1907 in sports

[American football]

• College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs

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

  [Association football]

• 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

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

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

• Fenerbahce SK founded in Istanbul

• Al Ahly SC founded in cairo

  Athletics">Athletics (sport)">Athletics

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

  [Australian rules football]

• Carlton wins the 11th VFL Premiership – Carlton 6.14 d South Melbourne 6.9 at Melbourne Cricket Ground

  [Bandy]

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

  [Baseball]

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

• Winnipeg Maroons wins the Northern League Championship

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

  [Boxing]

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

• 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]

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

• Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
• Most runs – Bert Hopkins 617 @ 56.09
• Most wickets – Leonard Garnsey 32 @ 21.93

• Bombay Presidency – Hindus

• Plunket Shield – Canterbury

• Currie Cup – Transvaal

• Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago

  [Cycling]

• Lucien Petit-Breton wins the 5th Tour de France

  [Figure skating]

• World Men's Champion – Ulrich Salchow
• World Women's Champion – Madge Syers-Cave

  [Golf]

• Arnaud Massy becomes the first overseas British Open champion

• British Open – Arnaud Massy
• US Open – Alec Ross

• British Amateur – John Ball
• US Amateur – Jerome Travers

  [Horse racing]

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

• Melbourne Cup – Poseidon

• Queen's Plate – Kelvin

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

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

  [Ice hockey]

• 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.

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

  [Motorsport]

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

  [Rugby league]

• 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

• 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]

• 25th Home Nations Championship series is won by Scotland

  [Speed skating]

• Men's All-round Champion – none declared

  [Tennis]

• Norman Brookes becomes the first overseas winner of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship

• Australian Men's Singles Championship – Horace Rice defeats Harry Parker 6–3 6–4 6–4

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

• 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

• 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

• 1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – 3–2 at Warple Road London, United Kingdom