FOOTBALL.
MANAWATU V. SOUTHLAND. tPer Press Association.) Invercargill, lasi night. Afser a spoil of fine, dry weather, the conditions wore ideal “fer the first-football matoh, Maoawatu v. Southland, played to-day. There was brilliant sunshine, and the turf was in excellent order. ' The general opinion is that the match was the poorest exposition of interprovinoial, football seen here, the back play of both sides being characterised as only np to junior form. The forwards were evenly matched, the home team being rather better. The | visitors won the tosß, and played with a light wind and the sun behind them. Within two minutes Hanawatu had a try (scored against them by Clark, Lang making the other after thirty minutes’ play, tho spell ending: Southland 6. Rlanawatu nil. Of the second half nearly twenty
minutes were gone before Hewitt placed a penalty goal. The visitors prossed very hard on several occasions, and just oh call of time Hepburn, outpacing several of his opponents in a rush from hajf way, scored a try, the rnatoh ending in a draw. The visitors showed the best staying powers. A, MoMinn did not play in the second spell, baviDg injured tus leg. Kiusett took his place.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1523, 3 August 1905, Page 2
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