1883

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

Boat race

 * Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

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).

Events

 * First organized luge competition takes place in Davos, Switzerland

Births

 * September 5 &mdash; 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)