are held in Wellington. Men's singles champion – W.M. Parkhouse (Wellington Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – H.S. Maslin, M.J. Squire (skip) (Hawera Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – A.R. Hastings, R. McKenzie, J.M. Brackenridge, L.M. Naylor (skip) (Lyall Bay Bowling Club) Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Rugby union The Ranfurly Shield is retained by all season, with successful defences against: Ashburton County 31–7 21–3 8–5 23–14 13–3 15–15 6–3 36–0 Soccer The New Zealand national football team tours Australia: 20 May – Lose 0–5 vs New South Wales at Sydney 24 May – Win 1–0 vs South Coast at Bulli 27 May – Lose 1–7 vs Northern Districts at Newcastle 1 June – Lose 4–5 vs Ipswich / West Moreton at Ipswich 3 June – Win 5–1 vs Queensland at Brisbane 5 June – Lose 2–4 vs Australia at Brisbane 10 June – Draw 2–2 vs Australian XI at Newcastle 13 June – Lose 0–1 vs South Maitland at Cessnock 17 June – Lose 4–6 vs Australia at Sydney 21 June – Lose 2–3 vs Metropolis at Sydney 24 June – Lose 2–4 vs Australia at Sydney 26 June – Win 4–2 vs Granville at Granville 28 June – Lose 2–7 vs Gladesville-Ryde at Gladesville The Chatham Cup is won by Ponsonby who beat Millerton All Blacks 2–1 in the final. Provincial league champions: Auckland – Thistle Waikato – Rotowaro Taranaki – Albion Wanganui – Wanganui Athletic Hawke's Bay – Whakatu Wellington – Petone Nelson – Athletic Canterbury – Thistle Otago – Maori Hill Southland – Corinthians Births January 2 January – Ian Axford, space scientist 4 January – Desmond Digby, stage designer, book illustrator, painter 5 January – Archie Currie, field hockey player 9 January – John Morris, cricketer 18 January – Frank McMullen, rugby union player and referee February 14 February John Beedell, canoeist Mildred Sampson, long-distance runner 20 February – D. J. Cameron, journalist, sportswriter 21 February – Warren Cooper, politician 22 February – Alan Kirton, agricultural scientist March 7 March – Jay Epae, singer 8 March – Ronnie Moore, speedway rider 10 March – Patricia Bergquist, zoologist 11 March – Merv Smith, broadcaster 15 March – Ian McDonald, neurologist 18 March – John Kynoch, sports shooter 23 March – Helen Tippett, architect, academic 24 March – Trevor de Cleene, politician 26 March Ron Chippindale, aircraft accident investigator Henare te Ua, broadcaster 31