1920 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1920 in New Zealand.

1920 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament commences, with the Reform Party in Government

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1920 in art, 1920 in literature, Category:1920 books

Music

See: 1920 in music

Film

See: Category:1920 film awards, 1920 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1920 films

Sport

Chess

  • The 29th National Chess Championship, held in Wellington, is won by W. E. Mason of Wellington, his fifth title.[4]

Cricket

Football

  • Provincial league champions:[5]
    • Auckland – YMCA
    • Canterbury – Nomads
    • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
    • Otago – Kaitangata FC
    • Southland – No competition
    • Wanganui – Eastbrooke
    • Wellington – Wellington Thistle

Golf

  • The 10th New Zealand Open championship is won by J. H. Kirkwood[6]
  • The 24th National Amateur Championships are held in Hamilton:[7]
    • Men – Sloan Morpeth (Hamilton)
    • Women – N. E. Wright (her second title)

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[11]

  • Men's singles champion – E. Harraway (Dunedin Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – J. Turnbull, W. Spiller (skip) (Sydenham Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – H. Brookfield, F.L. Anderson, H.F. Tilley, A.P. London (skip) (Wanganui Bowling Club)

Olympic games

 Gold Silver BronzeTotal
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Rugby league

Rugby union

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Exact date unknown

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

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. "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
  4. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  6. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. A. H. McLintock, ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  8. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  9. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  11. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  12. Palenski, R. and Lambert, M. The New Zealand Almanac, 1982. Moa Almanac Press. ISBN 0-908570-55-4

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