RACIAL FIGHTING DURING PROGRESS OF GAME
Received Sundav, 7 p.m.CAPE TOWN, June 11. Fighting amoiig' white and coloured spectat-ors broke otu during th'e' match between the -All Blacks and Eastern j Province at . Port Eli/.abeth. The policc were forced to use batons and play was interyupted twice as the fighting crowd .surged 011 to the field. TTundreds oi bo.t tles were thrown and several speetators were taken .to hospital. Mr. Robert Searle, president of the Eastern Province,, Cugby Union, said stringent mcastjres would be taken bet'oj;e ihe. jiext, test ,and that the coloured advisory comnlitt.ee would be consulted about the peoyile who were admitted to the coloured sections of the ground.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 June 1949, Page 7
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