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A CRACKED SHIN.

HOCKET BEP. INJURED ' PLAYED IN LATER MATCH. . (By Telegraph.—Preee Association.) . GHRISTCHURGH, Saturday. As , the r«8 : ult of a knock on the shin, Harold Bell, the Selwyn and Canterbury i-.bpreseiitatiTe hockey player, hae been admitted to the Oirietchjircli Hospital with a broken leg; The injury waS received, iii the tournament on Tuesday, September 2. but little was tßoiight of it at the time. On the foiiowing Thursday he played again* though "suffering a good deal of pain-. He took the flfeld for ,the final round 6h : Saturday, September 6, but after a fetf minutes collapsed an<l had to be earriea Off; . A remarkable feature of the accident is that Bell remained active for almost five days, and played two hockeymatches in spite of the fact thai nil shiabone. had been badly cracked.

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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 15

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A CRACKED SHIN. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 15

A CRACKED SHIN. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 15