WILD SCENE AT MATCH
TEAMS START OPEN FIGHT SYDNEY SUNDAY FOOTBALL SPECTATORS JOIN IN MELEE. THOUSAND SWARM ON FIELD. I United Pres* A satiation —By Eleotrie Telegra Copyright.) Received 10.50 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, May 30. A wild scene was witnessed at Paddington when teams in a'Sunday football match started a fight openly. A thousand spectators swarmed on the field, cheering, screaming and hooting. Partisans in the stands also fought among themselves. When the fight was at its height police arrived and quietened the mob. The ground was cleared and the game finished.
Prior to the fight three men were carried off after the fight another three were removed by ambulance.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 30 May 1932, Page 5
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110WILD SCENE AT MATCH Hawera Star, Volume LI, 30 May 1932, Page 5
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