1893 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

Baseball

• The pitcher's rubber replaces the box and the effective distance from home plate increases from 55 feet to 60 feet, 6 inches.

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Yorkshire

Football (American)

• February 22 - The University of Alabama and Auburn University meet at Lakeview Baseball Park in Birmingham for the first Iron Bowl.

Football (soccer)

Argentina

• Foundation of the Argentine Football Association on February 21.

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.
• New Brompton FC are founded, who go on to become Gillingham FC

Golf

• British Open - William Auchterlonie
• British Amateur - Peter Anderson

Horse Racing

• May 10 - Lookout wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

• Stanley Cup first awarded - to Montreal HC. The club refuses it, in a dispute with the Montreal AAA.

Ice skating

• First World Championships in speed skating (open to men only) directly under the auspices of the ISU held in Amsterdam

Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Vigilant defeats British challenger Valkyrie II, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 3 races to 0

Births

• April 17 — Marguerite Broquedis, French tennis player (d. 1983)
• August 15 — Jack Hatfield, British swimmer and water polo player (d. 1965)
• October 12 — George Hodgson, Canadian swimmer (d. 1983)

Deaths

• March 27 — John Roberts (69), British billiards champion (b. 1823)
• October 10 — Lip Pike (48), American baseball player (b. 1845)