THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S TOUR. PROFITS OF THE TOUR.
WELLINGTON, April 24. The following are profits made by the. New Zealand football team since its selection in the early part of last year: — Matches in New "Zealand, £501; Sydney, £553; United Kingdom. France, * and America., £8908. The total receipts outside of New Zealand and Australia were £14.971, and the expenditure £6063. The match Nort v. South, prior to the team leaving for England, resulted in a profit of £61. The New Zealand Union lias now a sum of £12,000 on fixed deposit, and the value of its assets exceeds the liabilities by £12,026. As evidence of the growth of the union, it is mentioned iv the report that during the last two years the number of committee meetings for the year has increased from six in 1900 to 29 in 1905, the latter constituting a record. The committee regrets that the number of disqualifications show no feign of diminishing. Mr G. Dixon, manager of the New Zealand team, in his report, recommends that in any future tours not more than 25 matches bo played ; that the number of men be restricted to not mere than 27. that two Internationals should be played in the early part of the tour, and that the men should have at least a week' 6 spell before each international.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2720, 2 May 1906, Page 61
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224THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S TOUR. PROFITS OF THE TOUR. Otago Witness, Issue 2720, 2 May 1906, Page 61
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