PLAYER’S ESCAPE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 419, 28 April 1937, Page 4

PLAYER’S ESCAPE

GOAL POST CRASHES DOWN ■ Incident At Football Practice j j A v ry fortuna.e escape from seri- ! ous injury was. exp by a United Old Boy Rugby player, C. j Thomson, during training practice at ; V ictoria Park last evening. He had j just finished a run and ‘V.'as renting l agaiusit the goal posts at the northI asi corner of the field, wh u the >top I of one of the uprigh s snappe off and j h-ashed to the ground, missing him i Ly a few inches. | The break occurred near the juncj I ion of the crossbar and about 12 feet ' was broken off. The sharp, jagged j end penetrated the ground, and th? | efforts, of two men were required to I pull it ouil. j The timber was of Oregon pine, but |at ih . point where the breakage oc- | curred a new section had been insertI cd to replace limber which had p ens of ideca.y. At the junction I steel plates had been bol id to make ! the post secure, but these were apparently not effective. It was surmised that the ball striking Iho post had gradually br ought about the fall.