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(UniUi Arabciation). Auckland, September 7. Ellen Howard, alias Rowe, has been committed for trial on a charge of larceny of a cash box and contents, talued at £IB2B. and fatalities. Auckland, September 7. The accounts as to bow Thomas Sibbin, footballer, met his death on Saturday are conflicting. It is now stated that he ran backward to stop a descending ball with his head or shoulder. In tbe endeavour to do thfa he was leaning as far back as he could, and while in this position collided with another player named Hough,, who. was in a stooping aHitndß'behind him. With the impetus he had on Sibbin fell backwards •ver the other's back and tumbled to the ground on his neck. At the inquest tor-day the post mortem showed that the cause of death was rupture, by a fall, of a blood vessel at the base of the skull. The jury gave - a verdict of Accidental Death, exon-. orating Hough from all blame, and . commending his fair and manly style of- pl»y« - Several witnesses stated that tbe Association game is much safer than the Rugby. .Another accident occurred on Saturday. Sogers, a-son of the landlord of the Papakura Hotel, having broken very badly.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3907, 8 September 1891, Page 3
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203TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3907, 8 September 1891, Page 3
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