CRICKET
THE M.C.C. TOUR
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(Bi' Telegraph.—Press Association.;
CHKISTCHURCH, 22nd May
A summaiy of the financial position resulting from the M.C.C. team's tour of New Zealand was presented by Mr. D. E. Wanklyn at a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council this evening.
1 Receipts were as follows: Guarantees, C2G25; cash from Australia, £3574; lirst Test, £4SG; second Test, £740; third Test, £82; fourth Test, £704. Expenses were as follow: Tour m New Zealand, £4942; in Australia, £1133; first Test. £237; second Test, £93; third and fourth. £399; total, £0803, leaving a net surplus of £1407. • Mr. Wanklyn announced • also that the amount of £381 income tax charged in Australia h.id been remitted. ~,,,, Under an agreement with tho M.UU the surplus must be devoted to recompensing the M.C.C. for payment ol the professionals with the team. Those fees totalled £lo'oo, and £1400 would be available* to meet the fees. But for ram the council would probably have been able to pay the M C.C. in full, and have had £MOO profit. __^_
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 23 May 1930, Page 6
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