Sport 1898 in New Zealand




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 (1897/98)


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:



100 yards — george smith (auckland)
250 yards — alfred j. patrick (wellington)
440 yards — r. oliphant (auckland)
880 yards — h. c. garsia (canterbury)
1 mile — s. pentecost (canterbury)
3 miles — s. pentecost (canterbury)
120 yards hurdles — arthur h. holder (wanganui)
440 yards hurdles — george smith (auckland)
long jump — alan (wanganui)
high jump — hugh (wanganui)
pole vault — hori eruera (auckland)
shot put — hugh (wanganui)
hammer throw — j. skinner (auckland)

chess

national champion:



cricket
golf

the national amateur championships held in christchurch



men — w. pryde (hutt)
women — k. rattray (otago)

horse racing
harness racing

auckland trotting cup (over 2 miles) won duke c.

thoroughbred racing

new zealand cup — tirant d’eau
new zealand derby — altair
auckland cup — uhlan
wellington cup — uniform

season leaders (1897/98)

top new zealand stakes earner — multiform
leading flat jockey — w. brown

lawn bowls

national champions



singles — w. mcilwrick (dunedin)
pairs — c. nicholson , w. mclaren (skip) (kaitangata)
fours — w. cowie, c. fynmore, m. sinclair , a. gillies (skip) (dunedin)

polo

savile cup winners — oroua

rowing

national champions (men)



single sculls — j. mcgrath (otago)
double sculls — otago
coxless pairs — wellington
coxed fours — picton

rugby union

provincial club rugby champions include:



see category:rugby union in new zealand

shooting

ballinger belt — private j. mcgregor (oamaru rifles)


soccer

provincial league champions:



auckland: auckland united
otago: wakari dunedin
wellington: wellington rovers

swimming

national champions (men)



100 yards frestyle — a. truscott (canterbury)
440 yards frestyle — c. rich (canterbury)

tennis

national champions



men s singles — j. hooper
women s singles — kathleen nunneley
men s doubles — h. parker , c. gore
women s doubles — kathleen nunneley , e. kennedy




^ national athletics champions, men
^ 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 2009-02-13. 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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