Sport 1897 in New Zealand

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1 sport

1.1 athletics
1.2 chess
1.3 cricket
1.4 golf
1.5 horse racing

1.5.1 harness racing
1.5.2 thoroughbred racing
1.5.3 season leaders (1896/97)


1.6 lawn bowls
1.7 polo
1.8 rowing
1.9 rugby union
1.10 shooting
1.11 soccer
1.12 swimming
1.13 tennis





sport
athletics

national champions, men arthur holder first athlete win 4 titles @ single championships (he second in 100 yards).



100 yards — alfred j. patrick (wellington)
250 yards — arthur h. holder (wanganui)
440 yards — arthur h. holder (wanganui)
880 yards — james mckean (auckland)
1 mile — james mckean (auckland)
3 miles — e. reynolds (auckland)
120 yards hurdles — arthur h. holder (wanganui)
440 yards hurdles — arthur h. holder (wanganui)
long jump — leonard cuff (canterbury)
high jump — c. laurie (auckland)
pole vault — tie jimmy te paa (auckland) , hori eruera (auckland)
shot put — timothy b. o’connor (auckland)
hammer throw — j. callender (auckland)

chess

national champion: r.j. barnes of wellington.


cricket
golf

the national amateur championships held in auckland



men — d. pryde (hutt)
women — l. wilford (hutt)

horse racing
harness racing

auckland trotting cup (over 2 miles) won awahuri

thoroughbred racing

new zealand cup — waiuku
new zealand derby — multiform
auckland cup — antares
wellington cup — strath braan

season leaders (1896/97)

top new zealand stakes earner — multiform
leading flat jockey — r. derrett

lawn bowls

national champions



singles — w. mclaren (kaitangata)
pairs — w. cowie , w. thomson (skip) (dunedin)
fours — h. nalder, w. thomas, r. struthers , h. thomson (skip) (christchurch)

polo

savile cup winners — manawatu

rowing

national champions (men)



single sculls — c. chapman (wairewa)
double sculls — wairewa, little river
coxless pairs — picton
coxed fours — queen’s dr, port chalmers

rugby union

1897 new zealand rugby union tour of australia

provincial club rugby champions include:



see category:rugby union in new zealand

shooting

ballinger belt — private a. ballinger (wellington guards)


soccer

provincial league champions:



auckland: auckland united
otago: roslyn dunedin
wellington: wellington swifts

swimming

national champions (men)



100 yards frestyle — t. wauchop (canterbury)
220 yards frestyle — w. stratton (canterbury)

tennis

national championships



men s singles — j. marshall
women s singles — kathleen nunneley
men s doubles — h. parker , c. gore
women s doubles — kathleen nunneley , t. trimmell




^ heidenstrom, p. (1992) athletes of century. wellington: gp publications. isbn 1-86956-044-2
^ list of new zealand chess champions archived 14 october 2008 @ wayback machine.
^ edited a. h. mclintock (1966). men s golf — national champions . encyclopaedia of new zealand. te ara — encyclopedia of new zealand. retrieved 13 february 2009. cs1 maint: text: authors list (link)
^ auckland trotting cup @ hrnz.co.nz archived 17 june 2009 @ wayback machine.
^ new zealand bowling association @ time consists entirely of south island clubs, first national championships not deemed have begun until 1914.
^ new zealand: list of champions . rec.sport.soccer statistics foundation. 1999. 






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