FATAL RESULT OF A FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
THE INQUEST. [$•£ TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.3 Wellington, Thursday. A coroner's inquiry was held this afternoon into the circumstances surrounding the death of Edgar Thomson, aged 21, which occurred yesterday, from the consequences of a kick on the head received during a 'Rugby match on Saturday. The evi l dence given showed that while deceased, in stopping • a rush of opposing players, stooped to pick up the ball, he received a kick from a member of the Poneke team, who tried to kick the ball. None of the
witnesses could give the name of this player. The police pointed out that it would bo a good thing for footballers to remember that any act which caused death or serious injury came within the provisions of the criminal code. It had been laid down in one celebrated case that it was not material to consider whether the act which caused death was, or was not, in accordance with the rules and practices ot tho game. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12602, 17 June 1904, Page 5
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