WIN FOR HARROW
FIRST AGAINST ETON IN 31 YEARS.
WILD RIOT AT LORD’S.
(Independent Cable Service.)
LONDON, July 16.
Top hats were smashed in, umbrellas broken, and ties torn after Harrow had beaten Eton for the first time in 31 years. When the winning run was hit, Lord’s became a well-dressed bear garden. Grey-haired city men and pillars of county society had their toppers kicked from their hands when they took them off to cheer Harrow.
A distinguished old Etonian punched a clerical old Harrovian, whereupon two other old Harrovians set on the Etonian, threw him to the ground, and tore off his trousers.
The fighting was at first confined to old boys, but the schoolboys soon overcame their awe of the masters present and joined in. Noses bled, eyes were blackened, an old woman was knocked down, and girls’ frocks were torn.
Harrow won by eight wickets, scoring 294 and. in the second innings, 131 for two wickets against 268 and 156 by Eton.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1939, Page 5
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165WIN FOR HARROW Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1939, Page 5
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