MANAWHENUA COLLAPSES.

Shannon News, 29 September 1925, Page 3

MANAWHENUA COLLAPSES.

AFTER LEADING AT INTERVAL. WELLINGTON, Sept. 27. Before a small attendance, the Wellington rep team defeated the combined Manawatu-Horowhenua team by 38 to 12. Wellington lacked many prominent players that were included in the team defeated by Auckland. The standard of play was not of a hightorder. The visitors had the better -of the game in the first spell, in which they were assisted by the wind and sun.

At half time, they led ■ 12-6, but in the second half, they fell to pieces, particularly in the latter stages, when they appeared to become demoralised. Wellington was thus enabled to run up a big score. The local forwards made the game loose in the final stages and put in some effective combined work, winch resulted in several tries being scored. The Manawhenua) scorers were: McLean (2), and Anderson tries? Jacob, a penalty goal. Brophy sprained an ankle, five minutes after starting, but painfully limped through the game. WELLINGTON, v. MAN AWATU~HOROWHEINUA. Only four games had been played between Wellington and combined Manawatu-Horowhenua teams. Of these three were in Wellington’s favour, and one a decisive victory for the combined team (58 to 6 in 1921). The Man aw at u and .Horowhenua Unions were recently amalgamated, and since then the new union had played three games up to, Saturday—v. Southland (lost 12-28), v. Taranaki (lost 7-9), v. Wanganui (won 18-17). Wellington have met Manawatu on 17 occasions between 1887 and 1923, winning 14, losing 2, and drawing 1. In the period from 1900 to 1920, Wellington met Horoiwhenua eleven times Wellington scoring 8 wins and Horowhenua 3.