TRAGEDY ON GREEN.
PLAYER PASSES AWAY. W. J. LIVERSIDGE OF GREY LYNN. Deep regret was felt yesterday when the news was spread round that Mtv W. J. Liversidge had collapsed while playing in the tournament, anil Had died a few minutes later. The flags at the various pavilions where the tournament was in progress were immediately lowered to halfmast. Liversidge was a tower of strength to Whittle's rink when they won the Dominion tournament the last time it was held in Auckland, and they were all looking forward to another enjoyable tourna-
men a fortnight hence. Although he has never won the Grey Lynn championship he has been recognised for many years as one of the strongest rink players in the city, and the-club-suffers a great loss in his death, particularly on the eve of the largest tournament ever to have been held in Xew Zealand. His judgment in play was exceptionally sound, and he had the pronounced faculty of imparting confidence to the other members of the team
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 305, 27 December 1938, Page 14
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