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1883 in sports
Years in sports
:
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
Centuries
:
18th century
·
19th century
·
20th century
Decades
:
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
Years
:
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
Contents
1
Baseball
2
Cricket
3
Football (Soccer)
4
Golf
5
Horse racing
6
Rowing
7
Events
8
Births
9
Deaths
Baseball
The NL, AA, and Northwestern League limit competition in the
Tripartite Agreement
, the first
National Agreement
and the birth of so-called Organized 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
.
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.
Football
(Soccer)
FA Cup
-
Blackburn
Olympic beat Old
Etonians
2-1 (aet).
Bristol Rovers
FC were founded as "The
Black Arabs FC
"
Golf
British Open
-
Willie Fernie
Horse racing
May 23
-
Leonatus
wins the
Kentucky Derby
Rowing
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
- Oxford
Events
First organized
luge
competition takes place in
Davos
,
Switzerland
Births
January 9
—
Charles Bacon
, American athlete (d.
1968
)
January 27
—
Bok de Korver
, Dutch football (soccer) player (d.
1957
)
July 19
—
Cornelis den Held
, Dutch athlete (d.
1962
)
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
)
November 17
—
Erik Granfelt
, Swedish gymnast (d.
1962
)
Deaths
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