FOOTBALL FATALITY.
PLAYER DIES FROM INJURIES AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 23. During the Christchurch-Sydenham senior Rugby match at the Show Grounds to-day, A. Aitken, a Sydenham player, received a blow above the heart and died on his way to the hospital. Aitken played because of a shortage in the team. During the first half someone cannoned into him. He was taken to the dressing room, where he became unconscious. Ho was a Canterbury- representative in 1907 and 1908 and was married. •
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18161, 25 April 1921, Page 4
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