INJURED FOOTBALLERS
Three Springbcks Receive Treatment JOHNSON IN HOSPITAL \V. Johnson, the Hawke's Bay back row forward wlio left the field on a stretcher during the first half of AVednesday's mateb with South Africa, suifered a fracture of tho fibuja, and 3 govere gprain gf the aukle. He is at present in the Napier Publio Hospital, but is expeeted to make a quick yecovery, v Three of the Springboks did not travel by bus with the team to Gisborne yesterday morning, remaining behind for treatment to minor injuries and catching up their team mates by aeroplane. Craven, the vice-captain, was troubled by a recurrence of a previous injury to his instep, Hpfmeyr the centre three-quarter who loft the field for a period during tlie gjame, liad strained a cartilage in his right leg, while the hig forward, du Toit, who was injured in Australia, suffefcd once more frOm a pulled leg musele which may keep him out for tfie remaining games of the tour.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 207, 17 September 1937, Page 7
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