1907 in sports

World heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns

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

American football

College championship

• College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs

Association football

England

• The Football League – Newcastle United 51 points, Bristol City 48, Everton 45, Sheffield United 45, Aston Villa 44, Bolton Wanderers 44
• FA Cup final – The Wednesday 2–1 Everton at Crystal Palace, London

Germany

• National Championship – Freiburger FC 3–1 Viktoria Berlin at Mannheim

Scotland

• Scottish Football League – Celtic
• Scottish Cup final – Celtic 3–0 Hearts at Hampden Park

Turkey

• 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

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

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^[1]

• World Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Burns
• World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant → Stanley Ketchel
• World Welterweight Championship – Billy "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

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

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.

Motor racing

French Grand Prix

• 2 July — the second French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Dieppe. The winner is Felice Nazzaro of Italy driving a FIAT.

Ardennes Circuit

• The sixth Circuit des Ardennes is run on 27 July over 371.20 miles (53.029 miles x 7 laps) in the vicinity of Bastogne. The winner is Pierre de Caters (France) driving a Mercedes in a time of 6:29:10.

Coppa Velocita di Brescia

• The inaugural Coppa Velocita di Brescia is run on 2 September over 301.80 km (37.725 km x 8 laps) by Grand Prix-class cars. The winner is Alessandro Cagno (Italy) driving an Itala in 4:37:36.6.

Vanderbilt Cup

• The Vanderbilt Cup is not contested in 1907.

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 Cup – Broughton Rangers 15–6 Warrington
• Yorkshire 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

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