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Otago Witness, Issue 3713, 12 May 1925, Page 14

WELLINGTON CRICKET COACH. BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. WELLINGTON, May 7. The result of the examination of Captain R. T. Badcock, the cricketing coach who was recently brought out by the local association was rather surprising. Unsecured creditors were showing £468 and thore were no assets. These debts, the Assignee said, were all incurred in two months, and many of them were of an extravagant nature. The bankrupt had bought the most expensive clothes, and such things as mah jongg sets, cocktail shakers, and a gramophone. The lastmentioned, it was suggested, he had attempted to sell, though it had been procured on time payment, but this Badcock denied. In his statement he admitted being foolish and not appreciating the value of money, but his salary of £250 per vear was small, and he understood that the Crickot Association was to find him rome part time employment. It had not done so, nor had he been able to obtain any himself. He also anticipated receiving some assistance from his father, but was disappointed. During the examination it appeared that there were other claims coming in from England, and the bankrupt also admitted having raised a number of email loans privately which he had not declared In bis statement. The Official Assignee was Instructed to place the case in tne hands gf the Crown Prosecutor.