HIGH COST OF FOOTBALL.
"SPECIAL RESERVES" 0/(5 AT WAXGAXUT. Some keen followers of Rugby who journeyed to Wanganui to see the Springboks play their opening game comment on the price of admission. A general charge of 2/ was made to the grounds, but on top of that another 3/ was charged for permission to stand on the bank, and if the spectator wished a seat—a "special reserve" —an extra 7/G was charged, making the total charge fl/fi. "Tlie money was paid freely enough," said one Wellington man: "they could not take it fast enough, but how long will it last? Won't it reflect adversely on Rugby eventually? I would like, in the* interests of Rugby, to see lads in New Zealand between the ages of 10 and 16 witness these Springboks in action, but if such prices of admission are to be charged not many of our boys are going to see the South Africans at all. It is admittedly an expensive business bringing thirty men from Africa, but teams have been brought to New Zealand from more distant places, and the charge to see them play was not half what was being asked in Wanganui to witness the Springboks."
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 168, 16 July 1921, Page 5
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200HIGH COST OF FOOTBALL. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 168, 16 July 1921, Page 5
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