FOOTBALL DANGER
DISCUSSION IN COURT.j LONDON, May 16. The question whether Rugby football is a dangerous game was discussed in the King’s Bench Court in, London this week when Mr Justice Hilberv heard a claim by a schoolboy against the London County Council and a gymnastic instructor. Mr Charles Doughty, K.C-, discussed responsibilities of schoolmasters, said Mr Justice Hilbery said he was beginning to think that they ought to realise “how grievously dangerous their position is.” “Everybody who has had experience of Rugby football will know,” His Honour added, “that you can get a smashed knee sooner or later. The majority of us got smashed knees.” Mr Doughty: I believe, in France, damages have been recovered against, schoolmasters.
His Honour: lam looking forward to an action alleging negligence of a schoolmaster i’ll allowing boarders to—or perhaps even making boarders—play Rugby. It is a highly dangerous ganie in the eyes of many. Mr Doughty: It is the mother who looks after a boy of 11 or 12 and says what is safe.
His Honour: Then they ought to play Rugby as mothers would have it played.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1937, Page 6
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