1885 in New Zealand

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Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1885 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government and law

The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Main centre leaders

Events

Sport

Horse racing

  • New Zealand Cup winner: Fusilade
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Stonyhurst
  • Auckland Cup winner: Nelson (Australian owned)
  • Wellington Cup winner: Mahaki
see also Category:Horse racing in New Zealand.

Rowing

The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington.[4]

Rugby union

The Nelson union is formed.[5] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

Births

Deaths

See also

References

General
  • Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
Specific
  1. ↑ "SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885". Te Aroha News. 30 May 1885.
  2. ↑ "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "The 1885 New Zealand Industrial Exhibition - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "History of Wellington Rowing Club". Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  5. ↑ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  6. ↑ Vaney, Neil. "William John Larkin". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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