1925 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1925 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 11 to 15 May. It was the first edition of the competition, organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 46 fighters from 12 countries participating.


1925 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1925 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Triberg, Germany. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the discipline of men's singles.


1925 European Rowing Championships
The 1925 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Vltava (Moldau) in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague on 3 and 4 September. The competition was for men only and they competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+) as they had been rowed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time that the coxless four boat class was part of the regatta.


1925 FA Charity Shield
The 1925 FA Charity Shield was the twelfth staging of the FA Charity Shield, an annual association football match arranged to raise funds for charitable causes supported by the Football Association (the FA), the governing body of football in England. For the fourth time, the match was contested by select teams of amateur and professional players. It was played on 5 October 1925 at White Hart Lane, London, and ended as a 6–1 win for the Amateurs. Claude Ashton scored four goals and Frank Macey two for the Amateurs; Charlie Hannaford scored the Professionals' goal.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
For the third year running, the Football Association decided the Shield should be contested not by club sides but by teams of amateur and professional players selected by the FA's International Selection Committee. While the Amateur XI was made up of the top players in amateur football, including several with international experience, the professionals were chosen from among those who had taken part in the FA XI's tour of Australia from May to August, so included only players whose clubs had been prepared to release them for several months and risk their exhaustion or injury. The match was to be played in the afternoon of Monday 5 October 1925 at White Hart Lane, the north London ground of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Pre-match
The teams lined up as originally selected, with two exceptions. Alfred Bower was chosen to captain the Amateurs, but dislocated his shoulder; he was replaced as left back by E.H. Gates of London Caledonians and as captain by Claude Ashton. The Professionals' forward line had to be reorganised at short notice after Stan Seymour replaced the injured Bert Batten of Plymouth Argyle, who had scored 47 goals on the Australian tour.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Centre-forward Ashton gave the Amateurs the lead after five minutes, with a hard shot into the corner off Walter Bellamy's cross. In the next quarter of an hour, the Professionals hit the frame of the goal three times. On the first occasion, Benjamin Howard Baker rushed out of goal but failed to collect Ernie Simms' shot; the ball struck the foot of the post, and Gates was able to clear before it spun back into the net.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Then a shot from Jimmy Walsh and a volley by Jack Elkes each struck a post, rebounded into play, and were cleared by the defence. Soon afterwards, Simms suffered a leg strain. He played on, limping on the wing, until half-time, but took no part in the second half. After 35 minutes, Ashton scored his second goal, in similar fashion to the first; he trapped Bellamy's cross and shot hard into the corner. In what remained of the first half, Frank Macey had two close-range shots, "but both were saved most brilliantly" by Harry Hardy.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Two minutes into the second half, the Professionals were awarded a penalty for handball. Seymour took the kick, but shot straight at Howard Baker, after which the Times' reporter felt the Professionals lost heart. Shortly afterwards, Ashton received a pass from Billy Bryant, dummied Cecil Poynton and hit a low drive past Hardy for his and the Amateurs' third goal. Macey chipped the ball over Hardy for the fourth, and after a passing move involving several players, Macey pulled the ball back to give Ashton a tap-in.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Match summary
Edgar Kail found Macey unmarked, and he "got the last goal with both Spencer and Charlton trying to worry him off the ball [which] was typical of his work throughout." With five minutes left, a move down the right wing between Walsh and Charlie Hannaford led to the latter's consolation goal for the Professionals.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
While the individual skill of the forwards drew deserved attention, Ashton's ability to take his chances and Macey's footwork and clever use of the ball in particular, the team as a whole intelligently exploited the recent amendment to the offside rule, such that a player was on-side if two, rather than the previous three, opponents were ahead of him. The half backs were strong defensively and constructive in their use of the ball, and the full backs were "capable spoilers".


1925 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The Amateurs were the better side all over the field; "C.H.C. ", writing in the Daily Mirror, called them "as fine an amateur side as we have seen for some seasons. There was an abandon, a joie de vivre about their football that we would like to see in more matches."


1925 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
In the evening, the Football Association hosted a dinner at Frascati's restaurant in Oxford Street in honour of their Australian touring team, at which medals were presented to the tourists, many of whom had played in the afternoon's match, and to the winners of the Charity Shield. Speeches were made by Charles Clegg, president of the association, and others. The Football Association were using the match as a trial for the forthcoming full international against Wales, and three members of the Amateur team were selected for the England team: Howard Baker in goal, George Armitage at centre half, and Ashton at centre forward.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The attendance, "falling short of 5,000", was labelled "disappointing" by the Daily Express. From the proceeds of the match, the Football Association donated £50 each to the Institute of Journalists Orphan's Fund, the Royal Surgical Aid Society, the London Lock Hospital and Sheffield Royal Infirmary. The balance, of £91 17s, went to the National Institute for the Blind.


1925 FA Charity Shield, Post-match
The next season's Charity Shield also pitted Amateurs against Professionals. The Amateurs again scored six goals, and Macey again scored twice.


1925 FA Cup Final
The 1925 FA Cup Final was an association football match contested by Sheffield United and Cardiff City on 25 April 1925 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The final was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by the Football Association. Sheffield won the game with a single goal.


1925 FA Cup Final
Both teams entered the competition in the first round and progressed through five stages to reach the final. Sheffield conceded only two goals en route to the final, both in a 3–2 victory over their local rivals The Wednesday in the second round. Cardiff also conceded twice before the final, once in the fourth round and once in the semi-final. They struggled to overcome Third Division North side Darlington in the first round, needing two replays to progress. This was the second time a team from outside England had reached an FA Cup final. The first, Scottish side Queens Park, played in the 1885 final. It was also the first time a Welsh team had reached the final of the competition.


1925 FA Cup Final
Nearly 92,000 spectators attended the final. The only goal of the game was scored by Sheffield United's Fred Tunstall after 30 minutes when he dispossessed Harry Wake on the edge of the Cardiff penalty area before shooting past goalkeeper Tom Farquharson. Cardiff were unable to respond and the match finished 1–0, giving Sheffield United their fourth FA Cup triumph. The match remains the last time Sheffield United have won the competition as of October 2020. Cardiff returned to Wembley two years later, in the 1927 final, when they won the trophy for the first time.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
The FA Cup is English football's primary cup competition and is organised by the Football Association (FA). If a match ends in a draw, a replay comes into force, ordinarily at the ground of the team who were drawn away for the first match. Although the competition primarily contains teams from England, Welsh teams have been allowed entry since 1876. A motion had been put forward in the early 1920s to bar Welsh clubs from competing in the FA Cup. Although this idea was rejected, the number of teams from Wales allowed to enter was limited to 14 with the FA having the final say on selection. Cardiff City had joined the Football League in 1920 and quickly established themselves as one of the leading clubs in the competition.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Sheffield United
Four goals by Harry Johnson and one by Tommy Boyle helped First Division side Sheffield United defeat amateur side Corinthian 5–0 in the first round of the 1924–25 FA Cup, in front of a home crowd of 38,167 at Bramall Lane. This set up a second round tie against local rivals The Wednesday in a match that was preceded by torrential rain. Nevertheless, both teams attacked from the offset and The Wednesday took a two-goal lead in the opening ten minutes, the only goals United would concede en route to the final. United rallied and, after wasting several chances, goals from Tommy Sampy and George Green drew them level before half-time. Another goal by Sampy early in the second half gave United a 3–2 win.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Sheffield United
United were given another home tie in the third round where a single goal by Fred Tunstall was enough to give them a win over Everton in what was, at the time, a record attendance at Bramall Lane of 51,745. This figure was surpassed in the fourth round as 57,197 watched goals by Tunstall and Johnson give United a 2–0 home win against West Bromwich Albion.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Sheffield United
For United's next match they travelled to a neutral venue, Stamford Bridge in London, to face Second Division side Southampton. It was United's seventh appearance in the semi-final of the competition (and 100th cup tie overall) and nearly 70,000 fans attended the tie. An own goal late in the first half gave United the lead. After the break Southampton had a chance to draw level when Harry Pantling fouled Bill Rawlings in the penalty area. The resulting penalty was taken by Tom Parker but his shot was saved by Charles Sutcliffe. The penalty proved to be Southampton's only major opportunity in the match as they rarely troubled the opposition defence. Soon after the missed penalty, United added a second goal from Tunstall who broke through the defence to make it 2–0 and secure his side a place in the final.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City
Cardiff City, also of the First Division, entered the FA Cup as one of the joint favourites to win the competition, alongside Aston Villa and reigning First Division champions Huddersfield Town. In the first round of the cup they were drawn against Third Division North leaders Darlington. The first tie at Cardiff's ground, Ninian Park, ended in a goalless draw with the poor state of the pitch being blamed for a lack of excitement in the game. A replay at Darlington's Feethams ground drew a record crowd of more than 18,000 people for the club but again ended goalless.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City
A third match was arranged at a neutral venue, Anfield in Liverpool, where Cardiff finally overcame their lower ranked opponents in front of more than 22,000 spectators. Second-half goals from Len Davies and Willie Davies secured a 2–0 win and set up a home tie against Fulham. Cardiff's second round match was played in a heavy downpour that caused play to be suspended for ten minutes. A Len Davies goal late in the first half was enough to give Cardiff a 1–0 win.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City
Cardiff travelled to Meadow Lane for their third round tie against Notts County which they won 2–0 with goals from Joe Nicholson, who replaced the injured Len Davies in the starting lineup, and Jimmy Gill. Gill's goal drew considerable praise, Cardiff's match reporter writing: "The goal by Gill was the finest exhibition of artistry ever seen ... he eluded opponent after opponent, all after him like terriers and, when he placed the ball in the net, he gave Albert Iremonger no chance."


