FOOTBALL RUMPUS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 69, 9 October 1920, Page 5

FOOTBALL RUMPUS.

PLAYING €ROUND RUSHED. A remarkable occurrence marked the finish, pf.the.postponed second Association s : mi : final at East Melbourne, between Footscray and North Melbourne th other day. Just befor e the final bell North Melbourne was determinedly fighting to wipe out a deficit of five points. Considiue, of North Melbourne, marked the ball well within kicking distance of the goal. Tile field .umpire blew bis whistle for a mark, but before- Considiue could take bis kick ih-> majority of those present, estimated' to number about 15,000, rushed the field, and football was then out of th P question. The grovnfd could nob, -he cbarrd, a>»d the fi-ld umpire and the players' left for their roams. The o e kick in reality, victory or defeat for North Melbourne.