Footy game abandoned due to COLD: Hypothermia threat sees officials take drastic action in rare scenes

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Footy game abandoned due to COLD: Hypothermia threat sees officials take drastic action in rare scenes

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Country footy players and umpires did not get out of the sheds for the second half of a game as wet and frigid conditions left some players and officials with hypothermia symptoms. Conditions in Ballarat and the Victorian Central Highlands are brisk in the height of winter, but were even more so on Saturday. Bounce-down at Newlyn, 20kms from Ballarat, was at 2.30pm on Saturday. But barely an hour later, some players and umpires were showing early symptoms of hypothermia and the Newlyn versus Springbank fixture was sensibly ended early.
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