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City
Cardiff hosted Leicester City in the fourth round where after a goalless first half Harry Beadles gave Cardiff the lead, only for Johnny Duncan to level the score. In the final minute, Willie Davies scored directly from a corner to send Cardiff through with a 2–1 win. This was the first season in English football that a new law allowed players to score direct from a corner kick. Davies was mobbed by supporters following the goal, but there remained confusion among other members of the crowd and Davies, along with teammate Jimmy Blair, was forced to return to the field from the dressing room after the match to confirm to the crowd that Cardiff had won the tie.


1925 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Cardiff City
The semi-final saw Cardiff return to Meadow Lane as a neutral venue for their match with five-time winners Blackburn Rovers, who were appearing in their twelfth semi-final. A close match had been predicted as both sides were similarly placed in the First Division table at the time, but early goals from Nicholson, Gill and Willie Davies gave Cardiff a 3–0 lead at half-time. John McKay replied for Blackburn with a headed goal after the break but the game finished 3–1 to Cardiff. By winning the match, Cardiff became the first Welsh team to reach an FA Cup final.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Ahead of the game, much of the focus of the national media centred on the idea of the FA Cup being won by a team from outside England for the first time. The only team based outside England to reach the final before this match was Scottish side Queen's Park who were defeated 2–0 by Blackburn Rovers in the 1885 final. Before the 1925 final, Cardiff's best finish in the FA Cup had been as semi-finalists in the 1920–21 season.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Sheffield United were appearing in their fifth final: they had won the competition in 1899, 1902 and 1915 and had been defeated in the 1901 final. Cardiff went into the match placed 13th in the First Division, two points ahead of United; their opponents held the advantage in the two league meetings between the sides, having drawn 1–1 at Ninian Park before winning the second fixture 1–0.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
In its pre-match coverage, The Times reported that Cardiff's strength would lie in the team's defensive capabilities and noted that the team relied on the "soundness of the defence". Fred Keenor in particular was described as having "dominated every tie" leading up to the final, while fellow defenders Billy Hardy, Jimmy Blair and Jimmy Nelson and goalkeeper Tom Farquharson were also picked out as key to the team's success. Cardiff's forwards were deemed to be the weaker of the two sides.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Largely due to his physical prowess, Joe Nicholson, a half back who had converted to playing as a forward during the campaign, was expected to start ahead of top scorer Len Davies who had recovered from injury. Nicholson had been in doubt ahead of the tie after injuring himself in the aftermath of Cardiff's semi-final victory over Blackburn. While attempting to escape from a throng of excited fans outside the ground, he had climbed onto the canvas roof of a taxi only to fall through and suffer a cut to his knee. Nevertheless, Cardiff were considered slight favourites heading into the game.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
In contrast, Sheffield United's forward players were deemed to be the team's strength by The Times, especially the inside-forward pairing of club captain Billy Gillespie and Fred Tunstall. The side's defence were seen to be considerably weaker; The Times predicted that the match could "turn into an ordeal" for goalkeeper Sutcliffe, whose brother John had played in goal for Bolton Wanderers when they lost in the 1894 FA Cup Final. United's Boyle and Harry Johnson were appearing in their first FA Cup final.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Their fathers, Peter Boyle and Harry Johnson Sr, had both won the FA Cup with United in 1902. Sampy, who had scored two goals in the second round, was dropped in favour of Boyle to provide more physicality in the forward line. The Express described the United side as "good cup fighters with a workmanlike rather than polished team".


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
The 1925 final was held on 25 April and was the 50th hosting of the event. Despite Wembley Stadium having a capacity of 92,000, only 1,750 tickets were allocated to each side, although the FA did increase the number to 4,000 when Cardiff lodged an appeal. It is estimated around 40,000 Cardiff fans were able to secure tickets for the match through general sale.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
More than half of these arrived on 34 trains that were laid on by the Great Western Railway to carry fans from Cardiff to London from 9:30 pm the previous day, the last departing at 1:30 am on the day of the game. A further 15 trains were laid on from the Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas and 5 from the Sheffield area.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
Before the match, the teams were presented to the Duke and Duchess of York by the president of the Football Association, Charles Clegg. The Duke and Duchess took up seats in the Royal Box for the match, accompanied by members of the FA. Former Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was seated behind the Royal Box and accepted an offer for him and his acquaintances to take up seats alongside the Duke and Duchess at half-time.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Pre-match
The bands of the Irish Guards and the Royal Air Force played the national anthem before the match as well as "Land of Hope and Glory" and other songs during the half-time interval. The referee for the match was G. N. Watson from the Nottinghamshire County Football Association and the linesmen were A. H. Kingscott from the Derbyshire County Football Association and R. T. Bradshaw from the Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association. If the match ended in a draw, a replay was arranged for 29 April at Old Trafford in Manchester.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked-off at 3 pm and started brightly, the first 20 minutes providing the best football of the day according to The Times. Cardiff's Hardy later noted how nervous he and his teammates were at the start of the match, describing the side as "shaking like kittens". United's forward pairing of Gillespie and Tunstall proved testing to the Cardiff defence early on and the majority of the opening period was spent in the Welsh side's half.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Johnson nearly gave United the lead when he received David Mercer's cross unmarked in the opposition area but he was unable to immediately control the ball, which allowed Blair to close in and block his effort. Cardiff's best chance of the first half fell to Nicholson, who received the ball near the edge of the opposition penalty area. Despite having space to run into, Nicholson chose to shoot early but his effort went well over the bar.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Nicholson caused issues for the United defence on the edge of their area that drew a foul from Ernest Milton on Willie Davies, but the resulting effort was wasted. Cardiff had few further opportunities in the first half; the Devon and Exeter Gazette described how Cardiff "placed the ball too square, so that speed was lost".


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Thirty minutes into the match, Gillespie's pass was intercepted by Harry Wake on the edge of Cardiff's penalty area. Rather than clear the ball, Wake hesitated in possession and was tackled by Tunstall who advanced on Cardiff goalkeeper Farquharson before scoring the opening goal of the match from 8 yards (7.3 m). Tunstall nearly went through on goal a second time shortly after, but was quickly closed down by the Cardiff defence. The People noted that, based on the first half, the match "would have gone down to history as one of the best finals ever played", while The Express wrote that the first half was "not colourless by any means but it was not picturesque".


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Cardiff started the opening minutes of the second half more assertively but failed to capitalise on their brief ascendancy. Their most promising move of these early stages was ended when Harry Beadles was flagged offside. The best chance of the second half fell to United whose forward line had advanced on the Cardiff goal "practically unhampered". As the ball was sent across the Cardiff penalty area, three United players took misplaced swipes at the ball and failed to convert for a second goal.


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Cardiff's attempts to control the game were limited due to an apparent injury to Hardy that left him struggling to keep pace. Johnson sent a strong shot towards the Cardiff goal 15 minutes into the second half which Nelson blocked. The Sunday Pictorial described the two sides in the second half as "working hard without having, apparently, any definite aim in view".


1925 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the final minutes of the match, Cardiff desperately pressed for an equalising goal. One push forward by the side led to a penalty area scramble that saw three shots blocked by Sheffield defenders before Gill's final effort was "feeble and wide". Cardiff's forays forward also provided opportunities for United on the counter-attack; a free kick awarded for a foul on Johnson was wasted while Boyle forced a save from Farquharson late on before the referee blew the final whistle.


1925 FA Cup Final, Post-match
At the end of the match, United fans flooded onto the field and the goalscorer Tunstall was carried on the shoulders of spectators in celebration. The team were presented with their winner's medals by the Duke and Duchess of York in the Royal Box and the cup was awarded to United captain Gillespie. He described himself as "the happiest man in Britain" upon receiving the trophy. After the teams had left the field, the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, W. H. Pethybridge, visited the United dressing room to offer them his congratulations.


1925 FA Cup Final, Post-match
United remained in London for two days before travelling to Liverpool for a match against Everton. The team returned to Sheffield on 28 April, where they were met by a crowd of thousands before being driven to the town hall where they displayed the trophy from the balcony of the building. As of 2020, United have reached only one further FA Cup final since 1925, losing to Arsenal in 1936.


1925 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Despite their defeat, some of Cardiff's players were carried from the field on the shoulders of the team's supporters. Cardiff defender Jimmy Nelson took home the match ball and later auctioned it in aid of Rookwood Hospital in Cardiff. A film of the final was flown to Cardiff immediately after the game and was shown on the evening of the final. The Cardiff team remained in London for two days after the final, returning home on 27 April. The side were welcomed home by large crowds despite their defeat and attended a dinner with Mayor Pethybridge the same evening.


