1897 in sports

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Years in sports:	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
Years:	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Contents 1 Auto racing 2 Cricket 3 Football (Australian rules football) 4 Football (soccer) 4.1 England 5 Ice Hockey 6 Rowing 7 Speed skating 8 Births 9 Deaths

[edit] Auto racing

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

[edit] Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Lancashire

[edit] Football (Australian rules football)

• 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

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• First Division - Aston Villa win the 1896-97 title.
• FA Cup - Aston Villa beat Everton 3-2, becoming the second club to complete the Double.

[edit] Ice Hockey

• Montreal Victorias win their 3rd Stanley Cup, defeating Ottawa.

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Speed skating

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

[edit] Births

• March 13 — William Herald, Australian freestyle swimmer
• June 18 — Martti Marttelin, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1940)

[edit] Deaths