1907 in sports

Bandy was included in the winter games held in Helsinki, Finland, similar to the Nordic Games. Finland was represented by the club Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (PUS) but the winner of the competition was a combined team from Sweden, which defeated PUS as well as a team from St. Petersburg, Russia.^[1]

Sweden

Swedish national championship inaugurated.
Championship final – IFK Uppsala 4–1 IFK Gävle

Baseball

World Series

8–12 October — Chicago Cubs (NL) defeats Detroit Tigers (AL) to win the 1907 World Series by 4 games to 0 with one tie

Events

Winnipeg Maroons wins the Northern League Championship

Dominican Republic

Tigres del Licey, a famous professional baseball club in Dominican Republic, officially founded in Santo Domingo on November 7.

Boxing

Events

Following two successful title defences in California, Tommy Burns travels to London, where he defeats British heavyweight champion Gunner Moir

Lineal world champions^[2]

World Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Burns
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – vacant → Stanley Ketchel
World Welterweight Championship – William "Honey" Mellody → Mike "Twin" Sullivan
World Lightweight Championship – Joe Gans
World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Walsh

Cricket

England

County Championship – Nottinghamshire
Minor Counties Championship – Lancashire II
Most runs – Tom Hayward 2353 @ 45.25 (HS 161)
Most wickets – Edward Dennett 201 @ 16.05 (BB 8–9)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Albert Hallam, Reggie Schwarz, Frank Tarrant, Bert Vogler, Thomas Wass

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Bert Hopkins 617 @ 56.09 (HS 171)
Most wickets – Leonard Garnsey 32 @ 21.93 (HS 6–35)

India

Bombay Presidency – Hindus

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

Currie Cup – Transvaal

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

Lucien Petit-Breton (France) wins the 5th Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Madge Syers-Cave (Great Britain)

Golf

Events

Arnaud Massy (France) becomes the first overseas British Open champion

Major tournaments

British Open – Arnaud Massy (France)
US Open – Alec Ross

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – Jerome Travers

Horse racing

England

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Poseidon

Canada

Queen's Plate – Kelvin

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Sweet Cecil
Irish Derby Stakes – Orby

USA

Kentucky Derby – Pink Star
Preakness Stakes – Don Enrique
Belmont Stakes – Peter Pan

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

17–21 January — Kenora Thistles defeats Montreal Wanderers two games to none in a Stanley Cup challenge. Kenora, Ontario is the smallest town ever to win the Stanley Cup.
16–18 March — Kenora Thistles defeats Brandon, Manitoba to win the Manitoba title and defends the Stanley Cup.
23–25 March — Montreal Wanderers regains the Stanley Cup by defeating the Thistles two games to none in a rematch.

Events

9 March — Montreal Wanderers wins the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA) title.
Stratford 14th Regiment defeats Kingston Frontenacs 8–6 to win Ontario Hockey Association title.

Motorsport

Rowing

The Boat Race

16 March — Cambridge wins the 64th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Championship – Halifax
Challenge Cup final – Warrington 17–3 Oldham at Wheater's Field, Broughton
Lancashire League Championship – not contested
Yorkshire League Championship – not contested
Lancashire County Cup – Broughton Rangers 15–6 Warrington
Yorkshire County Cup – Bradford F.C. 8–5 Hull Kingston Rovers

Australia

The newly formed New South Wales Rugby League conducts its first game of rugby: a match in Sydney between New Zealand and New South Wales

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

25th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Men's All-round Champion – none declared

Tennis

Events

Norman Brookes (Australia) becomes the first overseas winner of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship

Australia

Australian Men's Singles Championship – Horace Rice (Australia) defeats Harry Parker (Australia) 6–3 6–4 6–4

England

Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Arthur Gore (GB) 6–4 6–2 6–2
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton Bundy defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6–1 6–4

France

French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats Robert Wallet: details unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Comtesse de Kermel defeats d'Elva: details unknown

USA

American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned defeats Robert LeRoy 6–2 6–2 6–4
American Women's Singles Championship – Evelyn Sears defeats Carrie Neely 6–3 6–2

Davis Cup

1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 3–2 British Isles at Warple Road (grass) London, United Kingdom

References

↑ "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Association. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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