RUGBY TOUR HAS YIELDED £30,000.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19118, 10 July 1930, Page 9

RUGBY TOUR HAS YIELDED £30,000.

NINE MORE GAMES SHOULD BRING TOTAL TO £50,000. The British Rugby team’s tour up to and including the second test match has yieldel in gate takings approximately £30,000. It is estimated that the total gross receipts for the tour will amount to £50,000. The expenses of the tour, as far as the British team are concerned, have been estimated at £17,000. Neither the attendance nor the takings at the game against the Maoris yesterday have been reported yet. In the case of three matches the attendances have been given, but not the takings. In these cases, for purposes of comparison, an estimate based op other attendances has been made to arrive at the approximate takings. Following is the list of attendances and takings at matches up to and including the second test":— Date. Team. Crowd. Takings. £ May 21 v. Wanganui ... 15,000 1650* May 24 v. Taranaki .. 15,000 1650 May 28 v. Manawhenua 12,000 1320* May 31 v. WairarapaBush 10,000 1100 June 3v. Wellington .. 32,000 3718 June 7v. Canterbury .. 25,330 3640 June 11 v. West CoastBuller 5,000 790 June 14 v. Otago 17,000 1929 June 21 v. New Zealand . 27,000 4200 June 25 v. Southland ... 8,000 1500 June 28 v. Combined . 12,500 1350* July sv. New Zealand . 34,700 6840 Totals .... 218,530 29,587 * Estimated takings. Games To Be Played. On the basis of previous matches, the following are conservative estimates of the takings for the rest of the games, including yesterday’s, on the New Zealand tour:— Date. Team. Takings. £ July 9 v. Maoris 2500 July 12 v. Hawke’s Bay 1200 July 16 v. Combined (Gisborne) 1200 July 19 v. Auckland 3000 July 26 v.New Zealand 6000 July 30 v. North Auckland .... 1000 August 2 v. Combined (Hamilton) 1200 August 9v. New Zealand’ .... 6000 August 12 v. Combined (Blenheim) 1000 Total 23,100 Matches already played 29,587 Grand total 52,587