Death of a Footballer.
A singularly sudden death took place during a football niateh m Mooro Park.i Sydney, oh Saturday, the 9th ol May. At the inquest it tz-anspired that; the deceased was a' yourig' 1 naan; Jaged'seyen-' teeni named John William Cahill, living witih'his widowed mother at Surrey Hills. The- game he was engaged ' m •was la; a scratch match played by the members of the yicfcqria. House Club and their friends. He had nqt been playing more than three minutes, when, m running m ■; the direction of the bail, ,he w^a observed to fall forward on his face?, As he fell, one ' oif the other players fell over • him. Thedther player, jumped up, : ,,iiqinediatelyand ran on, but Cahill did not rise. Thiinking ithere 1 was something wrong, a number of young men ran to . his a^ista^hce., When they picked him; up he was breathing heavily, and while being removed tc Furness* Hotel he ex- : pired. On tlje med.ica,l evidence .of Dr Gilhbqly, the jury averdict of death from sanguiueoiis apoplexy, the result of "congestion" of the brain and , its toembrance's. " : : .'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 10, 10 June 1885, Page 3
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182Death of a Footballer. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 10, 10 June 1885, Page 3
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