RUGBY UNION
20,000 players in australia A CHEAP GAME FOR THEM There are 20,000 Rugby Union footballers in Australia, inclusive Ox schoolboys. Most of these are in New South Wales, but the number in the other States is increasing every year. Rugby Union is a cheap game foi players. The N.S.W. Rugby Union estimates that the average player gets his football at a cost of £2 a year. That allows for club subscriptions, playing material, ground fees, etc. Thus the "spending power" oi Rugby Union football from the monej received from players alone would be approximately £40,000 a year. To that must be added the gate receipts, most of which ar« spent wholly on administration andvgrounds and pushing the. game ahead. XSydney 'Referee)/
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 78, 24 December 1937, Page 13
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123RUGBY UNION Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 78, 24 December 1937, Page 13
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