The 1883 Scottish Athletics Championships were the first national athletics championships to be held in Scotland. They were held under the auspices of the Scottish Amateur Athletic Association at Powderhall Grounds, Edinburgh, on Saturday 23 June 1883, in front of 3000 spectators. In addition to the twelve individual athletic events there was a 1-mile bicycle race won by G. B. Batten of Edinburgh University Bicycle Club. Lord Moncreiff presented the prizes.
Some sources describe Thomas Moffat, the winner of the half-mile, as a Canadian, but it was an absolute condition of entry that you be Scottish, either from birth, parentage, or residence. Moffat was born in Sheffield, but his father John Moffat was a Glasgow doctor. Thomas Moffat had emigrated to Canada, hence the Montreal AA affiliation, but had returned home for a family occasion when the championships came along. Earlier that year there had been a rival championship, hosted by the short-lived West of Scotland Amateur Athletic Association, and Moffat is the only man to win events at both championships.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
^Scottish Athletics 1883-1983, John W. Keddie (1982)
^Scottish Championship Results - Track
^Scottish Championship Results - Field
^Scottish Athletics Track Statisticians - Archive
^"Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News", Sat 30 Jun 1883 p. 11
^"Penny Illustrated Paper", Sat 30 Jun 1883 p. 10
^"Sporting Gazette", Sat 30 Jun 1883 p. 27
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