FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1158, 20 June 1911, Page 4

FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS.

-c> MANY BROKEN BONES AT AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph,—Special Correspondents Auckland, June 19. The outdoor sports on Saturday were responsible for a number of serious accidents, several cases of broken bones being the result. There was quite a chapter ot' accidents at Alexandra Park. Two members of the City Club's third grade team received injuries which necessitated their removal to tho hospital. V. Tonilinson sustained a fractured leg, and A. Hodgson a broken jaw. The . Newton fiftii grade team also lost two members. Lynch severely strained his leg, and Graham received injuries which prevented him from taking any further part in the game. W./A. Gray, of the University senior team, injured his knee, aud had to retire, and D. Miller, of the Grafton senior team, also had his leg injured, and took no further part in the game. Dr. Stride attended to the sufferers. In the Association game of football, A. Can toll, goalkeeper for the Uverton first division team, had his collarbone broken at the Devonport Domain. His injury was attended to by Dr. Atkinson, and valuable assistance was rendered by Messrs. "Williams and Chalmers, of North Shore. The Northern Union game was responsible for two injuries, Waripuki and V cston, of the North Shore Albion team, having to leave the. field, the former through injuries to his face and tho latter because of a sprained ankle. \t the Renmera hockey ground two players in the University-Auckland match were injured.