Fred Geary badly injured against City

Saturday, January 6 – 1900
Fred Geary, the famous forward, has probably played his last game. He appeared in a Reserve fixture for Liverpool against Manchester City the other day (December 25), and received such an injury as will, it is feared, put an ignominious end to his long and distinguished football career. A city back accidentally “kneed” him in the stomach, with the result that Geary has been ruptured. Even if his injury is less serious, Fred Geary is unlikely to be seen in the football field again. His career really ended some years ago, when as an Evertonian, he met with an accident at Sunderland. We well remember the incident: A minute from time – it was a cup tie – he dashed up the field like lightning if so be he might score at the last and save the game. He came an awful bang against one of the Sunderland backs – or the back banged against him – it comes to the same thing – and down went Fred, his head striking the side post with a sickening thud. They picked him up senseless, and from that shock Geary never fairly recovered. It had knocked all the fight out of him; he grew timorous, shirked a charge, and bye-and-bye Everton got rid of him, and he went over to Liverpool. (Sunderland Daily Echo, 06-01-1900)