The Perils of Football.
The great winter game of football continues to manifest its claims upon the services of medical men, and also, alas ! of coroners. It is most regrettable that a pastime good and useful in many ways, and popular beyond all cavil, should be apparently incapable of reasonable reform. Yet another death is recorded. An inquest was held at Manchester last month on a young man named Makin, who met with fatai injuries in a football match. Deceased was playing in a Rugby game, when he ran against another player and was accidentally struck in the abdomen. He fell unconscious, and died two days later. The coroner commented on the rough character of the game, and warned players that they ran great risk of being charged with manslaughter. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The coroner is to be commended for his outspoken and very necessary comments, which should be taken to heart and acted upon, not only by individual players, but also by the authorities of the Rugby Union and the Football Association.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 206, 4 June 1887, Page 6
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177The Perils of Football. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 206, 4 June 1887, Page 6
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