THE FOOTBALL RIOT
AN UNPRECEDENTED CROWD.
REPORT BY AUTHORITIES,
Pxeaa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
LONDON, April 30.
After a special meeting the Board of the Empire Exhibition issued report ou the Wembley football crowd scenes, stating that the trouble was due entirely to the unprecedented crowd, which was three times greater than was anticipated All reasonable steps were taken to obtain order. Nearly 500 foot police, .in addition to mounted police, together with 200 officials, were present. The traffic arrangements were so admirable that tens of thousands of people were landed on the scene with extraordinary rapidity. Once the crowds rushed the barriers no force was adequate to cope with them.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18851, 2 May 1923, Page 7
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