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by **Alvey Sidecas** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:40:51

Just wondering.
Which ground can claim the title of worst crowd behaviour for international
matches.
From my flimsy recall of Aust history there's been;

Sydney; 1880 something; Crowd invasion over a runout dispute. Lord Sheffield
struck by a stick.
Sydney, 1971; Illingworth led his side off after Snow manhandled by an
off-field spectator. Cans thrown onto field.
Melbourne, 1999: Play stopped after Indian (?) fans bombarded the outfield
with rubbish.
Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall what,
but do recall SKW going to fence to
plead for order. (Strange but true)
Perth, 1982(?); Alderman injured in fracas with ground-invading pommy
yobbo's.

Small beer compared to burning down stands & tear gassing the crowd but it's
a start. Others?

Alvey
In Brisbane, where we're having too much of a damned good time to invade
anything.

by **Womba** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:42:46

Quote:

> Just wondering.
> Which ground can claim the title of worst crowd behaviour for
international
> matches.
> From my flimsy recall of Aust history there's been;

> Sydney; 1880 something; Crowd invasion over a runout dispute. Lord
Sheffield
> struck by a stick.
> Sydney, 1971; Illingworth led his side off after Snow manhandled by an
> off-field spectator. Cans thrown onto field.
> Melbourne, 1999: Play stopped after Indian (?) fans bombarded the outfield
> with rubbish.
> Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall
what,
> but do recall SKW going to fence to
> plead for order. (Strange but true)
> Perth, 1982(?); Alderman injured in fracas with ground-invading pommy
> yobbo's.

> Small beer compared to burning down stands & tear gassing the crowd but
it's
> a start. Others?

A couple in the West Indies...

On the last Australian tour, Sherwin Campbell was given out, which prompted
a riot from the crowd which caused the players to leave the field. As they
left, TV footage showed Steve Waugh being almost hit in the head by a
bottle. During the break, Steve Waugh called Campbell back and he resumed
his innings.

On the same tour there were a couple of crowd invasions at the end of
matches where spectators tried to take bats, stumps etc out of the hands of
the players. (I seem to recall Steve Waugh running a three to win a game but
only just making his ground on the third run after being jostled by several
spectators).

Also, on the 1978 West Indies tour, a riot stopped play with the Australians
barricading themselves in the dressing room under the grandstand, surrounded
by armed security guards. (Can't remember the details but I can remember
players from the team relating the incident when speaking as guest speakers
etc).

Wombat

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by **Andrew Dunfor** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 18:50:08

Quote:

> Just wondering.
> Which ground can claim the title of worst crowd behaviour for
international
> matches.
> From my flimsy recall of Aust history there's been;

> Sydney; 1880 something; Crowd invasion over a runout dispute. Lord
Sheffield
> struck by a stick.
> Sydney, 1971; Illingworth led his side off after Snow manhandled by an
> off-field spectator. Cans thrown onto field.
> Melbourne, 1999: Play stopped after Indian (?) fans bombarded the outfield
> with rubbish.
> Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall
what,
> but do recall SKW going to fence to
> plead for order. (Strange but true)
> Perth, 1982(?); Alderman injured in fracas with ground-invading pommy
> yobbo's.

> Small beer compared to burning down stands & tear gassing the crowd but
it's
> a start. Others?

> Alvey
> In Brisbane, where we're having too much of a damned good time to invade
> anything.

1981, Australia (can't remember venue): Australian batsman hits ball towards
boundary, Hadlee chases, small boy runs onto field and picks ball up perhaps
ten yards inside boundary. Hadlee bundles child back over fence, small
political fall-out occurs but nothing compared with what would happen later
in the summer...

Agreed, nothing really radical happens on this side of the world. I
vaguely recall something about Inzamam chasing a spectator into the stands
in a pyjama game in Toronto.

Andrew
In Wellington where there are no crowds to start a riot.

by **SAE** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:39:28

Sydney IIRC.

Ball hit towards outfield. Child runs out to pick it up even though it would
have gone to boundary. Only 2-3 runs completed. No incident with Hadlee that
I recall. Aus loses by 1 run.

This is the same match that Marsh broke his bat.

SAE

Quote:

> 1981, Australia (can't remember venue): Australian batsman hits ball
towards
> boundary, Hadlee chases, small boy runs onto field and picks ball up
perhaps
> ten yards inside boundary. Hadlee bundles child back over fence, small
> political fall-out occurs but nothing compared with what would happen
later
> in the summer...

> Agreed, nothing really radical happens on this side of the world. I
> vaguely recall something about Inzamam chasing a spectator into the stands
> in a pyjama game in Toronto.

> Andrew
> In Wellington where there are no crowds to start a riot.

by **Rod Princ** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:10:54

Quote:

> 1981, Australia (can't remember venue): Australian batsman hits ball towards
> boundary, Hadlee chases, small boy runs onto field and picks ball up perhaps
> ten yards inside boundary. Hadlee bundles child back over fence, small
> political fall-out occurs but nothing compared with what would happen later
> in the summer...

Was at the SCG. I was not far from the little schmuck. I recall them
giving it 4 runs even though the ball would have definitely have been
overhauled.

Cheers,
Rod.

by **Rod Princ** » Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:12:44

says...

Quote:

> Sydney IIRC.

> Ball hit towards outfield. Child runs out to pick it up even though it would
> have gone to boundary. Only 2-3 runs completed. No incident with Hadlee that
> I recall. Aus loses by 1 run.

There you go, I'm almost positive that the ball was clearly
going to be overhauled, and it was given four. One of us
has to be wrong. I also vaguely remember that it had been
done a few times previous but alot closer to the fence and
with no fieldsman in range of stopping it.

Cheers,
Rod.

by **Mad Hami** » Wed, 04 Jul 2001 21:04:57

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:40:51 +1000, "Alvey Sidecast"

Quote:

>Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall what,
>but do recall SKW going to fence to
> plead for order. (Strange but true)

He misheard, he thought he was meant to go down there and place an
order...

by **Moby** » Thu, 05 Jul 2001 06:56:39

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Mad Hamish submitted to the Inquisition's torture and said:

Quote:

> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 17:40:51 +1000, "Alvey Sidecast"

> >Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall what,
> >but do recall SKW going to fence to
> > plead for order. (Strange but true)

> He misheard, he thought he was meant to go down there and place an
> order...

It's the bad mobile reception that will do it.

Moby.
The revolution is dead. Long live the revolution.

by **The Wo** » Sun, 08 Jul 2001 16:25:18

Quote:

> > >Melbourne, 1998 (?); Play stopped by crowd misbehaviour. Can't recall

what,

Throwing stuff, incl. golf balls.

Quote:

> > >but do recall SKW going to fence to
> > > plead for order. (Strange but true)

Had to go out there in a batting helmet for his own safety. IIRC, SRT was
given run out (about 3' in his crease). On the low resolution of the big
screen, the crowd couldn't tell what the 3U could - the bat was in the air,
not grounded. I can't mention the race of the rioters, but they wore blue
and waved Indian flags.

Wog

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