in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1931 films Sport Chess The 40th National Chess Championship was held in Rotorua, and was won by A.W. Gyles of Wellington. Golf The 21st New Zealand Open championship was won by Andrew Shaw, his 4th win. The 35th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch Men: Rana Wagg (Hutt) Women: Miss B. Gaisford Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Harold Logan Auckland Trotting Cup – Royal Silk Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Spearful Avondale Gold Cup – Little Doubt Auckland Cup – Admiral Drake Wellington Cup – Stanchion New Zealand Derby – Bronze Eagle Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland. Men's singles champion – N.C. Bell (Hamilton Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – H.G. Loveridge, R.N. Pilkington (skip) (Hamilton Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – J.D. Best, A.J.H. Gregory, H. Gardiner, G.A. Deare (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club) Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team Rugby Union :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, :Category:All Blacks Ranfurly Shield Soccer 1931 Chatham Cup won by Tramurewa (Auckland) Provincial league champions: Auckland: Thistle Canterbury: Rangers, Nomads (shared) Hawke's Bay: National Tobacco Nelson: Hospital Otago: HSOB Southland: Rangers Taranaki: Hawera, Albion (shared) Waikato: Rotowaro Wanganui: KP's Wellington: Petone Births January 1 January – Inez Kingi, health advocate 2 January – Ritchie Johnston, cyclist 12 January – Bert Ormond, association footballer 14 January – Norm Wilson, cricketer 19 January – Pat Hunt, politician 20 January – Allan Tong, rower 23 January – Gordon McLauchlan, author 30 January – Doug Wilson, rugby union player February 1 February – Nicholas Tarling, historian 10 February – Keith Bagley, rugby union player 14 February – Peter Wardle, botanist 15 February – Lloyd Ashby, rugby union player 21 February Warren Dibble, poet, playwright Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, Māori leader 22 February – Bryce Postles, cricketer March 4 March – Don Jowett, athlete, rugby union player 5 March Ian Clarke, rugby union player Brian Fitzpatrick, rugby union player 9 March – Jack Lasenby, children's author 10 March – Colin Loader, rugby union player 11 March – Colin Jillings, Thoroughbred racehorse trainer 19 March – Cliff Skeggs, businessman, politician, mayor of Dunedin 31 March – Shirley Murray, hymn lyricist April 3 April – Elspeth Kennedy, sharebroker, community leader (died 2017) 4 April Eric Anderson, rugby union player and coach Catherine Tizard,