1897 in sports

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

Table of contents

1 Australian Rules Football 2 Boat race 3 Cricket 4 Speed skating 5 Births 6 Deaths

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)

Boat race

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Cricket

• County Cricket Championship - Lancashire

Speed skating

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

Births

Deaths