MEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS 1939 — 2015 FIFTH EDITION — 2015 INTRODUCTION The following pages contain, as far as I can ascertain, the winners and runners-up of all Men's and Boys' New Zealand domestic competitions since the inception of our sport up until the completion of the most recent season. At this time I have not been able to document all runners-up prior to 1958, but hopefully some of that information will become available in due course. Remember, too, that between 1945 and 1949 the Beatty Cup was decided on a challenge basis. Earlier listings of the various championship winners have generally been assembled under a trophy banner, ie winners of the Beatty Cup or the Bensel Cup. While that method served the purpose admirably at the time, changes — notably sponsorship and different tournament formats — make that approach, in my opinion, more cumbersome. Many trophies were re-allocated and sometimes superceded, and on occasions reappeared in a different role, which sometimes made it difficult to follow just what competition/format they were being awarded to. I have therefore opted to list competitions continuously from the beginning until, in some cases, they were eventually discontinued altogether and note, as best I can, the various stages trophies were awarded or discarded. With most age-group categories I have added explanatory notes, which hopefully make clearer the evolution of the various grades. These days our "official records" largely ignore the days before Under-19, Under-17 and Under-15 grades, but I think it is important to ensure the records are maintained as accurately as possible right from the beginning of those grades which played such a huge part in building our sport in the '60s. For this updated Second and subsequent editions of the records I have added all relevant individual batting records covering all grades from the time I have been able to establish they were first awarded. In some cases awards initially carried tournament sponsors' names, but with lack of clarity around later award names I have opted, in most cases, to not record the trophy name. Batting records follow on immediately after their relevant tournament category. Also, on the last page, I have included records of the New Zealand Players of the Year from their inception as the Bank of New South Wales awards in the 1968-69 season. Unfortunately tracing the winners has not been as clearcut as it probably should have been because of the haphazard way of recording resuts in annual reports when awards were often not able to be published prior to their presentation and subsequent listings recorded the wrong year. Consequently we cannot establish, with certainty, the 1982-83 and 1983-84 winners when John Vaughan & Co had the naming rights. Their involvement with the "Player of the Year" awards should not be confused with their sponsorship of "Player of the Tournament" awards in the same years. Any information welcome. While I've tried to ensure the accuracy of these records by double checking wherever there was a doubt, I'll be surprised if there is not a slip-up somewhere. In a few places listings vary from previously published records and where I have come across a conflict I have referred to NZSA annual reports, old programmes or newspaper reports and even my own favourite publication, "Softball Scene". However, I am keen to receive feedback from anyone who can enhance the accuracy of this material. In the interests of brevity I have opted to assemble men's and women's records in separate documents, both of which I have forwarded to you. I have also chosen to colour code the two genders to save any confusion and accordingly RED denotes Women's and Girls' grades, while GREEN identifies Men's and Boys' grades. Note that the identifying colour also denotes the beginning of a new grade, while the colour Black marks a change in name/classification/age within that section. Example UNDER 19 BOYS and SENIOR SCHOOLBOYS. Records compiled by GRAHAM LATTA 156 Metzger Street, Invercargill Phone 03 216 6331 and 0276 177 680 Email: [email protected] August 2015 2 INTERPROVINCIAL MEN BEATTY CUP Year Winner Venue Runner-up 1939 Canterbury Wellington 1940 Auckland Wellington 1941-44 No competition 1945* Auckland Wellington 1946* Wellington Auckland 1947* Hutt Valley Wellington 1948* Auckland Lower Hutt 1948* Wanganui Auckland 1949* Wellington Wanganui 1949* Auckland Wanganui 1950 Auckland Wellington 1951 Auckland Te Kuiti 1952 Auckland Auckland 1953 Auckland Lower Hutt 1954 Hutt Valley Invercargill Auckland 1955 Wellington Hastings Auckland 1956 Wellington Wellington 1957 Wellington Christchurch 1958 Hutt Valley Auckland Auckland 1959 Auckland Lower Hutt Waikato 1960 Wellington Dunedin Hutt Valley 1961 Auckland Rotorua Wellington 1962 Hutt Valley Wanganui