DAVIS CUP FINAL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 150, 29 June 1925, Page 14

DAVIS CUP FINAL

FORMIDABLE EXPENSES LIST

WHAT AUSTRALIA LOST LAST YEAR.

Tho Australasian association has issued the report and balance-sheet for the year'..ended'"3lst March, to be presented at the annual general meeting to be held in Sydney on 29th June, states the Melbourne "Age." Referring to last year's Davis Cup'matches, the report says:— . .;■■ ,'[ -

"The association's participation in tlie Davis Cup competition of 1924 proved a financial failure, a loss 0f.£1479 18s 7d heing sustained. , This was caused by the formidable total of expenses and .the disappointing receipts from the matches played. The increase of expenditure, as compared with previous years, is chiefly accounted for by reason of the team, at the request of the players, through.the captain, being despatched from- Australia some -,five weeks earlier than was; customary :in order to allow of more-time for team practice, acclimatisation,"etc., also that; .Mr.' Brookes's . attendance was called upon and his expenses paid. The lessening of receipts (£3106 Is 6d, as compared with the figures for 1923) was brought about by our players not. showing to ■advantage _iri the challenge round: and; in the prior -competitions which they were engaged in. Consequently, comparatively,.little interest) was manifested in that- round, -and the attendances fell Xar short of. expectations.' 1 V .' A detailed financial statement of the 1924 American tour.shows on the expenditure side•:—Eipenses of • team. :' Travelling expenses, £1169 19s Ad; hotel accommodation and : meals, £1232 9s 8d; .courtesy./entertainment ■ (as;•':. a, team), cables, .etc.,!".'£49'.; 12s 9d; ' restringing racquets, £16 5s 6d; incidentals.(paid by members of .teaoi out of' daily allowance), £1529; 13s;-;.?: ;; i.; ;■ >•;,;.i

Expensesiof selectors, £23:155; cabler, £24;125; entertaining team, send-off and welcome on return, £12 10s 6d; by Uhitedi-States .Association' for:; our. proportion of . administration expenses,

..-..The 'receipts are filjown as :—One-half of profit on matches played in America : Against Mexico, £59 1125,-against Japan,.£l3B 6s; against' France, £203 ss; challenge match, against United States. ;±.1699 165.; ' Therewas a loss of £5.13s on the match; against China in the first round of the;preliminary tiea..';" ■:., v rTha proportion .of. travelling expenses of. the team, charged; to matches Sri ■'accordance'with' Davjs Cup '-regulations.' were :—Against Mexico; £32 9s 9d : against; ; J^pan, : £35, : 8s 3d; " against £427 Clos 18^ J^ag;ain^ United 4»tes>

n,^ c. total expenditure amounted to £4160 10s 7d, while the receipts from matches played totalled £2680 12s leaving a debit balance of £1479 18s 7d to be transferred to tho Davis Cup account. . ,

i h^R^ ls Ou P Account. which stood at £5367 3s 4d in the 1924 balance-sheet, has been reduced to £3982 16s 2d in this year s -statement.

r^-VR % s;- ?no ;6xhlbiti°n Snatches H^°f ■**» 1924Davis Cup team /are credited to the- general account, arid are not mcludelia receipts from the: American .tour. The amounts received which total £232 -17. 6d 5 are s ho,vn as ;^ S S of proceeds of exhibition matches: At Sydney, £18-i 2s 6d;; Honolulu, £18 os 3d; San Francisco, £91: 6s 6d• Los Angeles.^gpwinnip'eg;•: £45 ISsHd? -The visit-;of,the Stanford University team to; Australia,last year'- wa? iiW * dram. ; on-: : th e .Außtr a lasLn^ocSn-: S^^Ppu^Suand'matches were played 'in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and several coun.try. towns. ,■;. Unfortunately -the calibre ot th c piay.era did not reach the standard .the-.association was led, to expect, and coraequently the,tour was a iW C^«7 follU^ • ,Th« expenses tbtXd. ±/bB/ 9s 3d, including £582 10s return steamer- fare San Francisco to Sydney four players a manager), while the total profits matches ; played" reached only £186:9s Id, showing i loss on the,tour of £501 0i ; 2d ' - - - :; A; further loss of £529 Is :Id 'was incurred : by-: the Association on._ the Rational championship meeting; held; in Melbourne in January, 1924,; but as a set-off against V this ' disastrous' meeting, whjch was ruined by bad wea-' ther, there was a profit of £504 8s 7don t 8 nextr.,™eeting/ held in Sydney, in January,.l92s. From this profit there has, however, to be deducted the travel- ■} lnS_ expenses-.of i- States'- representatives to which total £415 4s Bd. Uwing to the loss on the Stanford University .team tour and additional expenditure^ incurred in connection with the Iffil 1"8 / i;° m Am, erica of -»: «lowW ton film of tennis players in action, and the -printing of haiidbook, the £897 6s Id standmß to the credit of the'geneiS income an! expenditur e account In kst i ea£4 S83 b 01 s a 8 ha?- been red"Ced.

This balance would have ■•entirely dk appeared ! the £949 13s 2d debit fhown \*A h ustra! asl, an J championship account omiUmg an amount of £259 1?f 7 r { i itanduig to the;, credit of "the Anthony Wilding memorial account" and moncll paid on account of 1925 Davis Cup penses, is represented in an excess of -ets^er pliabilities ; ;amoil^-^