Soccer HONG KONG TEAM’S N.Z. TOUR

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 18

Soccer HONG KONG TEAM’S N.Z. TOUR

“No Individual To Profit” (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 22. No individual would make any money out of the Hong Kong Soccer team’s tour of New Zealand in June, the chairman of the New Zealand Football Association Council (Mr B. S. O’Connor) said today. He was commenting on Australian reports that a promoter would get most of the profits made on matches by the team in Australia. According to these reports Mr Jack Skolnik, of Melbourne, would get 60 per cent, of the profits, the remaining 40 per cent, going to the Australian Soccer Association. Mr O’Connor said the arrangement between the association and the Hong Kong team was that the trip from Australia to New Zealand

would be paid as well as their expenses in New Zealand. In addition they would get a fixed sum for their nine-match tour. The sum was about £l5OO.

“Apart from the lump sum payment and the payment of travel expenses and hotel costs to the Chinese, no profits from this tour will go to any private person,” said Mr Connor. “The money will be paid by New Zealand people ana we shall spend it to promote the game here in New Zealand.”