Wellington 1963 Hutt Valley Invercargill Wellington 1964 Hutt Valley Hamilton Auckland 1965 Hutt Valley Palmerston North Wellington 1966 Hutt Valley Wellington Wellington 1967 Hutt Valley Christchurch Wellington 1968 Wellington Auckland Hutt Valley 1969 Wellington Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1970 Wellington Invercargill Hutt Valley 1971 Wellington Wellington Hutt Valley 1972 Hutt Valley Auckland Wellington 1973 Hutt Valley Dunedin Wellington 1974 Hutt Valley and Lower Hutt Wellington joint 1975 Hutt Valley Hastings Wellington ROTHMANS CUP / TROPHY 1976 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1977 Wellington Wellington Auckland 1978 Hutt Valley Hamilton Auckland 1979 Hutt Valley Palmerston North Wellington 1980 Waikato Invercargill Wellington 1981 Hutt Valley Auckland Wellington 1982 Wellington Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1983 Wellington Dunedin Canterbury 1984 Auckland Hastings Hutt Valley 1985 Hutt Valley Porirua Auckland 1986 Hutt Valley Christchurch Auckland 3 1987 Hutt Valley Hamilton Wellington ALF & FAY WHELAN CUP Runner-up 1988 Auckland Albany Wellington WINFIELD CUP 1989 Wellington Invercargill Hutt Valley 1990 Hutt Valley Palmerston North Canterbury 1991 Wellington Auckland Auckland 1992 Wellington Lower Hutt Hutt Valley 1993 Wellington Dunedin Canterbury 1994 Wellington Wellington Hutt Valley 1995 Auckland Hamilton Wellington SMOKEFREE CUP 1996 Wellington Christchurch Auckland 1997 Canterbury Hastings Auckland 1998 Hutt Valley Albany Wellington 1999 Hutt Valley Invercargill Wellington 2000 Hutt Valley Lower Hutt Wellington 2001 Wellington Auckland Auckland 2002 Auckland Christchurch Hutt Valley NZCT PROVINCIAL CUP (National League protected players ineligible) 2003 Hutt Valley Nelson Wellington 2004 Rotorua Wanganui Wellington 2005 Wellington Rotorua Hutt Valley 2006 Hutt Valley Palmerston North Wellington 2007 Not played (allocated to Southland, insufficient entries) 2008 Hutt Valley Auckland Wellington 2009 Discontinued * Challenge games INTERPROVINCIAL MEN, "B" SECTION HEADIFEN TROPHY Year Winner Venue Runner-up 1966+ Marlborough Wellington Waikato 1967 Southland Christchurch Canterbury 1968 Canterbury Auckland Manawatu 1969 Otago Lower Hutt Canterbury 1970 Otago Invercargill Canterbury 1971 Hawke's Bay Wellington Canterbury 1972 Waikato Auckland Manawatu 1973 Southland Dunedin Hawke's Bay 1974 Wakato Lower Hutt Nelson 1975 Southland Hastings Manawatu 1976 Counties Christchuch Manawatu 1977 Otago Wellington Southland 1978 Otago Hamilton Combined Services 1979 Canterbury Palmerston North Hawke's Bay 1980 Counties Invercargill Southland 1981 North Shore Auckland Nelson 1982 Southland Lower Hutt Nelson 1983 Otago Dunedin N.Z. Services 1984 Hawke's Bay Hastings Manawatu 1985 Counties Wellington Wellington "B" 4 1986 Manawatu Christchurch Nelson + Headifen and Ed Barr winners wrong way around in NZSA Annual Report. WINNER SECOND DIVISION (1987) 1987 North Shore Hamilton Canterbury 1988 Hawke's Bay Albany Manawatu (In 1988 trophy awarded to top placed team in lower division (teams 7-12) in Section A after first round. Council Cup awarded to winner of further round robin by same six teams (Second Division). Various formulas were used to decide winner at subsequent tournaments. WINNER SECOND DIVISION 1989 Canterbury Invercargill Nelson (16 entries) 1990 Nelson Palmerston North Wanganui (Teams 7-14 after double elimination) 1991 Waikato Auckland Combined Services (11 entries) 1992 Waikato Lower Hutt Nelson (12 entries) 1993 NZ Comb Services Dunedin Auckland (10 entries) (Teams 5-7 played double round robin after all entrants played full round) 1994 North Harbour Wellington Combined Services (12 entries) (Teams 5-8 played round robin after all entrants played full round) 1995 Canterbury Hamilton North Harbour (10 entries) (Teams 5-7 played round robin after all entrants played full round) 1996 West Coast Christchurch Southland (13 entries inc. Australia) (Teams 7-9 played round robin after all entrants played full round). Australia did not play in final playoffs. 1997 Wellington Hastings Nelson (12 entries, 2 AK, 2 HV) (Teams 5-8 played round robin after all entrants played full round) HEADIFEN AWARD 1998 North Harbour Albany Auckland (10 entries) (Teams 4-10 played round robin after all entrants played full round) 1999 Not contested Invercargill (5 entries) 2000 Canterbury Lower Hutt Wellington "A" (11 entries) (Teams 5-8 played round robin after all entrants played full round) 2001 Not contested Auckland (9 entries) 2002 Discontinued (NPC begins) INTERPROVINCIAL MEN, "C" SECTION ED BARR CUP Year Winner Venue Runner-up 1966+ Canterbury Wellington RNZAF 1967 NZ Army Christchurch RNZAF 1968 NZ Army Auckland Bay of Plenty 1969 Nelson Lower Hutt N.Z. Navy 1970 NZ Army Invercargill RNZAF 1971 Manawatu