1925 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Wake, who had lost possession for the only goal of the game, received considerable criticism for his performance after the match. The People remarked that this one error wiped out many excellences on his part. His teammate Keenor absolved Wake of any blame in a post-match interview, stating "any blame should be shouldered by the rest of the defence of which I was one. A warning shout should have been given of Tunstall's first approach. Wake could not have been aware of it".


1925 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Keenor remained bullish after the final, confidently predicting that "one day soon our followers can be sure that Cardiff City will bring that cup to Wales." His prediction was realised two years later when he captained Cardiff to victory in the 1927 FA Cup Final to become the only team from outside England to win the competition as of November 2020. Wake was also part of the side that reached the 1927 final, but missed the game after suffering kidney damage in a league match two weeks earlier.


1925 Fairmount Wheatshockers football team
The 1925 Fairmount Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Fairmount College (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Leonard J. Umnus, the team compiled a 3–1–4 record.


1925 Far Eastern Championship Games
The 1925 Far Eastern Championship Games was the seventh edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 17 to 22 May in Manila, the Philippines. A total of eight sports were contested over the course of the five-day event.


1925 Far Eastern Championship Games
China won the football tournament for a sixth consecutive time.


1925 Finnish presidential election
Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1925. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college. They in turn elected the president. The result was a victory for Lauri Kristian Relander, who won on the third ballot. The turnout for the popular vote was just 39.7%. The outgoing president, K.J. Ståhlberg, had refused to seek a second term. According to the late Agrarian and Centrist politician, Johannes Virolainen, he stepped down after one term because he believed that an incumbent president would be too likely to win re-election.


1925 Finnish presidential election
President Ståhlberg claimed that he had already completed his political service to Finland as president. Moreover, he wanted to step down because many right-wing Finns (especially veterans of the Civil War and supporters of the Greater Finland movement) opposed him. According to Pentti Virrankoski, a Finnish historian, President Ståhlberg hoped that his retirement would advance parliamentary politics in Finland. Ståhlberg's party, the Progressives, chose Risto Ryti, the governor of the Bank of Finland, as their presidential candidate. The Agrarians only chose Lauri Kristian Relander as their presidential candidate in early February 1925.


1925 Finnish presidential election
The National Coalitioners originally chose former Regent and Prime Minister Pehr Evind Svinhufvud as their presidential candidate, but before the presidential electors met, they replaced Svinhufvud with Hugo Suolahti, an academician working as the rector (principal) of the University of Helsinki (Heikinheimo, Ilmari, Suomen elämäkerrasto (The Biography Compilation of Finland), pg. 731, Helsinki:  Werner Söderström Publications Ltd., 1955). Relander surprised many politicians by defeating Ryti as a dark-horse presidential candidate, although he had served as the Speaker of the Finnish Parliament, and as Governor of the Province of Viipuri.


1925 Finnish presidential election
Ståhlberg had quietly favoured Ryti as his successor, because he considered Ryti a principled and unselfish politician. He was disappointed with Relander's victory, and told one of his daughters that if he had known beforehand that Relander would be elected as his successor, he would have considered seeking a second term (see, for example, Sakari Virkkunen, Finland's Presidents I / Suomen presidentit I.  Helsinki:  Otava Ltd., 1994, pgs. 183-187 (Ståhlberg), pgs. 10–17;  Johannes Virolainen, The Last Electoral Term / Viimeinen vaalikausi. Helsinki:  Otava Ltd., 1991;  Raimo Salokangas, "The Independent Republic" (Itsenäinen tasavalta), pgs. 631–632 in Seppo Zetterberg et al., eds., A Small Giant of the Finnish History / Suomen historian pikkujättiläinen. Helsinki:  WSOY, 2003;  Pentti Virrankoski, A History of Finland / Suomen historia, volumes 1&2. Helsinki:  Finnish Literature Society (Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura), 2009, pgs. 791–792).


1925 Fitzroy state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Fitzroy in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on Wednesday 4 February 1925. The by-election was triggered by the death of Labor member John Billson on 23 December 1924.


1925 Fitzroy state by-election
The candidates were Maurice Blackburn for the Labor Party, and independent Joseph Alfred Boell, a councillor in the Fitzroy Council and three-time mayor of Fitzroy. Blackburn had held the seat of Essendon in the assembly from 1914 to 1917, having won the by-election triggered by the resignation of the Nationalist Premier William Watt. Labor retained the seat with Blackburn winning by a large majority.


1925 Five Nations Championship
The 1925 Five Nations Championship was the eleventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-eighth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 24 January and 18 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


1925 Five Nations Championship
Scotland's Johnnie Wallace scored a try against each other country in this tournament, repeating the achievement of Carston Catcheside of England the previous year. It would be 58 years before another player recorded such a feat, and 74 years before another Scottish player did it again.


1925 Florida Gators football team
The 1925 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1925 Southern Conference football season. This was law student Harold Sebring's first of three seasons as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Sebring's 1925 Florida Gators finished 8–2 overall, and 3–2 in the Southern Conference, placing eighth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.


1925 Florida Gators football team
The Gators compiled their best win-loss record to date, losing only to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 7–23 in Atlanta, Georgia and coach Wallace Wade's undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide 0–34 in Montgomery, Alabama. The highlights of the season included conference victories over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Clemson Tigers, Mississippi A&M Aggies and Washington & Lee Generals.


1925 Florida Gators football team
Captain and halfback Edgar C. Jones set a Florida single-season scoring record (108 points) that lasted until 1969.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Before the season
Practice began on September 14. Coaches Tom Sebring, A. C. Tipton, Everett Yon, and Herb Bunker were in charge of the first workout. Though he graduated, Clyde Norton was eligible to return. Despite losing eight players, prospects were bright. 1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass. As coach Sebring recalled,  quarterback Edgar C. Jones "held back from calling plays for himself the year before. I told him not to hold back."


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 1: Mercer
In the opening contest at Fleming Field in Gainesville on October 3 against coach Stanley L. Robinson's Mercer Bears, Florida won 24–0.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 1: Mercer
Horse Bishop scored in the first five minutes. Dick Brown added the extra point. In the third quarter, Brown added a field goal, and Cy Williams recovered a Mercer fumble in the endzone. Brown again converted the extra point. Cecil Beck ran across the final touchdown; Edgar C. Jones added the extra point.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney, Week 2a: Florida Southern
In the first game of a doubleheader in Gainesville on October 10, the Gators defeated the Florida Southern Moccasins 9–0, using mostly reserves.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney, Week 2a: Florida Southern
Tom Fuller made a field goal, the lone score of the first half. In the third period, Glen Whitaker intercepted a Southern pass and raced 20 yards for a touchdown.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney, Week 2b: Hampden–Sydney
Florida defeated Hampden–Sydney College 22–6 in the second game of the doubleheader.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney, Week 2b: Hampden–Sydney
Edgar C. Jones scored first with a field goal. Lamar Sarra once scored after blocking a punt, gathering the ball, and running 10 yards to the endzone. Burnett added the extra point. Tiny Chaplin made the next touchdown; and the final touchdown was a 22-yard run by Jones.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney, Week 2b: Hampden–Sydney
Hampden–Sydney's score came when Atkins picked up a Florida fumble and raced 40 yards for a touchdown.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Georgia Tech
Florida lost big to Bill Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 23–7. The Gators made just five first downs to Tech's 15. "After 5,000 fans had journeyed to Atlanta certain that captain Edgar Jones...would lead the Saurians to a glorious victory."


