THE team-mate of a rugby player who collapsed and died on a pitch in Long Eaton has told how he tried to resuscitate him.
David Reid was playing for Derby Rugby Club at its Darley Abbey ground when he collapsed.
Keith Mason-Moore said the 31-year-old appeared to have a fit and then stopped breathing, before he and other players tried to save Mr Reid using heart massage.
Mr Reid, of Derby, was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital and later pronounced dead.
Mr Mason-Moore, 56, said: "It was about three-quarters of an hour after the ambulance took him to the hospital we heard he hadn't made it.
"Everyone had been wondering how he was and asking if he was OK, but, obviously, no-one knew – so the news was taken with great sadness."
Club chairman Martyn Murney said his death was a "tragic loss".
The home match, at Haslams Lane on Saturday, (15) was between Derby Rugby Club's Veterans and Long Eaton Rugby Club's Second XV.
