1883 in sports

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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