Five Footballers Injured At Spriggens Park On Saturday
Five footballers were injured while playing at Spriggens Park on Saturday afternoon. They were taken to the Wanganui Hospital, where one was admitted, the rest being discharged after an X-Ray examination and treatment. Admitted to hospital was IT. E. Cooper, 16 Koromiko Road, who fractured his left collar bone. Discharged after treatment were:— L. T. Cartwright, 32 Campbell Street, injury to the right foot; D. Comrie, 76 Bell Street, injury to left foot; R. Walker, 51 Gonville Avenue, suspected fracture of a finger on the right hand; J. Campion, Fordell, suspected fracture of a finger on the left hand. Campion was taken to hospital in a private car and the rest were conveyed by ambulance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 2 May 1949, Page 4
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