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Dominion Tournaments
In 1925 the New Zealand Cup was donated anonymously and this became the premier New Zealand basketball trophy. Four years later the president of the Canterbury Association donated the Annie Brown Cup for the runners-up in the Dominion Tournament. In 1932, when there were 15 associations affiliated, the Dominion Tournament was split into two grades. On this occasion, Mrs R. S. McInnes, the former President, donated the President's Cup for the winners of the second grade Tournament while the Hayhurst Cup was presented for the runners-up. In 1936, because of the increasing numbers of teams competing, a third grade competition was instituted, with the Kiwi Trophy for winners, and the Armstrong Shield for the runners-up. During the war many sub-associations went into recess and no Dominion Tournaments were held until 1945. By 1958 the third grade competition had grown unwieldy and it was decided to institute a fourth grade. The winners' trophy, the Allen Challenge Shield, was presented by the Rotorua Association, and the runners-up trophy, the Hastings Cup, was presented by the President of the Hawke's Bay Association. The following are the winners of the Dominion Tournament trophies since their inception:
DOMINION BASKETBALL TROPHY WINNERS First Grade |
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New Zealand Cup (Winner) | Annie Brown Cup (Runner-up) | |
1926–29 | Auckland | .. |
1930 | Auckland | Wellington |
1931 | Auckland (by challenge) | Wellington |
1932 | Otago | Wellington |
1933 | Auckland | Wellington |
1934 | Wellington | Canterbury |
1935 | Wellington | Otago |
1936 | Southland | Auckland |
1937 | Wellington | Auckland |
1938 | Wellington and Canterbury | Southland |
1939 | Wellington and Auckland | Southland |
1940 | Auckland | Wellington |
1941 | Hawke's Bay | Auckland |
1942–44 | No tournament | |
1945 | Canterbury | Otago |
1946 | Auckland and Manawatu | Canterbury |
1947 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1948 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1949 | Auckland | Canterbury |
1950 | Canterbury | Auckland and Tauranga |
1951 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1952 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1953 | Auckland | Canterbury |
1954 | Canterbury | Hawke's Bay and Auckland |
1955 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1956 | Canterbury | Hawke's Bay |
1957 | Auckland | Southland |
1958 | Southland | Canterbury |
1959 | Southland | Canterbury |
1960 | Canterbury | Auckland |
1961 | Canterbury and Otago | Auckland and Wellington |
1962 | Canterbury and Rotorua | Matamata |
1963 | Canterbury | Southland |
1964 | Rotorua | Southland |
Second Grade | ||
Precident's Shield (Winner) | Hayhurst Cup (Runner-up) | |
1932 | Ashburton | .. |
1933 | Waikato, Poverty Bay, and South Canterbury | Wairarapa |
1934 | Poverty Bay | Marlborough |
1935 | South Canterbury and Southland Minor | Ashburton |
1936 | South Canterbury | Taranaki |
1937 | Southland Minor | Ashburton and Hutt Valley |
1938 | South Canterbury | Southland Minor |
1939 | South Canterbury | Waikato |
1940 | Wanganui | Southland Minor |
1941 | Manawatu and Taranaki | Waikato and Poverty Bay |
1942–44 | No tournament | |
1945 | Manawatu | Rotorua |
1946 | Matamata | Hutt Valley and Horowhenua |
1947 | Tauranga | Waikato |
1948 | Tauranga | Taranaki |
1949 | Tauranga | Waikato |
1950 | S. Canterbury and Taranaki | Matamata |
1951 | Hutt Valley | S. Canterbury and Taranaki |
1952 | Rotorua | Hutt Valley |
1953 | Taranaki and Hutt Valley | Ashburton, South Canterbury and Matamata |
1954 | Rotorua | Hutt Valley and Taranaki |
1955 | Southland Minor | South Canterbury |
1956 | Hutt Valley | South Canterbury |
1957 | Wanganui and Taranaki | Manawatu and Tauranga |
1958 | Matamata | Tauranga |
1959 | Manawatu | Wellington |
1960 | Wellington | Hutt Valley |
1961 | Matamata | Tauranga |
1962 | Manawatu | Northland |
1963 | Northland | Auckland Minor and Waikato |
1964 | Wanganui | Hutt Valley |
Third Grade | ||
Kiwi Trophy (Winner) | Armstrong Shield (Runner-up) | |
1937 | Wairoa | West Coast |
1938 | Bush | West Coast and Wanganui |
1939 | Wanganui | West Coast |
1940 | Marlborough | Wairoa |
1941 | Matamata | Rotorua and Bay of Plenty |
1942–44 | No tournament | .. |
1945 | Wairoa and Horowhenua | Tauranga |
1946 | Tauranga | Nelson |
1947 | Nelson | Marlborough |
1948 | Marlborough and West Coast | Wairarapa |
1949 | Marlborough | Canterbury Minor |
1950 | Thames Valley | Temuka |
1951 | No tournament | .. |
1952 | Canterbury Minor | Northland |
1953 | Canterbury Minor | Northland and Hokitika |
1954 | Wellington Minor | Northland |
1955 | Northland and Canterbury Sub-associations | Temuka and South Auckland |
1956 | Eastern Bay of Plenty | Te Kawau |
1957 | Te Kawau | Ashburton |
1958 | Ashburton, Canterbury Sub-associations, South Auckland, Thames Valley | Poverty Bay |
1959 | Wairarapa | Thames Valley |
1960 | Ashburton | Canterbury Sub-associations |
1961 | Ashburton | Temuka |
1962 | Auckland Minor and Canterbury Sub-assoc. | Putaruru |
1963 | West Coast | Putaruru equal Thames Valley |
1964 | Thames Valley | Eastern Bay of Plenty |
Fourth Grade | ||
Allen Challenge Shield (Winner) | Hastings Cup (Runner-up) | |
1958 | Taranaki Minor | Auckland Minor and North Otago |
1959 | North Otago and Temuka | Poverty Bay East Coast and Otago Minor |
1960 | North Otago | Auckland Minor and Central King Country |
1961 | Auckland Minor | Hutt Valley Minor and Otago Minor |
1962 | Central King Country | Hutt Valley Minor |
1963 | North Otago | Otago Minor |
1964 | Hutt Valley Minor | Marlborough |