The Arlington Athletic Association won the series against the Kearny A.C. At the annual AFA meeting at Union Hall in East Newark on September 25, 1897, the committee elected was Dr. J.W.

[1] Among the clubs present at the annual meeting were the Paterson True Blues, Paterson Crescents, Scottish Americans, Kearny Athletics, New Rochelle Football Club and Arlington AA.

With the exception of New Rochelle, the other five teams took part in the NAFBL this season which took place from October 1897 to March 1898.

[3] The only eligible teams that paid their deposits in September were Arlington, Kearny and New Rochelle.

The original format was as a double round robin series: The New Rochelle Club did not participate.