£33,000 TO DATE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 10

£33,000 TO DATE

BRITISH TOUR A BIG ATTRACTION RECORD GATES When the Springboks played Auckland In July, 3921, 25,000 saw the game at Eden Park. Today it is expected that that figure, a record for representative games, will be eclipsed. In 1904 and 1908, when British teams visited Auckland, the attendance upon both occasions was estimated at 22,000. Those games were played at Potter’s Paddock, which has now become the Alexandra Park trotting course. The present tour has proved a big attraction, and already the gate takings have yielded over £33,000. On the basis of attendances to date, this figure should exceed £50,000 before the tour ends, and the expenses, as far as the team itself is concerned, have been estimated at £17,000. In several cases the attendances have ben given, but not the actual takings. For purposes of comparison, an estimate based on other attendances has been made to arrive at the approximate takings. Following is a list of attendances and takings up to and including the Hawke’s Bay match, the Gisborne figures not being available:— •

Date. Team. Crowd. Takings £ 1,650 May 21, v. Wanganui 15,000 Taranaki .. 17,000 1.650 May 28, v. Manawhenua 12,000 1,320* May 31, v. W airarapa10,000 1,100 Bush . June 3, v. Wellington 32,000 3,718 Canterbury 25,330 3,640 v. West Coast-Buller .. .. 5,000 790 , Otago ... 17,000 3,929 June 21, v. N. Zealand 27,000 4,200 . Combined 12,500 1,350* N. Zealand 34,700 6,840 July 9, v. Maoris .. 25,000 2,700* July 12, Hawke’s 2,350 Bay .. 12,000 257,530 £33,237 Estimated takings.