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Georgia Tech
Tech's Doug Wycoff scored two touchdowns. Wycoff scored first, and Ike Williams added the extra point. In the second period, Williams made a 12-yard field goal. Wycoff and Sam Murray scored in the third period, with one extra point converted by Williams.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Georgia Tech
The lone Gator touchdown came after a series of forward passes put them within Tech territory, including one of nearly 20 yards from Edgar C. Jones to Livingston. A 26-yard end run from Jones  brought Florida to Tech's 4-yard line. Jones then scored through the line and kicked goal.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Georgia Tech
The starting lineup was: Anderson (left end), Williams (left tackle), Stewart (left guard), Sarra (center), Norton (right guard), Goldstein (right tackle), Todd (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Ihrig (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 4: Wake Forest
The Gators practiced at night with whitewashed footballs in preparation for the homecoming contest with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. On the back of Edgar C. Jones, who accounted for every point for his squad, Florida won 24–3.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 4: Wake Forest
A field goal by Wake's Rackley gave the Demon Deacons a 3–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Jones then scored a touchdown, extra point, and converted a field goal by half's end. A pass from Burnett to Jones made Florida's next touchdown. Jones went through tackle for the final score.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 5: Rollins
Florida rolled up a 61–0 score on the Rollins Tars, scoring 26 in the first quarter.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Clemson
In the most impressive win of the season, the Gators beat the Clemson Tigers 42–0 on the road.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Clemson
Edgar C. Jones had a 28-yard run lead to a touchdown and another 30-yard touchdown run. Fullback Horse Bishop accounted for three touchdowns: one a run of 20 yards from scrimmage and two 30-yard interception returns. Capt. Jones was declared the best back to run on a South Carolina gridiron in a number of years.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Clemson
The starting lineup was: Green (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Davis (right guard), Petronis (right tackle), Whitaker (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Alabama
A large crowd was expected in Montgomery for the game against coach Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide. The return to the lineup of Tide center Gordon Holmes, injured against Georgia Tech, and the battle between backs Mack Brown and Edgar C. Jones brought intrigue.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Alabama
Mack Brown made two touchdowns; Red Barnes two, and Pooley Hubert one on an interception. Brown's first score came when he caught the ball on a pass from Hubert at the 15-yard line, dodged Jones and scored. A pass from Hubert to Brown in the end zone netted the second score. Florida's Scott returned the kickoff to Alabama's 20-yard line, nearly breaking the tackle there. Two Barnes interceptions set up his touchdowns, one a 16-yard run after catch and another an end run. Jones attempted a drop kick, which was short and returned by Brown for 35 yards. A drive and a pass to Barnes got Alabama to Florida's 3-yard line, and Hubert scored over center.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Alabama
The starting lineup was: Green (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Stewart (right guard), Goldstein (right tackle), E. Jones (right end), W. Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Burnett (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 8: Mississippi A&M
For the ninth week of play, the Gators met coach Bernie Bierman's Mississippi Aggies in Tampa on Plant Field and won 12–0.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 8: Mississippi A&M
Edgar C. Jones, Lamar Sarra, and Greek Petronis were nursing injuries from the Alabama loss, and the Mississippi Aggies had lost to Alabama by just a touchdown. Despite this, Jones kicked two field goals and scored the only touchdown in a 12–0 victory.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 8: Mississippi A&M
After a bitterly fought first quarter, Jones netted 27-yard and 40-yard field goals for a 6–0 lead at the half. Jones ran off tackle for the game's only touchdown. Some 20,000 were in attendance.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 9: Washington & Lee
The annual Thanksgiving game in Jacksonville with coach James DeHart's Washington & Lee Generals was marked by both teams' use of the forward pass and brought the highlight of the season. Once behind by a 14–3 deficit, Florida came back and won 17–14.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Season summary, Week 9: Washington & Lee
The yearbook remarked: "Not since the 1923 Alabama game has Florida participated in a more brilliant, thrilling, and colorful football game." Edgar C. Jones made a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter, but the Generals responded with a touchdown from Palmer in the second. A 25-yard finger-tip touchdown catch by Spotts put the Gators behind 14–3. Jones ran in a touchdown; 14–10. Then in the fourth quarter Cy Williams blocked a Generals' punt. On fourth down, Jones caught the winning touchdown from Horse Bishop.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Postseason
For the third year in a row, Goldy Goldstein made composite All-Southern. Captain Edgar C. Jones played in a charity game.


1925 Florida Gators football team, Players, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Florida's lineup during the 1925 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.


1925 Florida tropical storm
The 1925 Florida tropical storm was the deadliest tropical cyclone to impact the United States that did not become a hurricane. The fourth and final storm of the season, it formed as a tropical depression on November 27 near the Yucatán Peninsula, the system initially tracked southeastward before turning north as it gradually intensified. After skirting western Cuba on November 30, the storm reached peak winds of 65 mph (105 km/h) before striking central Florida on December 1. Within hours, the system transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and emerged into the Atlantic Ocean. The system moved onshore once more on December 2 in North Carolina before turning east, away from the United States. On December 5, the system is presumed to have dissipated offshore.


1925 Florida tropical storm
Throughout the system's existence, it was responsible for 73 fatalities, most of which resulted from offshore incidents. The worst loss of life took place off East Coast, where the 30 crewmen of the American SS Catopazi drowned. Property damage amounted to $3 million, $1 million of which was in Jacksonville.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Meteorological history
The 1925 Florida tropical storm was first identified on November 27, 1925 as a tropical depression situated to the southeast of the Yucatán Peninsula, nearly a month after the official end of the hurricane season. Situated over 80 °F (27 °C) waters, the system slowly intensified, attaining tropical storm status roughly 12 hours after forming, as it drifted towards the southeast before abruptly turning north-northwestward. Throughout November 30, the storm quickly strengthened as it brushed the western tip of Cuba with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h).


1925 Florida tropical storm, Meteorological history
Once in the Gulf of Mexico, the storm turned northeastward and intensified to peak winds of 65 mph (105 km/h). The lowest known barometric pressure attained by the storm was 995 mbar (hPa; 29.38 inHg) as it moved inland. Within hours of reaching this strength, the storm made landfall just south of Fort Myers, Florida early on December 1 as it began to transition into an extratropical cyclone. The storm was originally thought to have moved ashore as a minimal hurricane, thus becoming the latest-landfalling hurricane in United States history. However, a reanalysis in 2011 lowered the peak winds. While crossing the Florida peninsula, the storm briefly weakened as it completed its transition; however, once back over water, it re-intensified.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Meteorological history
Off the coast of The Carolinas, the former tropical storm became a large and powerful extratropical cyclone, attaining peak winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) along with a pressure of 979 mbar (hPa; 28.91 inHg), measured by the USS Patoka. Gale-force winds extended to at least New Jersey, where winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) were recorded. Throughout December 2, the storm gradually slowed as it tracked roughly parallel to the East Coast. Later that day, the system moved onshore again, this time between Wilmington and Cape Hatteras, with winds equivalent to a minimal hurricane.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Meteorological history
A strong area of high pressure located over the Canadian Maritimes caused the system to turn towards the east-southeast. Over the following few days, the storm gradually weakened as it moved away from North Carolina. By December 5, the storm was no longer identifiable and is presumed to have dissipated offshore. However, a monthly weather review published in 1925 that documented the system indicated that the cyclone continued towards the east, eventually impacting Bermuda and the Azores. Later analysis in 2009 concluded that a separate extratropical low, which formed near the remnants of the storm, was responsible for inclement weather in both areas.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact
From November 28 to November 30, the storm brought light rains to most of eastern Cuba. Although the cyclone had tropical storm-force winds at the time, the highest recorded wind in Cuba was 12 mph (18 km/h) in Havana and only 0.22 in (5.58 mm) of rain fell in the city. The Swan Islands, off the northern coast of Honduras, recorded 2.36 in (59.94 mm) of precipitation during a three-day span.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact, United States
During its passage through Florida, the storm produced torrential rain over coastal cities, peaking in Miami at 14.08 in (358 mm). The storm caused significant property and crop damage along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Trees, power lines, and telegraph wires were knocked down by high winds along the Suwannee River. Communication throughout southern Florida was severed as miles of telegraph wires were downed during the evening of November 30. Structures previously considered safe from storms due to their location over 100 ft (30.4 m) inland sustained significant damage, probably from storm surge.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact, United States
Beaches along the Atlantic coast also sustained considerable damages from the storm. Four people were killed near Tampa in two separate incidents . The first occurred when a house collapsed on three men, pinning them to the ground. The second incident occurred after a woman ran outside her home and was struck by a tree limb. At least 12 workmen were killed and 38 others injured after the bunkhouse they were sleeping in collapsed due to high winds. The facility in which they were working in also sustained $200,000 in damage from a fire ignited by the cyclone. Throughout Florida, property loses were estimated at $3 million, with $1 million in Jacksonville alone. Damages to the citrus industry  were also significant, with total losses exceeding $600,000. Losses in Miami amounted to $250,000 as up to 2 ft (0.61 m) inundated the city for more than two days.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact, United States
Shipping incidents resulting from the storm caused several deaths. A schooner carrying seven people sunk, killing all its occupants. A tug boat sank off the coast of Mobile, Alabama while towing a lumber barge; the fate of the crew is unknown. A ship named the American SS Catopazi sank between Charleston, South Carolina and the northern coast of Cuba, with all 30 crew members lost. Near Daytona Beach, a vessel carrying 2,000 cases of liquor sank along with all six crewmen. The last incident, involving a yacht, occurred off the coast of Georgia. The ship sank near Savannah, Georgia with the 12 crew members drowning. The total loss of life at sea was at least 55. Shipping throughout the East Coast was crippled by the storm as vessels were forced to seek shelter at port.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact, United States
Due to the large size of the storm as an extratropical cyclone, gale and storm warnings in force from Beaufort, North Carolina to Eastport, Maine. In North Carolina, heavy rains and strong winds were reported along the coast. Near record high water rises were recorded around Wilmington. Cape Hatteras was temporarily isolated from the surrounding areas as the high winds from the storm knocked down power lines throughout the area. Several buildings along the coast and numerous boats sustained considerable damage.


