CRICKET
i UNITED SEK\ !' K TRI.EORASIS ; ENGLISH CRICKET CROWDS. 1 LONDON, August 2. ' The special correspondent- of ..lie ‘•Times’’ deplores what he terms. ‘•The steady deterioration of cricket crowds 1 manners after wnjr, culminating in the Manchester test match episode.” The rehnke. is due to a remarkable scene at the Oval when a large section of the crowd yelled end Vshouted for nearly an hour, and then engaged in fisticuffs. Hundreds encroached on the Adds, accompanying tho fighters, as the battle moved from place to place. Play was suspended for ten minutes, while the police restored order. The disorderly elements were not barracking the players. Probably it was a. bank holiday outbreak, lnit the “Times” correspondent reminds the crowd that they barracked the Australians at the Oval return match. He concludes: —“It was our boasts that cricket spectators set an example to all other sports crowds. . That cannot be said at present.” MATCH ABANDONED. LONDON, August 2. i The cricket match was abandoned owinog to heavy rain overnight and in the morning.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1921, Page 2
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172CRICKET Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1921, Page 2
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