Club) Olympic Games Rugby :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand Inaugural Bledisloe Cup won by New Zealand 2–1 Ranfurly Shield held by Canterbury all season, with defenses against Sth Canterbury 11–5, Auckland 14–0, West Coast 5–3, Wellington 9–8, Buller 13–0, Waikato 17–6 Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Soccer The Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Marist who beat Millerton All Blacks 5–0 in the final. Provincial league champions: Auckland: YMCA Canterbury: Thistle Hawke's Bay: Napier YMCA Nelson: Athletic Otago: Seacliff Southland: Rangers Taranaki: Albion Waikato: Rotowaro Wanganui: Thistle Wellington: Marist Births January–February 1 January – Vinka Lucas, fashion designer and retailer, magazine founder (died 2020) 3 January – Stanley James, cricketer (died 2002) 6 January – Eunice Eichler, midwife, open adoption advocate (died 2017) 9 January – Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, politician (died 2011) 13 January – Mervyn Edmunds, cricketer (died 2015) 18 January – Jock Butterfield, rugby league player (died 2004) 20 January – Mervin Sandri, cricketer (died 2016) 23 January – Ann Trotter, historian (died 2022) 28 January – Keith Roberts, rugby league player and coach (died 2015) 31 January – Derek Quigley, politician 16 February – Daphne Robinson, cricketer (died 2008) 19 February – Ray La Varis, politician (died 1986) 20 February – Ann Ballin, psychologist, victims' rights advocate (died 2003) March–April 1 March – Ranginui Walker, academic, writer (died 2016) 4 March – William Norman, cricketer (died 2009) 8 March – Pat O'Connor, Roman Catholic priest (died 2014) 9 March – Les McNichol, rugby league player (died 2013) 10 March – Fred Gerbic, politician (died 1995) 15 March – Roger Green, archaeologist (died 2009) 16 March – Frank Albrechtsen, association footballer 19 March – Ernest Wainscott, cricket umpire 24 March – Peter Jones, rugby union player (died 1994) 2 April – Joan Fear, painter (died 2022) 3 April – John Hooker, novelist (died 2008) 13 April – Robert Long, cricketer (died 2010) 20 April – Farquhar Wilkinson, cellist (died 2022) May–June 1 May – Keith Mann, fencer, sports administrator (died 2021) 5 May – John Cunneen, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2010) 7 May – Krystyna Tomaszyk, writer, social activist (died 2020) 12 May – Tom Kneebone, cabaret performer, actor (died 2003) 13 May Jan Anderson, plant scientist (died 2015) Thomas Flaws, cricketer (died 2021) 21 May – Binney Lock, journalist, newspaper editor (died 2014) 23 May Jack Foster, athlete (died 2004) David Stenhouse, biologist, philosopher (died