1925 Florida tropical storm, Impact, United States
As far north as New Jersey, gale-force winds produced by the powerful extratropical storm caused significant damage and killed at least two people. Large swells and high winds throughout New Jersey, southern New York and Connecticut resulted in significant damage. Along the coast of Long Island, large waves resulted in severe beach erosion which threatened to undermine homes. Parts of Coney Island were inundated by the increased surf, damaging homes and businesses. Several barges in nearby marinas were torn from their moorings and swept out to sea. In Sandy Hook, several workmen were nearly killed after a building collapsed amidst high winds. Minor precipitation was recorded throughout Rhode Island, peaking at 0.62 in (16 mm).


1925 Fordham Rams football team
The 1925 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Frank Gargan, Fordham compiled an 8–1 record. James Manning was the team captain.


1925 Forest of Dean by-election
The Forest of Dean by-election of 1925 was held on 14 July 1925. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, James Wignall. It was won by the Labour candidate A. A. Purcell.


1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11–2–1, winning thirteen league games to finish the season in sixth place. The team's overall record, against league and non-league opponents in 1925 was 15–7. They set the unofficial record for most games played in a season during the years before the league went to a fixed-length schedule: they played 20 NFL games (plus at least 2 more against non-NFL opponents.) Even counting playoff games, no NFL team has since played more than 20 games in a season.


1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. * The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.


1925 Franklin & Marshall football team
The 1925 Franklin & Marshall football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College during the 1925 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charles Mayser, the team compiled a 5–4 record. The team played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.


1925 Franklin by-election
The Franklin by-election of 1925 was a by-election during the 21st New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant due to the death of the sitting Member, William Massey. It was held on 17 June 1925. Two candidates contested the seat:


1925 Franklin-Adams
1925 Franklin-Adams (prov. designation: 1934 RY) is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8.9 kilometers (5.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. The bright asteroid has a short rotation period of less than 3 hours. It was named after British amateur astronomer John Franklin Adams (1843–1912).


1925 Franklin-Adams, Orbit and classification
Franklin-Adams is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,489 days; semi-major axis of 2.55 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Johannesburg.


1925 Franklin-Adams, Naming
This minor planet named after British amateur astronomer John Franklin Adams (1843–1912), who created one of the earliest detailed, photographic atlases of the complete night sky (the Franklin-Adams plates or charts). He later donated his 25-cm Franklin-Adams Star Camera (Franklin-Adams photographic refractor) to the Johannesburg Observatory, which lead to the discovery of Proxima Centauri. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 December 1983 (M.P.C. 8402). Asteroid 982 Franklina, discovered by South African astronomer Harry Edwin Wood at Johannesburg was also named after him.


1925 Franklin-Adams, Physical characteristics
Franklin-Adams is an assumed stony S-type asteroid with a very high albedo of more than 0.3 (see below).


1925 Franklin-Adams, Physical characteristics, Rotation period and poles
In January 2005, a rotational lightcurve of Franklin-Adams was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer René Roy. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 3.082 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.23 magnitude (U=2). In March 2010, photometry at the Palomar Transient Factory in California gave a period of 2.979 with an amplitude of 0.32 magnitude (U=2). In January 2013, American astronomer Brian Warner obtained the so-far best rated lightcurve. It gave a period of 2.978 hours and an amplitude of 0.25 magnitude (U=3).


1925 Franklin-Adams, Physical characteristics, Rotation period and poles
In 2016, an international study modeled a lightcurve with a concurring period of 2.978301 hours and found a spin axis of (277.0°, 57.0°) and (66.0°, 48.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β) (U=n.a. ).


1925 Franklin-Adams, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Franklin-Adams measures 8.864 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an unusually high albedo of 0.356, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 11.30 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.1.


1925 French Championships (tennis)
The 1925 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud, France. The tournament ran from 28  May until 6 June. It was the 30th staging of the French Championships but it was the first time it was staged as a Grand Slam event. It was the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was the first time the tournament was open to players who were neither French citizens nor residents of France.


1925 French Championships (tennis)
Suzanne Lenglen won all three events she entered; the women's singles, the women's doubles, and the mixed doubles.


1925 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Jean Borotra  /  René Lacoste defeated  Henri Cochet  /  Jacques Brugnon, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3


1925 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Suzanne Lenglen /  Julie Vlasto  defeated  Evelyn Colyer  /  Kitty McKane, 6–1, 9–11, 6–2


1925 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Suzanne Lenglen  /  Jacques Brugnon defeated  Julie Vlasto /  Henri Cochet, 6–2, 6–2


1925 French Championships – Men's Singles
Fifth-seeded René Lacoste defeated Jean Borotra in the final, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1925 French Championships. The draw consisted of 61 player of which 16 were seeded. This was the first time the French Championships was staged as a Grand Slam event.


1925 French Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1925 French Championships – Women's Singles
Suzanne Lenglen defeated Kitty McKane in the final, 6–1 6–2 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1925 French Championships. This was the first time that the French Championships was staged as a Grand Slam event.


1925 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1925 French Grand Prix
The 1925 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry on 26 July 1925. It was the third race of the inaugural AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship. The race, which was 80 laps, was won by Robert Benoist driving a Delage 2LCV after starting from 8th place.


1925 French Grand Prix
It was the first Grand Prix to take place at the newly built Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry.


1925 French Grand Prix, Background
Although the 1925 Grand Prix was held to the same technical regulations as in 1924, with cars allowed a maximum of 2-litre engine capacity, there were several important changes for 1925. For the first time the French Grand Prix was not held on public roads, instead being held at the newly built Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry which consisted of part of a high banked oval along with an artificial road circuit, a combination initially quite unpopular with the drivers. Also for the first time, riding mechanics were banned although passenger seats were still required.


1925 French Grand Prix, Background
Another important change for 1925 was the introduction of the World Manufacturers' Championship, held over four races in 1925, the French Grand Prix being the third. Although World Championship regulations required a minimum race distance of 800km (the distance used for the French Grand Prix each year since 1922) it was decided to run the 1925 edition over the longer distance of 1000km.


1925 French Grand Prix, Entries
After a fairly large entry in 1924, there were just 17 cars entered in 1925. Winners in 1924 and in the previous World Championship event, the European Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo were considered to be pre-race favourites with their P2s to be driven by the well established European Grand Prix winner Antonio Ascari and 1925 winner Giuseppe Campari, as well as the then nearly unknown Gastone Brilli-Peri.


1925 French Grand Prix, Entries
French hopes mainly rested on Delage, hoping to make up for their disappointment in Belgium, with four of their now supercharged V12 cars entered to be driven by Robert Benoist, Albert Divo and Louis Wagner, with the fourth car for Paul Torchy withdrawn. Bugatti entered a total of five cars, all T35s. Three were works cars for Jules Goux, Meo Costantini and Pierre de Vizcaya, while Giulio Foresti and Ferdinand de Vizcaya were entered in their own cars.


1925 French Grand Prix, Entries
1923 winners Sunbeam entered three of their 1924 cars including one for 1923 winner Henry Segrave. Parry Thomas' entry was taken over by the non-starting 1.5 litre Eldridge Special. Also entered but not arriving was a Mathis.


1925 French Grand Prix, Entries
All starters were fitted with superchargers except for the five Bugattis. Ettore Bugatti felt the technology was still too unreliable, and although the Bugattis were slower than their competitors, all five Bugattis went on to finish the race.


1925 French Grand Prix, Starting grid
The starting grid was determined by ballot and was reduced to 14 cars following some withdrawals. The cars were lined up in rows of three, with pole on the right. The race started with a rolling start.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
The race began with a rolling start, with the field lead by two pilot cars. However, the start was a mess due to the slow speed of the pilot cars. From the start, Ascari took the lead from the second row, followed by Divo and Segrave. By the end of the first lap, Ascari had pulled a sizable lead from Divo, with Masetti, Wagner and Campari passed Segrave, who was followed by Brilli-Peri, Benoist and Conelli. The five Bugattis already some way behind.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
On the second lap, Campari moved up to second and the two Alfa Romeos started to pull away from the rest of the field. Divo dropped back, stopping for plugs. Brilli-Peri overtook Wagner putting him into third, but was retaken on lap 3 dropping him to fourth ahead of Masetti in the best placed Sunbeam. At the end of the fifth lap, however, Brilli-Peri pitted, also for plugs. Both Divo and Brilli-Peri pitted again several times, Divo retiring after 7 laps, and Brilli-Peri continuing on but several laps down.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
Around the eleventh lap, the two leading Alfa Romeos continued to pull away, aided by third placed Wagner experiencing a misfiring engine, dropping him back several places, and Ascari setting the then record fastest lap on lap 11 in 5 minutes 49 seconds. Benoist, who had been sitting in fifth place prior to Wagner's issues then began moving up the field, moving past the Sunbeam of Masetti into third place on the 18th lap. Shortly after the leading Alfa Romeos made their first pit stops, with Ascari getting away without losing his lead, but a slower stop by Campari dropped him to third behind Benoist, who he would retake shortly after.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
Shortly after this, came tragedy: light rain had started to fall and Ascari misjudged the fast left hand corner on the return leg of the lap, brushing the fence on the inside causing the car to turn over, throwing him out then crushing him. He would later die in the ambulance on his way to hospital.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
Benoist, now lying second, made his first pitstop at the end of lap 29, losing second place in the process to Masetti and handing over his car to Divo who had long since retired his car. Divo pushed hard in an effort to catch up to Campari, retaking second place from Masetti (soon to be the last remaining Sunbeam with Conelli having retired around the same time as Ascari's accident, and Segrave soon to retire with engine trouble).


