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Play suspended at the Oval - themaclad - 31-08-2017
Crossbow bolt fired into ground armed police at the ground
RE: Play suspended at the Oval - St Charles Owl - 31-08-2017
Well thats a bizzare turn of events!!! Not wanting to make light of it, but if your intent was to hurt someone in this manner why would you fire it into a cricket ground where the players are so spread out and the crowd will likely be smaller than the line outside an Apple store when they launch a new phone!!!
RE: Play suspended at the Oval - themaclad - 31-08-2017
Missed someone on the pitch by six feet, armed police now on site, believed to have come from out of the ground, good job only a county match apparently the arrow reached the centre of the ground and the Oval is a massive ground
RE: Play suspended at the Oval - jjamez - 31-08-2017
Some braindead people out there. They'll probably have done it as a prank, despite it being a metal tipped bolt. If there are prints on it, then it'll be sorted quick time. I'd lean towards it being a case dismissed by the met
RE: Play suspended at the Oval - themaclad - 31-08-2017
Think it was as you say dicking about