Wellington Rugby Showed Big Profit
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7 WEtelNGTON; Ja'n. 13. •' ' "Rtfj/by' fiAa'nfce ''indreased by ' proportious iu Wellington, last season. Total iiK'orhe for tlie seasoii has been estimated ' by the Wellington Eugby l.Tmon at £1 4,094^ eonip'afed .with' £996u" in 1947.' The pfofit balance is stated - to be £450S. , ' ' ' " Discussing'a vcry fruitful seaSoh. fot 1948j -members of tlie management eommittee of the union when they inet on Tuesda'y said Avery tliing* liad" been in their favour. • "I think more people are interebte'd in football — that is the bare faet of it," said Mr. C.-B. Hogg. A draft accouiit of the union ;p j6ceipts showed: Cup matehes, £4354; represeutative matehes, £440; seasoii tickets, £202; final All Black triaJ, £740 (total gate, £2669); Nortli-South match, £1027 (total gate £3675). ■ A l'eport showed that in 1923 the union 's finances ended with a sh'aky net profit of £76 and in 1924 a loss of £831. By 1944, with some defections, this total had risen to £2300 and but for a slump to a meagre £22 last year, it had continued to fiso. There has been a siguificant decline in the union 's lohn account from £15,446 in 1930 to £1625 in 1947.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 January 1949, Page 7
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