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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17781, 26 February 1926, Page 4

A Cook's tour is not planned more carefully than the forthcoming tour de luxe of the Australian cricket team. No longer have the cricketers to find any of their passage money, as did the adventurers of 1878. It is provided by the State associations, which, in proportion to their importance in the cricket world, hand the manager of the team cheques aggregating about £4OOO to cover the £lls fare to England for each man and a small amount for expenses in England to carry the tourists along until gate receipts begin to flow in. This advance is made a first charge on the receipts from matches, and, in the event of a wet season, and financial failure, would have to be met before the members of the team were allowed to draw the £4OO each which the Board of Control has arranged to give them, i-t Zone Grey ougtfit to be able to tell some grood fish, stories when he srets bach home. :*: «