Date-stamped : 18 Feb97 - 10:15 18 February 1997 Stiff fines for cricket match hooligans suggested Trevor Chesterfield Police have been blamed by a top Gauteng security firm for the end-of-match crowd violence at cricket matches in three major ve- nues in the province. Kevin Condon, of a security company in Johannesburg, hit out at the courts yesterday for their lack of action when it came to prosecuting those caught stealing the stumps at the end of a game. While the United Cricket Board planned a crackdown on match hooligans, Condon said, tougher fines were needed. "I have only read about the crowd-control proposals, but if the police and the courts are to take a serious line about crowd behaviour at cricket games, they must increase fines as well as charge those we hand over to the police," he said. "All I know is we have not been asked, in the past five to six years, to appear in court in relation to anyone we have handed over to the police on a charge of theft or trespassing." Condon suggested a fine not less that R15 000 should be imposed. He added that two offenders who ran on to the field at Wil- lowmoore Park in Benoni last Sunday were off-duty policemen. Contributed by Tony Hassett (hassett@cricinfo.com)