ACCIDENT TO THE ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS.
(per press association)
Dunedin, September 26. fhe English football team met with ih Bco!dent to-day wh»ch might nave had serious results. With several others, they were driven out «o the Brlghtorj boaoh In a drag. Io returning, coming down a pinch into Green Inland the brake failed to hod, and the result was th%t the vehicle waa capped over the the bank, smashing through a fenoe ond rolling into au adjoining paddook. A number of the occapantß jumped out, but others were unable to get dear and were thrown heavily on the gound, bat fortunately all euoaped with .alight lnjurioe, though esospes were almost miraculous Harper, of iNefson, Bpralned his wrlßt ; Has'am, the EagUah player, had his hend cut. Lilly white wae pitohed fully ten yards and reoelved a severe shaking. Tno harnees was a good deal broken, and one of the four horaes reoelved a severe wquud In orathlng through the fence. Tt\e driver plackl'y ntuok to his team, and so savQd aerloua co jsrqaeooea, The footballers cams baok to town m the train.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 2
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180ACCIDENT TO THE ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1954, 26 September 1888, Page 2
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