1883

Contents

1 Baseball
2 Boat race
3 Cricket
4 Football (Soccer)
5 Events
6 Births

[edit] Baseball

September 6 - The Chicago White Stockings set a still standing record for Major League Baseball by scoring 18 runs in a single inning (the 7th) in a game against the Detroit Wolverines.
1883 in baseball

[edit] Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Cricket

England tour Australia for a 3-Test series. England win 2-1 and regain the Ashes for the first time. Ashes trophy created and awarded to England.

[edit] Football (Soccer)

FA Cup - Blackburn Olympic beat Old Etonians 2-1 (aet).

[edit] Events

First organized luge competition takes place in Davos, Switzerland

[edit] Births

September 5 — Mel Sheppard, American athlete (d. 1942)
September 27 - Percy Rees, British field hockey player (d. 1970)
October 31 – Tony Wilding, champion tennis player and soldier (d. 1915)

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