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
In his efforts to catch Campari, Divo set the fastest lap of 5 minutes 48 seconds, but this was ultimately not necessary; with the news of Ascari's death it was decided to withdraw the remaining Alfa Romeos, with Campari coming in from the lead and Brilli-Peri still some laps behind. This left Divo well in the lead from Masetti and Constantini in the fastest of the Bugattis, followed closely by Torchy, now driving Wagner's Delage.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
Torchy continued to push in spite of the increasingly wet weather, passing Constantini just a lap after Campari was withdrawn, and finally passing Masetti's Sunbeam with 10 laps to go. Divo handed the lead Delage back to Benoist at the last stop, allowing him to take the win from Wagner and Torchy, and Masetti in third, followed at some distance by all five Bugattis, the last of which, Foresti, over an hour behind.


1925 French Grand Prix, Race, Report
After the race and presentation ceremony, Benoist took the flowers he had been presented as the winner and drove his car to the corner where Ascari had lost his life, placing them there as a gesture to the fallen driver.


1925 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1925 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1925 college football season.


1925 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State competed in the inaugural season of the Far Western Conference (FWC). The 1925 team was led by head coach Arthur W. Jones in his fifth year at the helm. They finished with a record of two wins, six losses and one tie (2–6–1, 0–4 FWC). The Bulldogs were outscored by their opponents 122–192 for the season.


1925 Furman Purple Hurricane football team
The 1925 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1925 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Billy Laval, Furman compiled a 7–3 record (3–1 against SIAA opponents), finished in second place in the SIAA, was recognized as the South Carolina state champion, and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 75. The team played its home games at Manly Field in Greenville, South Carolina.


1925 Galloway by-election
The Galloway by-election, 1925 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Galloway in Scotland on 17 November 1925. The by-election was won by the Unionist Party candidate Sidney Streatfeild.


1925 Galloway by-election, Vacancy
The Unionist MP Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan had died on 4 October 1925. He had held the seat since gaining it from the Liberals at the 1924 general election;


1925 Galloway by-election, History
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, at which a Coalition Government supporting, couponed, sitting Liberal MP was returned unopposed. At the following General Election in 1922, after the Coalition Government had ended, a Liberal beat a Unionist and in 1923, the sitting Liberal was returned unopposed.


1925 Galloway by-election, Candidates
The Unionist candidate was 31-year-old company director, Captain Sidney Streatfeild, who had previously contested the City of Durham constituency at the 1924 general election.


1925 Galloway by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party candidate was 40-year-old local farmer, Major Cecil Dudgeon, (Portrait) who had held the seat from 1922 until his defeat in 1924 by Henniker-Hughan.


1925 Galloway by-election, Candidates
The Labour Party, which had never before contested the constituency, decided to intervene and fielded as candidate, John Mitchell.


1925 Galloway by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for 17 November 1925, 43 days after the death of the previous member, allowing for a long campaign.


1925 Galloway by-election, Result
On an increased turnout, Streatfeild held the seat for the Unionists, with a reduced majority of 928 votes. The Labour candidate finished third, splitting the anti-Unionist vote enough to deny the Liberal victory;


1925 Galloway by-election, Aftermath
At the following General Election in 1929, Dudgeon gained the seat for the Liberals;


1925 Geneva Covenanters football team
The 1925 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as a member of the Tri-State Conference during the 1925 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Bo McMillin, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the Tri-State title.


1925 George Washington Hatchetites football team
The 1925 George Washington Hatchetites football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In their second season under head coach Harry W. Crum, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record.


1925 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
The 1925 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1925 college football season. Led by Lou Little in his second season as head coach, the team went 9–1.


1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its third season under head coach George Cecil Woodruff, Georgia compiled a 4–5 season (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 133 to 91. Smack Thompson was the team captain. The team played its home games at Sanford Field in Athens, Georgia.


1925 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1925 season was George Cecil Woodruff's only losing season during his five-year tenure as Georgia's head coach. In 1925, Georgia played Georgia Tech for the first time since 1916, losing 3–0 in Atlanta.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
The 1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1925 Southern Conference football season. The Tornado was coached by William Alexander in his sixth year as head coach, compiling a record of 6–2–1. The team was captained by Doug Wycoff. It had one of the best defenses in school history.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
The team most notably beat Penn State. It suffered losses to national champion Alabama and the defending national champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It also had a surprise tie with rival Auburn.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Before the season
1925 saw the south's widespread use of the forward pass. Coach William Alexander was a Heisman protege and utilized his "jump shift". Don Miller of Four Horsemen fame assisted Alexander in the backfield, and former star Tech tackle Bill Fincher assisted with the line.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Before the season
Triple threat Doug Wycoff, mentioned for All-American by Lawrence Perry at the end of last year, was elected captain of the 1925 team, having been "the outstanding back of the South for the past two years." Coach Alexander called him "the best player ever to wear a cleat for Georgia Tech."


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 1: Oglethorpe
The season opened with a 13–7 defeat of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion Oglethorpe. Neither team scored in the first quarter, but in the second Wycoff went over for a 4-yard touchdown. The second Tech score came in the final quarter, when Carter Barron ran it in from 6 yards out following a long drive. A forward pass, Walsh to Campbell, got Oglethorpe's touchdown.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 1: Oglethorpe
The starting lineup was Merkle (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Wycoff (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 2: V. M. I.
Tech beat VMI 33–0. In the second quarter, a pass from Murray to Wycoff added 24 yards. Carter Barron got it in from the 1-yard line some plays later. The next touchdown drive was highlighted by a 34-yard touchdown run. Murray scored yet another touchdown. A 26-yard pass was caught by Johnny Marshall, and Tech drove down to the 1-yard line when the final quarter started. Ike Williams went across for a touchdown. With substitutes in the backfield for most of the final period, John Brewer scored a touchdown on another triple pass play, this time from the 6-yard line.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 2: V. M. I.
The starting lineup was Irwin (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Barron (left halfback), Wycoff (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: vs. Penn State
The third week brought the highlight of the year — a defeat of Hugo Bezdek's previously undefeated Penn State Nittany Lions 16–7 in a howling wind in Yankee Stadium. Tech utilized its shift on nearly every play. Penn State scored first after a punt by Doug Wycoff into the wind gave them the ball at Tech's 30-yard line. From here, Penn State threw a forward pass from a cross buck formation. Dangerfield shook off three tacklers on his way to the goal just as the half ended.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: vs. Penn State
A similar thing happened to start the second half and give Tech its score. Penn State's Gray got off a bad punt into the wind, nearly over his own goal line. Using its shift to perfection, Wycoff eventually got over the tying touchdown. After a fumble recovery, an 80-yard drive utilizing Wycoff and Sam Murray ended in a Carter Barron touchdown for the third score. After an interception, Ike Williams also added a 25-yard field goal.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 3: vs. Penn State
The starting lineup was Marshall (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Merkle (right end), Williams (quarterback), Wycoff (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 4: Florida
Tech beat Florida 23–7. The Gators made just five first downs to Tech's 15.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 4: Florida
Doug Wycoff scored two touchdowns. Wycoff scored first, and Ike Williams added the extra point. In the second period, Williams made a 12-yard field goal. Wycoff and Sam Murray scored in the third period, with one extra point converted by Williams.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 4: Florida
The starting lineup was Merkle (left end), Carpenter (left tackle), Forrester (left guard), Poole (center), Godwin (right guard), Tharpe (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Wycoff (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 5: Alabama
The national champion Alabama Crimson Tide beat Georgia Tech 7–0 on a Johnny Mack Brown punt return for a touchdown. Pooley Hubert cleared two Tech players out of the way. "Hubert played the greatest game of his career and was called the greatest defensive back ever to appear on Grant Field". Tech turned the ball over on downs at the Alabama 28 and again at the Alabama 21. Star tackle Six Carpenter was injured. Tech was the only team all year to rush for more yardage and gain more first downs than Alabama.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 5: Alabama
The starting lineup was Merkle (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Carpenter (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Wycoff (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: Notre Dame
Resembling its old form, Knute Rockne's defending national champion Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated Georgia Tech 13–0. The game was played in a cold rain,  and Tech played its substitutes aside from Walt Godwin. All scores were made in the first half.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: Notre Dame
An interception by Red Edwards set up the first score. Christie Flanagan was the star for the Irish.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 6: Notre Dame
The starting lineup was Irwin (left end), Hood (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Elliott (center), Angley (right guard), Hearn (right tackle), Crowley (right end), Morse (quarterback), Connelly (left halfback), Brewer (right halfback), Holland (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Vanderbilt
Describing the most spectacular play he ever saw, coach William Alexander cites one from the 1925 game against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Wycoff was hurt, such that he elected to use his substitute Dick Wright with only minutes to go in the game. On a muddy field, Wright ran off tackle and dodged Vanderbilt's safety Gil Reese, "usually a sure tackler," to get the touchdown with a run to give Tech a 7–0 victory. The yearbook remarked, Wright "should have run for governor of Georgia right after he ran 56 yards against Vandy."


