FOOTBALL FATALITIES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2749, 24 June 1924, Page 2

FOOTBALL FATALITIES.

West port, Yesterday. The funeral of the late AVilliatn Ring, of Granity, the footballer who died on Friday as the result of injuries sustained in a match on Saturday week took place on Saturday afternoon. A lengthy cortege included officials of the Buffer Rugby Union and footballers from all clubs in the district. The heai'so was preceded by members of the Rovers Club, of which deceased was a. member.

At the inquest touching the death of AA’illiam King, evidence was given that deceased from a break-away in a line-out in a junior football match at Granity on the preceding Saturday, received a kick or knock from a player’s knee. He recovered sufficiently to si».y a little longer, then left the field. He became seriously ill that .night and was removed to AA r estport hospital, where he died at 2 a.tn. on Friday. A verdict was returned that death resulted from injuries to the abdomen, accidentally received in a football match. Auckland, Yesterday. AYilliam Scaffe, aged 37, a resident of Devonport, died in hospital last night as the result of internal injuries received at an Association football match. Scaffe’s injury was received as he was standing on the sideline watching a game, after having participated in a game, in which he collided with another player. He collapsed and died in hospital without regaining consciousness. X. J. Dribble, aged about 21, a well-known amateur hurdler, collidid with another player while playing for Kings College Old Boys in a senior Rugby match against Newton and sustained a double fracture of the leg.