SPEEDWAY RIOT

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 August 1936, Page 2

SPEEDWAY RIOT

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(Received August 10, 2.30 p.m.)

LONDON, August 9.

The “Mail” says: Scenes unparalleled in the history of speedway racing occurred at Harringay, after Hackney Wick defeated the home team in a League match by 38 to 34. Dicky Case, the Australian international, captain of Hackney Wick, accompanied by his wife, and other Hackney Wick riders, and Fred Whitehead, managing director of the club, were departing after the match when a shouting crowd of two thousand men and women assailed them, and repeatedly struck Case and others. Mrs Case was roughly handled, and her dress torn, while: Case’s motor car was wrecked, and attempts made to overturn other cars of the Hackney Wick players. Amid a fusilade of brickbats and other missiles, they reached a garage where their supporters rushed to the rescue. A fight developed and traffic was held up. The police intervened. i

The trouble is attributed to Case falling when leading, causing a fourfold crash for which nobody was to blame. Norman Parker, the leading Harringay rider, suffered an injured foot, and was unable to continue.

Hackney Wick also twice surprisingly defeated Harringay. Whitehead has asked the Control Board immediately to inquire into the incident.