1905 in New Zealand

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

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Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:

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:[3]

Events
  • The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.[4]

Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature, Category:1905 books

Music

See: 1905 in music

Film

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

Sport

Association football
  • The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.[5]
    • 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 [6]

Golf
  • The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland [7]
    • 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.[8]

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:[11]

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

Births

Category:1905 births

Deaths

Category:1905 deaths

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See also

References
  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. "1905. DIARY OF EVENTS". The Evening Post. LXX (155). 30 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  5. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  6. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  8. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  9. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  12. DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein
  13. "Obituary". Otago Witness. 14 June 1905. p. 25.
  14. "Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

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