“OLD SCHOOL TIE”
FREE-FOR-ALL AT LORD’S
ETONIANS FIGHT HARROVIANS
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LONDON, July 16.
Top-hats were smashed' in, umbrellas were broken, and'; ties torn after Harrow defeated 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 Tromj^iy?hanffiu 'when they took thepL W?tfechcer Harrow. Distin'gujlsn^^lA ,: W^i aiw P unched a clerical old'Harrovian','. whereupon two., other old. Hartoyjian& 'set on an Etonian, ground and tore off hisi trousers j > ' The fighting ■'wa'fi’Pfirst confined to old boys, but the schoolboys soon overcame their awe at the masters present, and joined in. Noses bled and eyes were blackened. _ An old woman was down. Girls’ frocks were torn.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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