are held in Wellington. Men's singles champion – C. Spearman (Sydenham Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – D. Hunter, J.W. Lowry (skip) (Petone Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, P. Munn, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club) Rugby :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer Chatham Cup competition not held this year. An England Amateurs team toured, beating the New Zealand side by a resounding 30–1 aggregate in a three-match series. 5 May, Dunedin: NZ 0–12 England Amateurs 19 May, Auckland: NZ 0–6 England Amateurs 26 May, Wellington: NZ 1–12 England Amateur Provincial league champions: Auckland: Thistle Canterbury: Technical OB, Western (shared) Hawke's Bay: Napier Utd Nelson: YMCA Otago: Mosgiel Southland: Boy's Brigade OB Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic Wellington: Waterside Births January 1 January – Lance Pearson, cricketer, basketball player, coach and administrator 3 January – Archie Taiaroa, Māori leader 10 January – Ralph Caulton, rugby union player, coach and administrator 13 January – Guy Dodson, biochemist 14 January – Ann Chapman, limnologist 15 January – Ray Henwood, actor 16 January – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim cleric 21 January – Colin Barclay, cricketer 26 January Murray Ball, cartoonist Bruce McPhail, rugby union player 31 January – David Tarrant, cricketer February 2 February Tony Shelly, motor racing driver Neale Thompson, cricketer, badminton player 19 February – Warwick Dalton, racing cyclist 23 February – David Kinsella, cricket player and umpire March 4 March – Graham Dowling, cricketer 8 March Barry Robinson, athlete, architect Prince Tui Teka, singer, actor 10 March – John Creighton, rugby union player 11 March – John Ward, cricketer 13 March Trevor Blake, cricketer, field hockey player Chris Kenny, boxing coach 31 March – Jindra Tichá, academic, writer April 1 April – Dent Harper, cricketer 2 April – John La Roche, civil engineer, author 3 April – Eve Rimmer, para athlete 5 April – Brian Blacktop, lawyer 7 April – Graeme Davies, metallurgist, university administrator 8 April – Philip Havill, cricketer 15 April – Bill Ballantine, marine biologist 16 April David Braithwaite, politician Ivan Keats, athlete Don Oliver, weightlifter, fitness centre founder 18 April – Rangi Hetet, master carver 20 April – Ernest Barnes, field hockey player 22 April Michael Dormer, cricketer Bruce Gregory, politician Roger Slack, plant biologist and biochemist 29 April – Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori academic May 4 May