Later in the evening the crowd swelled to about 400 and became more agitated.

On the big occasions the crowd swells well beyond that.

Over the next 90 minutes, under a hot sun, the crowd swelled to about 50, according to a police count.

While the crowd of spectators swelled, the police tried to go about their business.

The crowd swelled to about 30,000 people, but the police still refused to open the gates.

The crowd was swelling now, as the other local men came to give assistance.

After several hours the crowd had swelled to around 40,000 people.

The crowd of workers and students in the square had swelled by then to about 200,000.

By this time, the crowd had swelled to nearly 2,000 men.

The crowd had now swelled to huge numbers as we stood on the 16th tee.