1893 in sports
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See also: 1892 in sports, other events of 1893, 1894 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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Basketball
- April 8 - First college basketball game took place in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania when Geneva College defeated the New Brighton YMCA
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Boat race
- Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
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Cricket
- County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire
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American football
- February 22 - The University of Alabama and Auburn University meet at Lakeview Baseball Park in Birmingham for the first Iron Bowl.
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Football (soccer)
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Argentina
- Foundation of the Argentine Football Association on February 21.
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England
- First Division - Sunderland win the 1892-93 title.
- FA Cup - Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Everton 1-0.
- The Second Division is expanded from twelve to fifteen teams for the 1893-94 season. Liverpool, Newcastle United and Woolwich Arsenal are all admitted to the Football League.
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Ice hockey
- Stanley Cup first awarded - to Montreal AAA
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Ice skating
- First World Championships in speed skating (open to men only) directly under the auspices of the ISU held in Amsterdam
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Births
- August 15 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)
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Deaths
- October 10 — Lip Pike (48), American baseball player (b. 1845)fr:1893 en sport