1897_in_sports

1897 in sports - Definition and Overview

See also: 1896 in sports, other events of 1897, 1898 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Contents

4 Football (Australian Rules)

5 Speed skating

Auto racing

January 31 - The first known organized hillclimbing race was held in France from Nice to La Turbie.

Boat race

Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

County Cricket Championship - Lancashire

Football (Australian Rules)

Victorian Football League
- Formation, with initial clubs being Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne
- Essendon wins the 1st VFL Premiership (under the finals system used, no grand final was played)
- See also Victorian Football League season 1897

Speed skating

Canadian speed skater Jack McCulloch of Winnipeg, Manitoba won the World Speed Skating Championship

Births

Deaths

Example Usage of sports
	FakeDanSnyder: @TheGeneius: you said the greatest owner in sports. - Once again not a question so your new name will be thedoofus! Change it now.
	zoepearman: i'm actually incredibly aggrivated about sports Personality, i was sure either Jenson Button or @TomDaley1994 had it.
	tchris7: Selv som 'pool-supporter er jeg enig. RT @Staleb Giggs sports personality of the year. Fortjent og moro. Suveren spiller og person.

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