ROUGH RUGBY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1930, Page 8

ROUGH RUGBY.

WAIRARAPA PLAYER SENT TO HOSPITAL. The Greytown Standard thus refers to a match played at Carterton on Saturday: Clinton Stringfellow, the well-known Wairarapa representative footballer, was taken to the Greytown Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from concussion, as the outcome of a bump sustained while playing for Greytown against Carterton, at Carterton, on Saturday afternoon. Early in the game Stringfellow was injured and play was held up for a while. He con(linued in his place on the field, though later he was forced to rest on the sideline for several minutes. He pluckily saw the game out and as his memory seemed to be a blank lie was hurried away to the hospital for treatment.

After receiving the bump, Stringfellow went all to pieces in his play, and it is almost safe to say that, but for this accident, Carterton would never have won the match. The time at wl\ieh they scored was when Stringfellow was wandering aimlessly about the field and anywhere but in "his position as centre-threequarter. Only on one occasion did he show up after the bump, when his mind became temporarily normal.

The game throughout was noted for its roughness and on more than one occasion an All Black forward playing for Carterton was booed for unnecessary rough handling of opponents when on the ground. It has been said that the Carterton forwards play a hard game. They not only do this, but they mix it with a lot of unnecessary rough play and are welcome to all the wins they secure by these methods.

Upon inquiry this morning if was ascertained that Striugfellow was progressing satisfactorily and hoped to leave the hospital in the course of a day or two.