Complex sentence: During a 1928 waterfront strike in Melbourne, a wharf labourer protesting the use of scab labour was shot by police; as a result, the club banned any police from playing with them.
Split into simpler sentences: During a 1928 waterfront strike in Melbourne, a wharf labourer protesting the use of scab labour was shot by police. As a result, the club banned any police from playing with them.