CREATE TABLE table_name_97 (year VARCHAR, champion VARCHAR, date VARCHAR)

WHAT YEAR WAS ROBERT COOMBES CHAMPION ON MAY 7?
SELECT COUNT(year) FROM table_name_97 WHERE champion = "robert coombes" AND date = "may 7"
SELECT COUNT("year") FROM "table_name_97" WHERE "champion" = "robert coombes" AND "date" = "may 7"