skullnbones Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 WA farmer killed in beach cricket brawl A 49-year-old Western Australian farmer and father of five is dead after a brawl during a beach cricket game with his family. William John Rowe, 49, died in hospital early Wednesdy morning after his family was attacked while they were playing cricket at Sunset Beach in Geraldton, north of Perth. The Christmas revellers were approached by a large group of people at about 8pm (WDT) on Tuesday, police said. A verbal dispute soon escalated into a physical confrontation, with the Rowe family attacked with bottles, rocks and sticks. Mr Rowe's 29-year-old future son-in-law was slashed in the face with a broken bottle, and had his jaw and collarbone broken. As the family tried to move the injured man to their nearby car, Mr Rowe was hit in the head with a cricket bat, and knocked unconscious. Both he and the younger man were taken to Geraldton Regional Hospital, where Mr Rowe died at 2.30am (WDT) Wednesday of serious head injuries. The 29-year-old required 35 stitches to his face, police said. Mr Rowe, a farmer from Yalgoo, two hours east of Geraldton, is survived by his wife and five children. Police have yet to make an arrest over the attack, and have called for witnesses to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22972478-5005941,00.html I'm interested to hear more about this. Having lived in a lot of different places in that state, I wouldn't be surprised if it was completely unprovoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TresOne Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 That's fucked up.. on Christmas, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Shit, that's sad. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallafarce Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 fuck man that's shitty. rip dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deloner Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 whoa, thats fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I'm interested to hear more about this. Having lived in a lot of different places in that state, I wouldn't be surprised if it was completely unprovoked. just curious why do you say that. are there a lot of people WA that just attack people for no reason or somethin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckr Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 What the fuck? Why are some people such douchebags? RIP to this guy and hopefully his family can get through this. It sounds completely unprovoked so it's that much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dark horse Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 that sucks man. thats why im soon to cop the first gat, and a concealed weapon permit. couldnt get one before, because my dumb ass girl that i lived with didnt believe in them. what a moron ..... living in some fantasy world, where people dont have to defend themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoes Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Fuck, I was actually hoping this story consisted of an actual swarm of killer crickets on a beach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 aren't you guys all descendants of english criminals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shitting Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 fucked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Were they brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 i read up more on it. turns out it wasn't totally unprovoked, but still wrong nonetheless. turns out there were only a small group of guys, and they were stealing liquor out of the family's cooler. the guy (that died) basically told them to stop and challenged them. they got in to a verbal altercation. the cowards then left and came back later with like 25 dudes. i hope they get caught. but preferably get mobbed and beaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadWithNames Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 aren't you guys all descendants of english criminals most of them were irish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crime stoppers Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 just curious why do you say that. are there a lot of people WA that just attack people for no reason or somethin Yep, usually it's caused by aboriginals and this particular town is in the country so it has a large percentage of them. But still, down in perth is bad in areas too, most fights are one group rolling deep on one person, no fair fights anymore. not here anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Were they brown? Im pretty sure they were brown. Looks like another spree of brown punching is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatso Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 i think i saw this in the road warrior or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 get ABC on the phone. we got some brownz to go punch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 is that bojangles on the right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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