READ MORE:\ufeff<\/strong> AFL legend sues league, Geelong, Hawks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE: \ufeff<\/strong>'Unnecessary' Cleary hit could've sparked 41-year first<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n On the other table, featuring a match between Mark Allen and Fan Zhengyi, a woman was stopped from getting onto the table by the quick-thinking response of referee Olivier Marteel.<\/p>\n Both protestors were taken away by security, but the incident forced a stoppage in play while the mess was cleaned up.<\/p>\n Play resumed in the Allen-Zhengyi match about 45 minutes later but the affected table in the Milkins-Perry match was covered and will be re-clothed overnight.<\/p>\n A decision was to be made later today regarding whether the Milkins-Perry match would resume following the conclusion of Allen-Zhengyi.<\/p>\n Former world champion Stephen Hendry, who was on commentary duties for the BBC, said it was a \u201cscary\u201d incident and feared the cloth on the table might not be able to be used again.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me," Hendry said, "straight away as a snooker player I am thinking, \u2018is the table recoverable?\u2019 We don\u2019t know what that is on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n Just Stop Oil issued a statement saying the protestors were removed from the Crucible and arrested.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are demanding that the government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into civil resistance against the government\u2019s genocidal policies," the group said.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong> clicking here<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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