GIFT OF £100

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 10

GIFT OF £100

CRICKET RECOMPENSE

SIR J. CAHN'S ACTION

A generous action on the part of Sir Julien Cahn has greatly improved the financial result of the match in which his team met New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. Through bad weather there was no play on the first two days of the match, which meant the loss to the New Zealand Cricket Council of what was expected to be a handsome "gate." Sir Julien Cahn could not remain* in Wellington for the one day's play yesterday. Before leaving he intimated that he would make a gift of £ 100 to the cricket authorities to recompense them in a measure for the financial loss suffered by the unavoidable curtailment of playing time for the match. Cricket officials ar^s keenly appreciative of this further generosity on the part of Sir Julien, who, as has been pointed out previously, is paying the expenses of his team to and from New Zealand. The actual tour through New Zealand was the New Zealand Cricket Council's only concern in the matter of financing the visit. In certain other directions Sir Julien has made generous offers of assistance. The members of Sir Julien Cahn's team left last night for Rotorua and Auckland. They are to return to Wellington next week. Sir Julien and.) party, including Mr. G. C. Goodway and the team manager (Mr. E. G. Wolfe), who is a brother of Lady Cahn, left Wellington yesterday morning by motor for Napier and Rotorua. They leave Auckland for England, via Canada, next week. The visiting members of the New Zealand team left Wellington last night. One of their outings while here for the match was to Raumati South, where they, with some members of Sir Julien Cahn's team, were entertained by the chairman of the Wellington Cricket Association (Mr. J. H. Phillipps). It is understood that the gate takings at the match yesterday amounted to a little over £200.