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Over 400 people were injured. The dead and injured were lain along the touchline and covered with coats. A little under half an hour later the game was restarted with a new sawdust lined touchline separating the players from the bodies.
(9 March 1946)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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