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Vanderbilt
The starting lineup was Merkle (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Cooper (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Wycoff (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback)


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 8: Georgia
Rivals Georgia and Georgia Tech met for the first time since 1916. Quarterback Ike Williams thought the game clock read five seconds remaining in the third quarter when in actuality it was five minutes. Williams set up his offense for a field goal and kicked it to put Tech up 3–0 on first down. Luckily for Williams, Tech won 3–0. Georgia tried all kinds of forward passes in desperation.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 8: Georgia
Georgia end Smack Thompson would yell out in his sleep, and had said "Kill the SOB" in reference to Doug Wycoff leading up to the game. Once during the game, the two collided with each other, knocking each unconscious.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 8: Georgia
The starting lineup was Merckle (left end), Tharpe (left tackle), Godwin (left guard), Poole (center), Forrester (right guard), Fair (right tackle), Marshall (right end), Williams (quarterback), Wycoff (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), S. Murray (fullback).


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Season summary, Week 9: Auburn
Auburn surprised with a 7–7 tie in the final week. Doug Wycoff scored Tech's touchdown. Pea Green caught a 9-yard pass from Frank Tuxworth on Auburn's score, after a blocked Wycoff punt.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Postseason, Awards and honors
Doug Wycoff received 21 of a possible 32 first-team All-Southern selections of the Associated Press composite. Center Owen Poole got six. Guard Walt Godwin also made some All-Southern teams, and tackle Six Carpenter made second-team All-Southern for Norman E. Brown.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Postseason, Awards and honors
Godwin was named to Knute Rockne's All-America team. Wycoff and end Gus Merkle made Billy Evans's "National Honor Roll."


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Postseason, Legacy
Coach Alexander recalled "The work of Douglas Wycoff against Notre Dame two years in succession was brilliant in the extreme, as was his plunging against Penn. State when we defeated them twice." Morgan Blake, sports writer for the Atlanta Journal, said of an all-time All-Southern list: "It seems to us that one name is left out in this collection, who may have been the best all-around player the South has had.


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Postseason, Legacy
"We have reference to Doug Wycoff of Tech who, for three straight years, was practically the unanimous all-Southern football choice, despite the fact that Georgia Tech had very lean years during his period of play at this institution. If Wycoff had been flanked by such a pair of halfbacks as Red Barron and Buck Flowers, or Thomason and Mizell while he was with the Jackets, he would have been an all-American. As it was he had to carry all of the offensive load and on the defense he was a wheelhorse. He was a great punter and passer. If Wycoff was not the best all-around player the South had produced then he was very close to the peak."


1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The following chart depicts Tech's lineup during the 1925 season with games started at the position shown in parenthesis. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.


1925 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1925 German Ice Hockey Championship was the ninth season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. Three teams participated in the championship, and Berliner Schlittschuhclub won the title.


1925 German football championship
The 1925 German football championship, the 18th edition of the competition, was won by 1. FC Nürnberg, defeating FSV Frankfurt 1–0 after extra time in the final.


1925 German football championship
For 1. FC Nürnberg it was the fourth national championship. It was part of Nuremberg's most successful era where the club won five titles in eight seasons from 1920 to 1927, missing out on a sixth one in the inconclusive 1922 championship. For FSV Frankfurt it was the club's sole German championship final appearance.


1925 German football championship
Five players were the joint top scorers of the 1925 championship with three goals each, Arthur Warnecke, Georg Hochgesang, Heinrich Träg, Josef Lüke and Willi Kirsei.


1925 German football championship
Sixteen club qualified for the knock-out competition, nine more than in previous seasons, two from each of the regional federations plus an additional third club from the South and West. In all cases the regional champions and runners-up qualified. In the West and South the third spot went to the third placed team of the championship.


1925 German presidential election
The 1925 German presidential election was held on 29 March 1925, with a runoff on 26 April. They were the first direct elections to the office of President of the Reich (Reichspräsident), Germany's head of state during the 1919–33 Weimar Republic. The first President, Friedrich Ebert, who had died on 28 February 1925, had been elected indirectly, by the National Assembly, but the Weimar Constitution required that his successor be elected by the "whole German people". Paul von Hindenburg was elected as the second president of Germany in the second round of voting.


1925 German presidential election
Hindenburg was the candidate of a broad coalition of the political right. Many on the right hoped that once in power he would destroy Weimar democracy from the inside and restore the pre-Weimar status quo. The two other candidates who were believed to have a chance of winning were Otto Braun of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Wilhelm Marx of the Centre Party. Both the SPD and Centre were members of the Weimar Coalition, the group of parties regarded as most committed to the Weimar system. Only Marx proceeded to the second round of the election.


1925 German presidential election
The election was important because of the turbulent times in which it occurred and because, under the Weimar Constitution, the head of state wielded considerable power. Hindenburg would be again returned in the 1932 election and would play an important role during the rise to power of the Nazi Party. However, many of Hindenburg's 1925 backers were subsequently disappointed. Although in the years that followed his election many questioned the constitutionality of certain of his actions, Hindenburg never attempted to overthrow the Weimar constitution outright.


1925 German presidential election, Electoral system
During the Weimar Republic, the law provided that if no candidate received an absolute majority of votes (i.e. more than half) in the first round of a presidential election then a second ballot would occur in which the candidate with a plurality of votes would be deemed elected. It was permitted for a group to nominate an alternative candidate in the second round.


1925 German presidential election, Candidates
Seventeen candidates stood in the first round. Hindenburg was not included among them as he would not be nominated as a candidate until the second round. Instead, the most popular candidate of the political right was Karl Jarres of the German People's Party (DVP), a former Minister of the Interior, Vice-Chancellor of Germany and mayor of Duisburg. Otto Braun, the SPD's candidate, was a former Minister-President of Prussia and a well known and respected figure. Zentrum's candidate, Wilhelm Marx, was the chair of the party and a former chancellor.


1925 German presidential election, Candidates
The other significant candidates were Ernst Thälmann of the Communist Party (KPD) and Willy Hellpach of the German Democratic Party (DDP). The German Völkisch Freedom Party (DVFP) put forward Erich Ludendorff but secured only a negligible share of the vote.


1925 German presidential election, Results
The first ballot was held on 29 March, with a turnout of 68.9%. Although Jarres received the most votes in the first round, he was well short of a majority. He subsequently withdrew in favour of Hindenburg, who was a committed monarchist and popular former general. Although Hindenburg had no interest in seeking public office and was especially uneasy with the prospect of becoming Germany's head of state, he reluctantly agreed to stand, supposedly only after first consulting with the deposed Kaiser.


1925 German presidential election, Results
His major supporters were the German People's Party (DVP), the German National People's Party (DNVP) and the Bavarian People's Party (BVP). The DVP, and especially its leader Gustav Stresemann, had reservations about the idea of a Hindenburg presidency because of its possible repercussions for German foreign policy, but eventually came on board. Hindenburg was also endorsed by the German Völkisch Freedom Party (DVFP), the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and the Agricultural League (RLB).


1925 German presidential election, Results
On the left, the Centre Party (Zentrum) refused to support Braun from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), so Braun withdrew. The SPD agreed to support Zentrum's Marx as the common candidate to ensure the defeat of Hindenburg. The German Democratic Party also reluctantly withdrew its candidate and supported Marx. As Marx's supporters included both the moderate left and the political centre, he was believed to have a high chance of winning. The three participants in the second round were therefore Hindenburg, Marx, and Thälmann of the Communist Party.


1925 German presidential election, Results
The second round was held on 26 April, with a turnout of 77.6%. Hindenburg won on a plurality of the vote, with 48.3% to Marx's 45.3%. The BVP's support of Hindenburg, rather than Marx (even though Marx represented the BVP's sister party), and Thälmann's participation splitting the left-wing vote, provided Hindenburg the margin of victory.


1925 Giro d'Italia
The 1925 Giro d'Italia was the 13th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 16 May in Milan with a stage that stretched 278.1 km (173 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 7 June after a 307.9 km (191 mi) stage and a total distance covered of 3,520.5 km (2,188 mi). The race was won by the Alfredo Binda of the Legnano team. Second and third respectively were the Italian riders Costante Girardengo and Giovanni Brunero.


1925 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Of the 126 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 16 May, 39 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 7 June. Riders were allowed to ride on their own or as a member of a team. There were six teams that competed in the race: Aliprandi-Pirelli, Jenis, Legnano-Pirelli, Olympia-Pirelli, Peugeot-Pirelli, and Wolsit-Pirelli.


1925 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The peloton was completely composed of Italians, a trend which continued until the 1950s because of Italy's fascist policies and political climate. The field featured two former Giro d'Italia champions in the 1919 Giro d'Italia winner Costante Girardengo and returning champion Giovanni Brunero. Other notable Italian riders that started the race included Gaetano Belloni, Giovanni Rossignoli, and Pietro Bestetti. This was the first Giro d'Italia that Alfredo Binda competed in.


