The day JPR Williams was beaten over the head with a stick by a fan as tempers flared in South Africa

All things considered, it probably isn’t a great idea to punch a local idol in South Africa.

Thinking about it, it’s not such a clever call to take aim at an individual enjoying such status anywhere. People tend to get upset about it.

And so to Durban in 1974, when JPR Williams became embroiled in a disagreement with all-round Natal icon Tommy Bedford.