1969 Press Photo Demonstrators fail to Mar Springboks match

Demonstrators fail to Mar Springboks match.: Six anti-apatheid demonstrators, including a girl of 22, stopped the Springboks v Combined Services rugby match when they ran on to the pitch at Aldershot yesterday after scrambling over two specially-built fences. They tried to throw leaflets at the South Africans. Police carried them off. The South Africans beat the Combines Services 14-6. Photo shows incident during the Springboks (dark shirts) v. Combined Services rugby match, which demonstrators failed to mar at Aldershot yesterday.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 12-17-1969.



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