St Kilda were one of the eight clubs that took part in the inaugural VFL season in 1897.

The 1863 inaugural of the local railway station, one of Argentina's first, began attracting homeowners drawn by the area's tranquility and convenient access to the rapidly-growing capital and, in 1897, the Church of Jesus of the Olive Trees was consecrated.

His book Founders of Geology consists of the inaugural course of lectures ( founded by Mrs George Huntington Williams ) at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, delivered in 1897.

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1897, the inaugural season of the VFL.

Worcestershire shared the inaugural title with Durham and Norfolk before winning outright in 1896, 1897 and 1898.

William McCombe Callaghan ( August 8, 1897 – July 8, 1991 ) was a United States Navy officer who served as the first captain of the battleship and the inaugural commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service.

He was, however, an active sports administrator who, in 1897, became the inaugural Chairman of the South Australian Football Association ( later renamed the SANFL ).

Solomon was a member of the Australian Federation Convention in 1897 and the Convention that framed the Australian Constitution in 1897-98, before his election to the inaugural Australian federal Parliament in 1901 as a Free Trade Member for South Australia.

Henry George Hart took over as Headmaster in 1880 and his tenure saw a new Chapel built in 1897, the founding of the Old Sedberghian Club in 1897 / 98, the creation of the prefectorial system, the inaugural Wilson Run and the confirmation of the School motto " Dura Virum Nutrix " ( Stern Nurse of Men ).

The inaugural meeting of seventeen members took place in Sydney on 19 October 1897.

The club participated in the first football competition in Australia, winning the second season in 1863, was a foundation Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1897.

In 1897, a bill was introduced in the Michigan legislature asking for a ten-year closed season on Passenger Pigeons.

He would eventually tie Willie Keeler's 1897 single season National League record at 44 games, but on August 1, the streak came to an end as Gene Garber of the Atlanta Braves struck out Rose in the ninth inning.

In 1897, Latrobe was the first football team to play a full season with a team composed entirely of professional players.

St Kilda were a foundation team of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and later, in 1897, became a foundation team in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), which was renamed the Australian Football League ( AFL ) prior to the start of the 1990 season.

In 1897, despite a winning record, the franchise finished fifth, a season highlighted by Young throwing the first of three career no-hitters on September 18.

A largely ignored highlight in this period was Wednesday's achievement in the First Division in the 1960 – 61 season, when Tottenham Hotspur became the first club since Aston Villa in 1897 to complete the ' double ' – winning the FA Cup and the league in the same season.

Sunderland came close to winning another league title in the 1897 – 98 season, when they finished as runners-up to Sheffield United.

* The Temple Cup is introduced, lasting until 1897, and matches the National League winner and runner-up in a best – of – seven, post – season championship series.

In 1897, Keeler had a 44-game hitting streak to start the season, beating out the previous single season record of 42, set by Bill Dahlen.

During the 1897 – 98 season the club stayed in the first division only as the result of a decision to increase the number of teams from 16 to 18.

The VFL broke away from the VFA prior to the 1897 season.

To accommodate tourists, they built a prefabricated hotel, but it was not profitable and was closed after the 1897 season.

Prior to joining the major leagues, Willis played the 1897 season at the University of Delaware, and later coached the 1907 team and parts of the 1908 team.

The Palette, which has survived five millennia in almost perfect condition, was discovered by British archeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green, in what they called the Main Deposit in the Temple of Horus at Hierakonpolis, during the dig season of 1897 – 1898.

Promoted to the London League Division II, Barnet became champions in 1897 – 98 and spent the following seasons in London League Division I before ceasing to exist in the 1901 – 02 season.

* 1897 – First season of the Victorian Football League

His first pro contract was with Louisville ( for $ 500 ), pitching two league games and a couple of exhibitions with the team at the end of the 1897 season.

The holdout was finally settled just prior to the 1897 season, as the owners collaborated for recoupment of the garnished wages, as well as a $ 5, 000 settlement.

Having been named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his performances in 1896, Ranjitsinhji began the 1897 season strongly, scoring 260 for Sussex against the MCC then, playing for MCC against Lancashire hit 157.

Peel was sacked in 1897 after appearing drunk on the field and was replaced in 1898 by Wilfred Rhodes, who took 141 wickets in his debut season.

In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.

Essendon's first VFL game was in 1897 was against Geelong at Corio Oval in Geelong.

Essendon won its first VFL premiership by winning the 1897 VFL finals series.

Having played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1882 to 1921, and having won four VFA premierships ( 1891 – 1894 ) and four VFL premierships ( 1897, 1901, 1911, ( 1912 ) whilst there, Essendon were looking for a new home, and were offered grounds at the current Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, at Victoria Park, at Arden St, North Melbourne, and the Essendon Cricket Ground.

The Geelong Football Club was among the most powerful in the VFA ( Victorian Football Association ), winning seven VFA premierships up to the birth of the VFL ( Victorian Football League ) in 1897.

After struggling to find a permanent home venue during its time in the VFA, Carlton established Princes Park as its home venue when it joined the VFL in 1897.

In 1897, Collingwood, along with fellow VFA clubs Fitzroy, Melbourne, St Kilda, Carlton, Essendon, South Melbourne and Geelong split from the VFA and formed the Victorian Football League ( VFL ).

In 1862 it competed in what may be the earliest challenge trophy competition, was a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) ( 1877 ), one of two associations and governing bodies formed in the same year and in 1897 it became a foundation member of the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) competition which later became the national Australian Football League ( AFL ).

( The VFL had introduced finals in 1897.

The first McIntyre System, the Page-McIntyre system, also known as the McIntyre Final Four System, was adopted by the VFL in 1931, after using a wide range of playoff systems since its foundation in 1897.

In 1897, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no " reserves " ( although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match ).

Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1897 VFL Premiers were determined according to the conditions dictated by the specific format and conventions of the 1897 Finals System, which was used in this season only.

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Carlton had been one of the power clubs of the early decades of Australian football, but fell into a state of decline during the 1890s that lasted through to the early years of competition in the VFL ( which began in 1897 ).

In 1897, when eight teams broke away from the VFA to form the VFL, the concept of finals football was high on the agenda, with teams buoyed by the success and attendances of the 1896 Grand Final.

In 1897, the VFL split from the VFA and the two selected separate representative teams, further weakening Victoria in intercolonial competition, which became interstate competition following Federation of the six British colonies in Australia, in 1901.