PAYMENT FOR TESTS.
PROFESSIONALS SEEK INCREASE. Commenting on the fact that English amateur cricketers stayed at Harrogate and the professionals at Leeds, the Evening Standard says: “It is not to be wondered that the professionals prefer to avoid the expense of travelling. Considering the gates drawn and the responsibility carried, professionals ought not to have to keep themselves during a Test from a payment of £40.” The Daily Express snys: “The professionals have asked for a substantial increase from the M.C.C., whict has referred them to the English Board of Control.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 August 1934, Page 2
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91PAYMENT FOR TESTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 210, 4 August 1934, Page 2
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