LAWN TENNIS
DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS FROM TOURS AUCKLAND SCHEME TO BE SUPPORTED Canterbury delegates to a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association next month will give approval to a scheme proposed by the Auckland association for the distribution of profits from tours of New Zealand by visiting players, provided ' some adjustment is made for mid-week matches. Delegates were instructed to approve the scheme after a long debate at a meeting of the management committee of the Canterbury Association last evening. Outlining the scheme, the chairman (Mr J. K. Burtt) said that it proposed that all money should be pooled, expenses paid, and the balance split up between the various associations on the basis of the net receipts, after 10 per cent, had been given to the New Zealand Association.
' The North Island seemed to be getting all test matches, and that applied to tennis too. said Mr J. W. Arnold. Nearly all Saturday matches for visiting players were played in the North Island. Under the scheme, associations which sponsored Saturday games would get a far greater share of the profits than associations which sponsored mid-week games. It was also agreed to ask for a reduction in the amount to" be allowed to associations for the construction of temporary seating accommodation for the matches. It was agreed to propose that four junior men of junior national standards, about 18 or 19 years old, be sent to Australia in the 1949-50 season. A proposal that a women’s team be sent to Australia will not be supported. On the motion of Mr D. Martin, it was agreed to instruct delegates to vote for the appointment of three selectors, one at least from the South Island, for selecting teams to go on tour. Mr Martin said that he considered few men on the New Zealand Association’s management committee had the ability to *pick out the best players. , The entry of a New Zealand team for the Davis Cup in 1951 was approved.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 3
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