
Lancashire Cup – Warrington 15–2 Salford
Yorkshire Cup – Hull Kingston Rovers 13–7 Hunslet
Australia
NSW Premiership – Western Suburbs 27–2 St George (grand final)
Five Nations Championship
43rd Five Nations Championship series is won by England
World Championship
4th World Snooker Championship is won by Joe Davis who defeats Tom Dennis 25–12
Speed Skating World Championships
Men's All-round Champion – Michael Staksrud (Norway)
Australia
Australian Men's Singles Championship – Edgar Moon (Australia) defeats Harry Hopman (Australia) 6–3 6–1 6–3
Australian Women's Singles Championship – Daphne Akhurst Cozens (Australia) defeats Sylvia Lance Harper (Australia) 10–8 2–6 7–5
England
Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Bill Tilden (USA) defeats Wilmer Allison (USA) 6–3 9–7 6–4
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6–2 6–2
France
French Men's Singles Championship – Henri Cochet (France) defeats Bill Tilden (USA) 3–6 8–6 6–3 6–1
French Women's Singles Championship – Helen Wills Moody (USA) defeats Helen Jacobs (USA) 6–2 6–1
USA
American Men's Singles Championship – John Doeg (USA) defeats Frank Shields (USA) 10–8 1–6 6–4 16–14
American Women's Singles Championship – Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (Great Britain) defeats Anna McCune Harper (USA) 6–1 6–4
Davis Cup
1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – France 4–1 United States at Stade Roland Garros (clay) Paris, France
America's Cup
The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Enterprise defeats British challenger Shamrock V, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club by 4 races to 0
