held in Auckland, and was won by G.G. Haase of Dunedin. Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lordship defeats Cardigan Bay in a rain-affected race Auckland Trotting Cup – Dandy Briar Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch. Men's singles champion – Jeff Barron (Miramar Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – Frank Livingstone, Bob McDonald (skip) (Onehunga Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – W. Humphreys, S. Barlow, H.W. Todd, R. Brown (skip) (Marlborough Bowling Club) Soccer The Chatham Cup is won by Hamilton Technical Old Boys who beat Northern of Dunedin 4–1 in the final. Provincial league champions: Auckland: Eastern Suburbs AFC Bay of Plenty: Rangers Buller: Waimangaroa Utd Canterbury: Western Franklin: Manurewa AFC Hawke's Bay: Napier Rovers Manawatu: Thistle Marlborough: Woodbourne Nelson: Rangers Northland: Otangarei United Otago: Northern AFC Poverty Bay: Eastern Union South Canterbury: Thistle Southland: Invercargill Thistle Taranaki: Moturoa Waikato: Hamilton Technical OB Wairarapa: Lansdowne United Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic Wellington: Northern West Coast: Runanga The inaugural Rothmans Cup was played between the champion clubs from Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago as a de facto national championship. The final was won by Northern AFC of Dunedin 3-2 on aggregate. Births 12 January (in England): Terry Wiles, thalidomide survivor. 4 February: Frank Bunce, rugby union player. 17 February: Tony Blain, cricketer. 1 March: Russell Coutts, yachtsman. 4 March: John Young, composer. 15 March: Trevor Franklin, cricketer. 6 June: Grant Fox, rugby player. 8 June: John Cutler, yachtsman. 16 June Jonathan Temm, lawyer. 22 July: Rena Owen, actress. 5 August: Richard de Groen, cricketer. 13 September: Brian Fowler, cyclist. 21 September: Kelly Evernden, tennis player. 22 September: Martin Crowe, cricketer. 27 September: Gavin Larsen, cricketer. 9 October: Paul Radisich, racing driver. 12 October: Mark S. Olsen, painter. 7 November: Debbie Hockley, cricketer. 29 December: Wynton Rufer, soccer player. Tim Chadwick, artist and writer. Jon Stevens, singer. :Category:1962 births Deaths 26 April: Jerry Skinner, Labour politician. 20 June John Houston, historian and writer. 14 July: Janet Mackenzie, New Zealand teacher 18 July: G. H. Cunningham, mycologist and plant pathologist. 18 September: Clyde Carr, Labour politician. 8 October: Donald Charles Cameron, Mayor of Dunedin 20 October: Cora Louisa Burrell, politician (MLC). 28 October: Bill Schramm, Labour politician and 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives. See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history