The Archive · 1941

Linesman Seriously Injured

As goal after goal was scored by the Portuguese the temper of the spectators grew uglier and the climax came "25 minutes afler the start of the second half when one of the lines men, Marchetti, was struck: on the ack of the head with a stone thrown by the mob and had to leave the field in a seriously injured condition. Despite this incident, several referees who were watching the game volun-Yeered to substitute for the wounded man, and Rothschild was delegated by Referee Cornell to take his place.

"The teams were:

Portugal:—ML. Souza; Costa, Victal: J. Rosario, L_Olivelra," Rollo: Favacho, Collaco: Gaan, V. Soya, Barradas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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