The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin. Men's singles champion – Stanley Snedden (Linwood Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – E.H. Taylor, Pete Skoglund (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – H. Roy, J. Scott, B. Moore, Bill O'Neill (skip) (Carlton Bowling Club) Olympic Games Summer Olympics New Zealand enters 38 competitors in nine sports, winning two gold (Peter Snell – Athletics, Men's 800m, Murray Halberg – Athletics, Men's 5,000m) and one bronze (Barry Magee – Athletics, Men's Marathon) medals. Winter Olympics New Zealand enters the Winter Olympics for the second time, with a team of four competitors. Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Rugby League World Cup Rugby union The All Blacks toured South Africa, losing the four-test series 2–1 with one game drawn. 25 June, Ellis Park, Johannesburg: New Zealand 0 – 13 South Africa 23 July, Newlands, Cape Town: New Zealand 11 – 3 South Africa 13 Aug, Free State Stadium, Blomfontein: New Zealand 11 – 11 South Africa 27 August, Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth: New Zealand 3 – 8 South Ranfurly Shield: Auckland managed successful defences against Thames Valley (22-6) and Counties (14-3) before losing to North Auckland, 17–11. North Auckland managed to defend the shield against Poverty Bay, (24-3) before losing 3-6 to Auckland. Auckland held the shield for the remainder of the season, beating Manawatu (31-8), Bay of Plenty (9-6), Wellington (22-9), Taranaki (25-6) and Canterbury (19-18). Soccer The national men's team made a short tour to Tahiti. 5 September, Papeete: NZ 5 – 1 Tahiti 8 September, Papeete: NZ 8 – 0 Tahiti Juniors 12 September, Papeete: NZ 2 – 1 Tahiti Chatham Cup won by North Shore United, who beat Technical Old Boys (of Christchurch) 5–3 in the final. Provincial league champions: Auckland: North Shore United Bay of Plenty: Kahukura Buller: Waimangaroa United Canterbury: Western Franklin: Papatoetoe Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers Manawatu: Kiwi United Marlborough: Woodbourne Nelson: Athletic Northland: Otangarei United Otago: Northern AFC Poverty Bay: Eastern Union South Canterbury: Thistle Southland: Invercargill Thistle Taranaki: Moturoa Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB Wairarapa: YMCA Wanganui: Blue Rovers Wellington: Railways West Coast: Cobden-Kohinoor Births 21 January: Phil Horne, cricketer 15 February: Michael James "Jock" Hobbs, rugby player and administrator 6 April: Richard Loe, rugby player 10 April – Rex Wilson, long-distance runner 2 May – Rhys Jones, New Zealand Army officer 14 May: Frank Nobilo, golfer 7 June: Lianne