Cup – Gold Jacket Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Oratrix Avondale Gold Cup – Bisox Auckland Cup – Corinax Wellington Cup – Star Stranger New Zealand Derby – Nightmarch Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch. Men's singles champion – J. Scott (Caledonian Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – D. Dumphy, G. Logan (skip) (Maitai Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – F. Kettle, V. Langley, D. Hutchison, W. Foster (skip) (Caledonian Bowling Club) Olympic Games Ted Morgan wins a gold medal in boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, becoming the first New Zealander to win an individual Olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand. Rugby :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:New Zealand international rugby union players Ranfurly Shield. The season started with Canterbury holding the shield, and they defended it against South Canterbury (29-9) before losing it to Wairarapa (7-8). Wairarapa held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Bush (57-11), Marlborough (26-8), Wellington (9-3) and Manawhenua (31-10). Rugby league Tour of New Zealand by Great Britain, who win the test series 2-1 1st Test, Dunedin, GB 6-5 2nd Test, Christchurch, GB 13 - 5 3rd test, Auckland, NZ 17 - 13 Soccer 1928 Chatham Cup won by Petone Provincial league champions: Auckland: Tramways Canterbury: Western Hawke's Bay: Napier Rangers Nelson: Athletic Otago: Maori Hill South Canterbury: Colmoco Southland: Corinthians Taranaki: Caledonian Waikato: Pukemiro Junction Wanganui: KP's Wellington: YMCA Births January 4 January – Tom Ah Chee, businessman 19 January – Dorothy Jelicich, trade unionist, politician 21 January – Ron Scott, sports administrator February 1 February – John Dawson, botanist 3 February – Bill Crump, cricketer 5 February – Iain Campbell, cricketer, schoolteacher 15 February – David Hall, chemist 16 February – Murray Muir, cricketer 17 February – Larry Savage, rugby union player 19 February – Marti Friedlander, photographer 26 February – Douglas St. John, cricketer 27 February – Yvonne Cartier, ballet dancer and instructor, mime 29 February Ed Latter, politician Alan Loveday, violinist March 2 March – Don Richardson, musical arranger, producer and promoter, bandleader 16 March Johnny Dodd, rugby league player Leslie Swindale, soil scientist 17 March – Patricia Bartlett, pro-censorship activist 21 March – Boyce Richardson, journalist, author, filmmaker 22 March – Peter Malone, veterinary surgeon, politician 23 March – Allan Hubbard, businessman 31 March Herbert Familton, alpine skier Maurice Goodall, Anglican bishop April 3 April