A CROWD’S MANNERS.
SCENE AT A CRICKET MATCH. FIGHTING ON THE GROUND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 2, 9.30 p.m. London, August 2. The special correspondent of the Times deplores the steady deterioration of the cricket crowd’s manners after the war, culminating at Manchester in the test match episode. The rebuke is due to a remarkable scene at the Oval, when a large section of the crowd yelled and shouted for nearly an hour and then engaged in fisticuffs. Hundreds encroached the field, accompanying the fighters as the battle moved from place to place, j and play was suspended for ten minutes while the police restored order. The disorderly section was not l>arracking the players and it was probably a bank holiday outbreak, but the. correspondent remind* the crowd that they barracked the Australians at the Oval return match. He concludes.: “It was out boast that cricket spectators set an example to all other sports’ crowds, but that cannot be said at present.”—Times Service,
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1921, Page 5
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164A CROWD’S MANNERS. Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1921, Page 5
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