1879’s Sydney riot
The first recorded incident of crowd trouble in a cricket match dates all the way back to 1879 when a match between a touring English side and New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground was abandoned due to pitch invading.
When star Australian batsmen Billy Murdoch was controversially given out by umpire George Coulthard, more than 2,000 spectators stormed onto the field and assaulted the umpire as well as some of the English players.