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1905 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Municipal elections are held on 27 April:

Events

  • The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.

Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

See: , 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand,

Sport

Association football

  • The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.
  • 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
  • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association
  • 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales
  • 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy
  • 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales
  • 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts
  • 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts
  • 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville
  • 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast
  • 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association
  • 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales

This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

Boxing

National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton)
  • Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin)
  • Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North)
  • Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin)
  • Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)

Chess

The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies

Golf

  • The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland
  • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title
  • Women: Miss A. Stephenson
  • Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Rugby

  • Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:

  • Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
  • Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
  • Otago: Kaitangata FC
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: Waitara
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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