FELL FROM BALCONY: AUSTRALIAN FULL-BACK INJURED
WHAKATANE, August 21.—(P.A.). —Brian Piper, a full-back with the Australian Rugby Team, received a compound-fracture of the upper right arm, and concussion when he fell 15 feet - from a hotel balcony to a concrete yard at 1.30 o’clock this morning. . This afternoon, Piper regained consciousness, and his condition is reported satisfactory. Piper and other members of the team had been to a dance, and had returned to their hotel. Missing one of. the party, Piper offered to go outside and look for him. Apparently he tripped on the top step or stepped off the end of a balcony, and missed the fire-escape steps. The team manager, Mr R. Walden, saw Piper at the hospital today. He said Piper seemed to be cheerful, but remembered nothing of the accident. He will be unable to play football again this season.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1949, Page 8
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