1907 in sports

1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

• College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs

• For the first time, fans are entertained by a
  University of Illinois game against the University of Chicago
  .

Association football

Egypt

• Al Ahly SC founded in Cairo (24 April)

England

• Bolton Wanderers
  44
• Everton at Crystal Palace
  , London

• Scottish Football League – Celtic
• Scottish Cup final – Celtic 3–0 Hearts at Hampden Park^[1]

• Fenerbahce SK founded in Istanbul
  (19 July)

Athletics

Marathon

• 28 November — Johnny Hayes wins the inaugural Yonkers Marathon.

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

• Carlton wins the 11th VFL Premiership – Carlton 6.14 (50) d South Melbourne 6.9 (45) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

International

Bandy was included in the winter games held in

• 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

• Northern League
  Championship

Dominican Republic

• Tigres del Licey, a famous professional baseball club in Dominican Republic, officially founded in Santo Domingo on November 7.^[3]

Boxing

Events

• 8 May. Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title by beating Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on points after 20 rounds in Los Angeles.
• Following two successful title defences in California, Burns travels to London, where he defeats British heavyweight champion Gunner Moir.

Lineal world champions^[4]

• 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

• 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)
• 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

• Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

• Currie Cup
  – not contested

West Indies

• Trinidad and Tobago

Cycling

Tour de France

• Lucien Petit-Breton (France) wins the 5th Tour de France^[5]

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

• World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow (Sweden)
• 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

• Grand National – Eremon
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Witch Elm
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Slieve Gallion
• The Derby – Orby^[6]
• The Oaks – Glass Doll
• St. Leger Stakes – Wool Winder

• Melbourne Cup – Poseidon

Canada

• King's Plate – Kelvin

Ireland

• Irish Grand National – Sweet Cecil
• Irish Derby Stakes
  – Orby

United States

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

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

• 17–21 January —
  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
  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

• 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
• Bradford F.C. 8–5 Hull Kingston Rovers

• 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

• 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
• Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
  (GB) 6–1 6–4

France

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

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

Davis Cup

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

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