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The inaugural French women's singles championship is held.
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30:Overview of the events of 1897 in sports
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1449:American Women's Singles Championship
1507:"Boston Marathon History: 1897-1900"
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1274:. This is the inaugural competition.
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1435:American Men's Singles Championship
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1538:. Retrieved on 15 November 2009.
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1482:www.scottishfa.co.uk
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746:George "Kid" Lavigne
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1256:Challenge Cup final
1121:– Breemount's Pride
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468:Derby County
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370:Table tennis
281:Orienteering
221:Field hockey
201:Dance sports
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1511:www.baa.org
1298:Rugby union
1203:drag racing
1164:Stanley Cup
1108:– Ferdinand
1060:Galtee More
1043:– Manifesto
931:West Indies
855:Frank Druce
768:Jimmy Barry
759:Solly Smith
695:knocks out
691:17 March —
628:Premiership
595:Collingwood
490:Aston Villa
462:47 points,
460:Aston Villa
333:Rugby union
303:Racquetball
266:Mind sports
226:Flying disc
1903:Categories
1559:2009-06-20
1487:5 February
1464:References
1264:St. Helens
1222:3 April —
1195:hill climb
1158:Ice hockey
1018:US Amateur
1013:Jack Allan
921:Currie Cup
885:Jack Lyons
863:Jack Mason
830:Bobby Abel
815:Lancashire
792:Lord Hawke
737:Tommy Ryan
665:Temple Cup
505:The Double
385:Volleyball
276:Motorsport
251:Ice sports
246:Ice hockey
236:Gymnastics
144:Basketball
104:Air sports
1404:Paul Aymé
1199:La Turbie
1087:Australia
1065:The Derby
1051:Chelandry
997:Joe Lloyd
993:U.S. Open
966:(Austria)
909:Europeans
869:Australia
650:wins the
611:Melbourne
563:Road Race
546:Athletics
535:Dumbarton
500:, London.
476:Liverpool
380:Triathlon
134:Badminton
124:Athletics
1553:Archived
1521:March 2,
1505:(2011).
1422:P. Girod
1406:defeats
1337:(Canada)
1095:– Gaulus
1071:The Oaks
941:Barbados
636:Baseball
615:St Kilda
599:Essendon
512:Scotland
337:Snooker
323:Speedway
296:Shooting
256:Korfball
241:Handball
175:Cricket
159:Climbing
139:Baseball
1359:England
1241:England
1127:– Wales
1113:Ireland
1075:Limasol
1035:England
805:England
775:Cricket
607:Geelong
603:Fitzroy
591:Carlton
531:Rangers
494:Everton
450:England
346:1897–98
341:1896–97
313:Sailing
216:Esports
196:Cycling
189:1897–98
179:1896–97
1394:France
1349:Events
1343:Tennis
1260:Batley
1224:Oxford
1211:Rowing
1100:Canada
781:Events
686:Events
680:Boxing
659:Events
561:B.A.A.
522:Hearts
375:Tennis
365:Squash
318:Skiing
1309:15th
1272:Leeds
1262:10–3
899:India
206:Darts
154:Chess
1888:1900
1883:1899
1878:1898
1873:1897
1868:1896
1863:1895
1858:1894
1853:1893
1848:1892
1843:1891
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1831:1889
1826:1888
1821:1887
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1811:1885
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1655:1855
1650:1854
1645:1853
1640:1852
1635:1851
1585:2021
1523:2011
1489:2021
1191:Nice
972:Golf
790:and
671:4–1
617:and
533:5–1
492:3–2
478:33,
474:34,
470:36,
466:36,
231:Golf
184:1897
169:Sumo
80:1900
75:1899
70:1898
64:1897
58:1896
53:1895
48:1894
1429:USA
1266:at
1132:USA
625:VFL
537:at
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