See also: 1882 in sports, other events of 1883, 1884 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. ...

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.

Picture of Fenway Park. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... The Chicago White Stockings was the original name of two different professional baseball teams which have played in Chicago, Illinois: The team which played in the National Association in 1871, and which resumed play in 1874-75 after the Great Chicago Fire; they joined the National League in 1876 and... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th century baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit, Michigan. ...

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ... Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ...

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.

A cricket match in progress. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... ...

Football (Soccer)

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

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... Location within the British Isles Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England (2001 census population 105,085: source ONS). ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ...

Events

• First organized luge competition

A luge is small one- or two-person sled on which one sleighs supine and feet-first. ...

Births

• September 27 - Percy Rees, British field hockey player (d. 1970)
• October 31 – Tony Wilding, champion tennis player and soldier (d. 1915)

September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Percy Rees (born September 27, 1883 — died June 12, 1970) is a former field hockey player, who won the golden medal with the English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... Anthony Frederick Wilding born October 31, 1883 in Christchurch, New Zealand – died May 9, 1915 near Neuve-Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France, was a champion tennis player and a soldier killed in action during World War I. From a well-to-do New Zealand family, he was educated in New... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Deaths