RIOTOUS CUP FINAL.
AUTHORITIES' EXPLANATION.
ATTENDANCE UNPRECEDENTED. A. and N.Z. ' » LONDON. April SO. - A special-meeting of the Board of the British Empire, Exhibition has ; issued a report on the scenes at the cup final at Wembley on Saturday. ' It states that the trouble was due entirely to the unprecedented , crowd, ■which ' was three '■ limes' greater than was anticipated. All reasonable steps . were -taken to obtain order. Nearly ; 500 police, in addition to mounted men, together with 200 officials, were present. The traffic arrangements were 'so admirable that tens of thousands of people .landed on the scene with extraordinary rapidity. ; Once; the crowd rushed the barriers no force was adequate, to cope With it. ' ;;■'■■'•'": ■",'-: '■'•■'■-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 9
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113RIOTOUS CUP FINAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 9
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