Donnybrook at Lords When Harrow Beats Eton
LONDON, July 16. Top hats were smashed in, umbrellas were broken and ties were torn after Harrow beat Eton for the first time in 31 years in the annual cricket match. When the winning run was hit, Lord’s became a well-dressed beargarden. 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, upon which 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’ presenc and joind in. Noses bled, eyes were, blackened, an old woman was knocked down, and girls’ frocks were tom.
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Northern Advocate, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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140Donnybrook at Lords When Harrow Beats Eton Northern Advocate, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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