# 1883

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3 dated items in the record for 1883.

## Dated items

- **30 May 1883**: McAuliffe of Timaru beats Hogan of Auckland, 25 a side, at Auckland (and a 40-a-side match on the Saturday) Source: [Evening Post, 31 May 1883, "Telegrams" (Papers Past)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18830531.2.24)
- **10 June 1883**: Patrick Regan, keeper of a hand ball and racquet court in Madison Street, New York, shot dead by a policeman on a Sunday night Source: [The Sun (New York), 11 June 1883, p. 1](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1883-06-11/ed-1/?sp=1), p. 1
- **13 December 1883**: Notice, not a report: a double-handed match 'will be played' on Thursday 13 Dec 1883 at Sweeny's Murray Hill court, 159 East 35th Street, New York, Alderman Phil Casey and ex-Alderman Jim Dunn of Brooklyn against Wm. Courtney and Frank Reynolds; no report of the match has been found Source: [The Society News (Wilmington), 15 December 1883, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn88053091/1883-12-15/ed-1/?sp=3), p. 3

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1880](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1880.md)
- Next year with a page: [1884](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1884.md)
- Part of [the 1880s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1880s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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