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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9736, 31 December 1909, Page 5

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Five members of the Australian team" arrived at Brisbane recently <t& • theii homeward journey, arid they |w- ttf submit to'^.th© inevitable; !.s^rsiewers Layer, thW manager, wa| tackie^onHhe subject of the payment* of 'members of ' the team in connection .with iEeVCWlombo match. He laughed^a^he rer marked, "I am bringing £13 Jmiiorii England. I>o the Australian- public : obp? ject to that? Why do 'they object W' me bringing £50 from ColoinboP'^ <Attj endeavour was made to show liateri/kafr the Colombo match appeared to ".vpaf^ take of the nature of a priratefen^eri. prise oh the part -of- the Australiart* took part in it, and that jii&iial}^ such picnic matches were, engaged in for the love -of sport and in rieturii^fby. hospitality offered %by the: residents"' 67 a plape like Gblombbi ." Wlien^we^twiiv going to England," cpntiiiudds^Vwv "we were approached at Golpmbo ; by; jthe Cingalese 'Glub, consisting' of '''':xia^i 'tives, and asked to plfy a match-on Qiir returny £200" being offered us.^*-!!ttei matchVas fixed up ihen. ; Wlien.^t' < W^ found that the t«am : had b^nsplit^ipi ' and^ would, be, returningftiri^W»^2bvißSS% sections, &n, arrangement was made f<MK each stection to take part ii : %icket*il Colombo, each\;s€iction jtfr "receive "£fiffi? I don't; know what' hai>penea. ; 'a.%, •.«»' match,, but the game in whidh -we''t6sß' part drew a splendid; gate^ -'»nd^.tKe ; Cingalese Club, made, nvmey.. : IVri^^ cannot '6ee any objec^ibiil,to:viny > - ; ?ac]bi6^ any more than: in . arranging; -three- «jitr* matches, in Great^Bfitaiii; which V$M privately, and apartrifrom the Boai-d>oß Control. M"hese matchesi-w'eise atrßlkfek%* pool and Scotland and 'Irelaird, rs&s they turned out splendidly and realised about £KX)6. Was^objection^ *M, that in Australia?" «Laver!w~en^|j:.tA remark that the tour! w^s;, Bubceasfftf from a financial, standpoint,^ andt aetiS; ally realised more than the touira •' <jfe 1905 and 1902, whibh\ realised ab'ouW £12,500 in each case. As "a; ms^r.%% fact, rain did noVspjsl theVatte^iittfee^ "• at the matches, except .in a yerj-^e^ cases, and the crowds at' the^ ierts> werl^ .large. - N -- •...".■•. j;1 " ■• '- vv v : r#^