TWO SENT OFF
Rugbv Matches
At Oamaru
(,V.Z. Press Association) DUNEDIN. June 17
Two players were ordered off in Rugby matches at Oamaru on Saturday. One of the incidents resulted in a schoolboy being sent to hospital with concussion. In a fifth grade match between St. Kevin's A and Waitaki B. the referee, Mr J A. Bennett, ordered a St Kevin's boy from the field after a blow had been struck.
An injured Waitaki boy. W. Winslade. was sent to Oamaru Hospital where he remained on Saturday night under observataion. There was a sensation In the main senior match, between Union and Excelsior, when the Excelsior captain and hooker. R B. Lewis, was ordered off after an incident involving a Union forward St. John Ambulance men had a busy day. Officers attended 18 injured players at the Oamaru Show Grounds, one of whom, an Otematata senior plaver. was sent to hospital. Three others were taken to a doctor for treatment.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29851, 18 June 1962, Page 12
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