Auckland Trotting Cup – Graham Direct Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland. Men's singles champion – Arthur Engebretsen (Napier Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – H.G. Loveridge, R.N. Pilkington (skip) (Hamilton Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – William Edward Mincham, L.G. Donaldson, William James Liversidge, H. Whittle (skip) (Grey Lynn Bowling Club) Rugby union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer The Chatham Cup is won by Hospital of Wellington who beat Western of Christchurch 3–1 in the final. Provincial league champions: Auckland: Ponsonby AFC (Auckland) Canterbury: Western Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA Nelson: YMCA Otago: Maori Hill Southland: Corinthians Waikato: Huntly Starr Utd Wanganui: Thistle Wellington: Hospital Births January 2 January – Bill Snowden, rugby league player 3 January – Rata Harrison, rugby league player 9 January John Graham, rugby union player and administrator, educator Stewart McKnight, cricketer 16 January – Muru Walters, rugby union player, Anglican bishop 21 January – Mick Cossey, rugby union player 23 January – Bill Culbert, artist February 5 February – Gordon Parkinson, public servant, diplomat 6 February – Reg Boorman, politician 10 February Mark Irwin, rugby union player Ian Kerr, field hockey player 16 February – Robin Clark, chemist 22 February – Barry Anderson, composer 23 February John Osmers, Anglican bishop, anti-apartheid activist Derek Round, journalist 25 February – Neville Scott, athlete 27 February James Cooke, sailor Edward Te Whiu, convicted murderer March 3 March – Peter Elworthy, farming leader, businessman 5 March – Brian Wybourne, physicist 8 March – Mansfield Rangi, cricket umpire 12 March – Maurice Rae, athlete 19 March – Wes Sandle, physicist 25 March – Tim Eliott, actor 29 March – John Armstrong, politician April 3 April – Marrion Roe, swimmer 4 April – Geoff Braybrooke, politician 13 April – Kenneth Hayr, Royal Air Force commander 16 April – Lois Muir, netball player and coach 22 April – Dick Conway, rugby union player 30 April – Bruce Bodle, cricketer May 11 May Gwyn Evans, association footballer Stuart O'Connell, Roman Catholic bishop 15 May Barry Crump, author Kevin Percy, field hockey player Blair Robson, rally driver 19 May – Brian MacDonell, politician 27 May – Guy Jansen, choral musician and music educator 31 May Jim Bolger, politician Bruce Bolton, cricketer William Holt, cricketer June 1 June – Margot Forde, botanist 2 June – Ross