Salisbury North and Grand Masters PDCA cricketers involved in on-field brawl, leaving umpire in hospital

A cricket brawl in the city left one player and umpire in hospital with an injured nose. His club will now press charges against the other side.

Investigations are underway following an on-field brawl at a suburban cricket match between Grand Masters and Salisbury North on Saturday. Picture: File

An on-field brawl during a suburban cricket match has led to a player being taken to hospital and is now being investigated by police.

The incident allegedly occurred in a Para Districts Cricket Association LO1 match between the Salisbury North and Grand Masters cricket clubs at Victoria Park on Saturday.

A SAPOL spokesman said police and paramedics were called to the game at about 2.30pm after a “heated verbal altercation had occurred between an umpire and players”.

The umpire, who was also a Grand Masters player but acting as an official, sustained an injury to his nose.

He was treated at the scene before being taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Para Districts Cricket Association is investigating a brawl that occurred during an LO1 match between Salisbury North and Grand Masters on Saturday. Picture: File

The SAPOL spokesman said police had spoken to “a number of people involved in the incident and investigations were continuing”.

Grand Masters president Balaji Krishnamurth confirmed the player/umpire was now out of hospital but said the club intended to press charges with the police against Salisbury North players.

He said the club had also lodged a complaint with the cricket association and was awaiting the results of an investigation.

“Definitely we will be going for a police case against those players who attacked him,” Krishnamurth said.

“We are expecting some meetings or a hearing from the investigation by the PDCA.

“So at the moment I’m afraid I won’t be able to provide some details until we hear the outcome from them.”

Investigations are underway following an on-field brawl at a suburban cricket match between Grand Masters and Salisbury North on Saturday. Picture: File

Salisbury North president Jason Collard did not comment on the incident, given it was under police investigation.

Para District Cricket Association president Andrew Quinlish said the executive committee had begun an investigation but would not comment on details of the incident until it was finalised.

“There is an investigation into an incident from the game between Salisbury North and Grand Masters,” Quinlish said.

“We are getting statements from every single player (that was) on that field.

“It’s going to take us couple of days to get all that (the details) together (and) I am hoping to have the investigation done by the next round.

“We will go through the right process and we will get to the bottom of it, we just need time to do our work.”