1925 Giro d'Italia, Final standings, General classification
There were 39 cyclists who had completed all twelve stages. For these cyclists, the times they had needed in each stage was added up for the general classification. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the winner. Riccardo Gagliardi won the prize for best ranked independent rider in the general classification.


1925 Giro di Lombardia
The 1925 Giro di Lombardia was the 21st edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 4 November 1925. The race started and finished in Milan. The race was won by Alfredo Binda.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election
The twelfth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1925. It was preceded by the 1922 election and followed by the 1928 election.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Overview of the Result
Having lost its majority at the 1922 elections, Labour regained control of the County Council by winning seven seats.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Candidates
Of the eleven retiring aldermen, nine sought re-election. Seven of their number were returned unopposed; these included the chairman of the County Council, Daniel Daniels (Lib, Dulais Valley) after the sitting Labour councillor stood down in his favour.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Contested Elections
The pattern of contests was similar to 1922, although Labour contested some seats that it had not previously stood.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Contested Elections
Three retiring aldermen faced opposition. Rev D.H. Williams (Lib, Barry) faced a Labour opponent and the seat had been held by Labour since a 1919 by-election. W.H. Davies (Lab, Gower) faced an Independent opponent and in Caerphilly the sitting Independent stood down in favour of Joseph Howells though he faced a Labour challenge.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Labour gained seven seats and lost only one, establishing a firm majority on the County Council.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Aberaman
Rose Davies captured a seat previously held by a Liberal and became the first woman elected to the County Council.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Barry
Alderman D.H. Williams, chair of the Central Welsh Board of Education, comfortably won the seat but this was technically a Liberal gain from Labour who had held the seat since a by-election after Williams was re-elected as alderman in 1919.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Caerphilly
Alderman Joseph Howells won the seat after the sitting Independent councillor withdrew in his favour.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Coedffranc
W.T. Jenkins had previously stood as an Independent but now declared himself a Labour supporter.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Dulais Valley
Alderman Daniel Daniels of Crynant, chairman of the County Council, was returned unopposed after the sitting Labour councillor did not contest the seat. This was technically a Liberal gain.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Llwynypia and Clydach
James Evans, grocer, elected following Richard Lewis's election as alderman in 1901, was returned unopposed.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Loughor
The sitting member had been elected as a Liberal in 1922.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Treforest
The sitting member had been elected as a Liberal in 1922.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Treherbert
Enoch Davies, returned in 1901 following William Morgan's re-election as alderman, was elected unopposed.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Results, Ystalyfera
D.W. Davies regained the seat he lost three years previously.


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 66 councillors the council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1925 election, there were eleven Aldermanic vacancies, all of which were filled by Labour nominees (including one long-serving Liberal). These included the first woman elected to the Council, Rose Davies (Aberaman).


1925 Glamorgan County Council election, Election of Aldermen
The following retiring aldermen were re-elected as members of the Council but were not re-elected as aldermen:


1925 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The 1925 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1925 college football season. In their first year under head coach Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith, the Bulldogs compiled a 7–2–2 record, shut out five of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 203 to 68.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals
The 1925 Goodall Cup inter-state series is the first year that the tournament was changed from a 3-game series where Victoria and New South Wales would visit each other's state in alternate years, to a 6-game series consisting of 3 matches to be played in Victoria and another 3 matches to be played in Sydney.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals
The Victorian team left for Sydney on 6 August 1925 to play the remaining 3 matches of the series in the Sydney Glaciarium against the New South Wales team.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
11 July 1925 By the end of the first half, New South Wales led by 1–0. Almost immediately after the second half began, three goals were added in succession to put New South Wales up 4–0. The Victorians were not as accurate with the puck as the New South Wales team which made the evening an easier task for Barnett in the New South Wales goal, while Dow would struggle and was placed in difficult situations throughout the game in the Victorian goal.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
13 July 1925 The crowd was very large for the second game of the series and was attended by the Governor, Earl of Stradbroke.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
15 July 1925 By half time, the score was even 1–1, but New South Wales would have the better of the play, defeating Victoria 4–1.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
8 August 1925 With star goaltender, Billy Dow, missing from the Victorian team and New South Wales missing the services of their high scoring Jimmy Kendall, the teams would contest the 4th game of the series in the Sydney Glaciarium. Pike would open the scoring for New South Wales in the first half, from Turner. He would then add 2 more to increase the New South Wales lead to 3–0. Through the work of goalkeeper Barnett, the Victorians could not score in the first half despite surging attacks.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
The Victoria team would have more possession of the puck in the 2nd half and Donovan would shoot a puck that glanced off the pads of Barnett and in the net to give Victoria their first goal of the game. Wells would then score the 4th goal for New South Wales from a lucky shot and Raith added their 5th in a scramble.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
The scramble resulted in Wells being ordered off the ice and almost immediately Kershaw gave Victoria their 2nd goal after gathering the puck from his own back end and running the puck all the way up the ice to score. The bell rang to sound the end of the game and New South Wales had clinched the Goodall Cup by winning the 4th game.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
10 August 1925 Both teams made changes to their roster, New South Wales replaced A. Raith with G. Slade and Victoria played C. Dixson instead of E. A. Collins. New South Wales got on the board early with goals from Pike and Slade. Victoria would return fire with a goal from Kershaw from a great pass by Molony, who would score again to even the game at 2–2.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
Reid ran through the Victorian center and scored for New South Wales, putting them ahead by one and Pike would score to increase the New South Wales lead to 4–2 at the end of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Molony found himself out front and gave Victoria their 3rd goal of the evening. New South Wales would score again to regain the 2-goal lead and Molony answered back again for Victoria. Reid scored the 6th goal and Slade put the game beyond doubt with New South Wales finishing with 7 goals.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, The series
12 August 1925 Victoria scored in the first half, and the score remained 1–0 in their favor until there were only a few minutes remaining in the game and N. Turner scored for New South Wales. Both teams drew 1–1.


1925 Goodall Cup Finals, Teams, New South Wales
The New South Wales team was made from the following players:


1925 Grand National
The 1925 Grand National was the 84th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 27 March 1925.


1925 Grand National
The race was won by Double Chance, a 100/9 shot ridden by jockey Major John Wilson and trained by Fred Archer, Jr. for owner David Goold.


1925 Grand National
Old Tay Bridge finished in second place, Fly Mask was third and future winner Sprig completed the course in fourth position. Thirty-three horses ran and all returned safely to the stables. One jockey was injured at the water-jump (16th fence) as his horse fell on him.


1925 Grand National
1925 was the first year a tape, known then as a 'gate', was used at the start line.


1925 Grand Prix season
The 1925 Grand Prix season was a watershed year in motor racing. It was the first year for the new AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season. The championship was won by Alfa Romeo, with its P2 model.


1925 Grand Prix season
In January, the AIACR had settled on the championship format – four Grands Prix to be held in the US, Belgium, France and Italy (of minimum 800km length), with compulsory attendance of the Italian GP and the manufacturer's home race to qualify. The best three of the four results would count. It ran on the successful 2-litre formula already in place.


1925 Grand Prix season
This year, the Targa Florio was a competition between the French teams of Bugatti and Peugeot as the major Italian teams did not enter. In a close race, the Peugeots initially led but it was the smaller Bugatti of Bartolomeo Costantini that came through for the victory. Louis Wagner was second for Peugeot, after he was delayed when stopping to assist his teammate, Christian d'Auvergne, who had been seriously injured in an accident.


1925 Grand Prix season
Only a small entry lined up for the Indianapolis 500, dominated by Millers. Dave Lewis  ran the new Miller – the first front-wheel drive car to enter the race. The Duesenberg challenge was led by the previous year's winner Peter DePaolo. From the start the Duesenberg teammates DePaolo and Phil Shafer set the pace. Just after halfway, DePaolo pitted suffering from blistered hands to be replaced by Norman Batten. Lewis in the FWD Miller got to the lead but was reeled in by DePaolo after he had taken back his car.


1925 Grand Prix season
Lewis in turn was substituted by Bennett Hill who had retired earlier. Although Hill charged hard, DePaolo held on and won by almost a minute, with Shafer third. It was the first time the race had been won in under 5 hours, averaging over 100mph. Pete DePaolo would go on to win the AAA championship.


1925 Grand Prix season
The inaugural Belgian Grand Prix had only seven entrants with only the Alfa Romeo and Delage works teams starting. Then when all four of the French cars had retired by half distance, it left just Antonio Ascari and Giuseppe Campari circulating to give Alfa Romeo a 1–2 victory. The blue riband French Grand Prix did have a more complete entry list and was held on the recently completed full circuit at Montlhéry. Once again Ascari leaped into the lead until he misjudged a corner and crashed. Seriously injured, he died on the way to the hospital. When the news was announced the rest of the Alfa Romeo team was withdrawn. After that, Robert Benoist led giving Delage a 1–2 victory and becoming the first Frenchman to win his home Grand Prix since 1913.