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FIGHT AT FOOTBALL MATCH. SPECTATORS JOIN IN. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, May 30. A wild scene was witnessed at Paddington when the teams in a Sunday football match started to fight openly. A thousand spectators swarmed on to the field, cheering, screaming and hooting, while partisans in the stands also fought among themselves. When the fight was at its height the police arrived and quietened the mob, and on the ground being cleared the game was finished. Prior to the fight three men were carried off, while after the fight another three were removed by the ambulance.
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Southland Times, Issue 21716, 31 May 1932, Page 5
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