“PURE ACCIDENT”
INJURY TO AUSTRALIAN IN FIRST TEST TODAY’S ALL BLACK SIDE (United P.A.—Telegraph Copyright) Reed. 10 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The All Blacks manager, Mr. J. McLeod, referring to the injury to Cyril Towers, the Australian threequarter, who is in hospital, said it was accidentally caused. “Nobody regrets it more than we do. By sheer bad luck an All Black’s elbow struck Towers’s face.” Towers is suffering from an injured eye and a swollen nose and injured ribs. The New Zealand team against New South Wales today will he as follows: Fullback.—Stringfellcw. Threequartert. Grenside, Carleton, Gecldes. Five-eighths.—Oliver, Lilburne. Halfback.—Tuck. Wing Forward.—Hook. Forwards.—McWilliams, Snow, Son tag, Steere, Reside, Palmer, Cottrell. The emergencies will be: Leys, Waterman, Reid, Mahoney. It is understood that Leys slightly injured an ankle on the trip across. It is likely that Mr, Martin will be referee, as Mr. Mayne will be unavailable. Porter will be playing on Saturday. Rika has sustained a slight injury to his ieg, but is improving. Dailey is still suffering from his injured shoulder, but it Is mending slowly. The New South Wales team will be; Ross, E. Ford, Towers, King, Gordon, Bartley, Lamport, Breckenridge, ,T. Ford, Palfrey man, Finlay, Telford, Judd, Ferguson, Emerson.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 711, 10 July 1929, Page 9
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