INJURED PLAYERS
TO CONTINUE TOUR
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, August 15. Prompt medical attention ensured the continuance of the tour to England by the two Australian Rugby League representatives1' forwards, Sydney A. Pearce and James Gibbs, both aged 26, who received fractures of the leg and ribs respectively in the Test match against the New Zealand team at Carlaw Park on Saturday. Rushed to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital in ambulances, the injured players were able to leave with their team-mates on the Arawa for England. While running down the sideline to tackle the New Zealand full-back, George Nepia, Pearce fell heavily, being thrown over Nepia's head as this player turned his back and sank quickly to the ground. As a result Pearce received a compound fracture of the left leg, which had to be set in plaster of paris. Only four hours elapsed between the time of the accident and his being driven back to tha ship in the ambulance, which also supplied him' with crutches.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 40, 16 August 1937, Page 15
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