CRICKETERS’ CASH.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18026, 22 May 1930, Page 10

CRICKETERS’ CASH.

AUSTRALIAN XI IN ENGLAND. NOT WORRIED BY EMBARGO. The Commonwealth Bank’s embargo on the changing of Australian notes in Great Britain and elsewhere has given rise to some interesting speculation as to how the Australian cricketers will fare (writes J.. Mathers in the Sydney Guardian). But, according to an official statement, the cricketers will have nothing to worry about. The position is that all fares to England are paid this end, and immediately on arrival of the team in England the M.C.G. will, if necessary, be asked to place a sum of £IOOO or thereabouts to the account of the Australian Board of Control, upon which the team’s treasurer, Mr Tom Howard, may draw for the benefit of the players, etc. That is, the players wil handle English, not Australian money. This practice is adopted on all tours between Australia and England. The preliminary sum is an advance against the' “gate,” from which the controlling bodies are subsequently reimbursed. Don’t Need Much. It is not officially known the amount the players have taken with them as personal assets. As all expenses are paid for them, with the exception of such trifling details as “smokes,” etc., it is estimated that the total amount of money is only very small. Each of the players received the sum of £SO before leaving Sydney to assist him in getting his kit ready for the big .tour.' As a rule, cricketers on tour do not carry much ready , cash for two reasons: (1) They do not require it, and (2) like the average man these days, they haven’t much “ready” to handle. While on the present English tour the players are to receive the sum of £l5O, plus an allowance of 30s a week. This will, of course, be paid to them in English coinage. When they return they receive the balance of thgir bonus of £4OO.