1897 in sports

Sponsorship the way you would do it

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