sentences:  In Christchurch in 1906, of a small field of 10 players, only two Australians attended and the tournament was won by a New Zealander.The first tournaments of the Australasian Championships suffered from the competition of the other Australasian tournaments.Before 1905, all Australian states and New Zealand had their own championships, the first organised in 1880 in Melbourne and called the Championship of the Colony of Victoria (later the Championship of Victoria).