AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 525, 11 December 1912, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

THE MANAGER'S REPORT. LOSS ON TI-IE TOUR. Melbourne, Saturday. At the annual meeting of the Buara of Control the report was adopted. It showed that the total takings of the English tour were £7367, and the expenditure £4507. Each member of the team received £l9O 14s 2d. The tour resulted in a financial loss to the board of £1287, the board foregonig its percentage of the takings. The, loss will be covered by the appropriation of £750 previously set apart to meet such losses, and the balance will be made up by the New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian Associations in proportion to the profits made frum the last visiting English team's tour. The report stated that the triangular tests, as anticipated, had proved a failure. As they could not be carried out in Australia or South Africa, doubtless the scheme would not be heard of again for many year». The board endorsed the programme of matches between England, Australia and South Africa adopted at the Imperial Conference last summer, and agreed to the M.C.C.'s suggestion that matches against the various States should be limited to four and a-half days, and test ' matches, both in England and Australia, played out. It adopted a rule providing that no trial bolls in inte-State matches shall be allowed. All members of future Australian teams shall be medically examined before leaving Australia, and the teams would not be finally disbanded till they reached Austalia. Mr Bean was elected chairman of the Board of Control. CONDUCT OF MEMBERS. Sydney, Saturday. It is rumoured teat the conduct of several members of the Australian cricket team that recently toured England was extremely bad. The Sunnewspaper alleges that the team as a whole, was compelled to suffer for the' deilnquencies of a few members, and that to all intents and purposes it was socially ostracised. The Sun adds that the report of Mr Crouch, the manager, will be considered by the Board of Control in a few dava. It also says that Mr Crouch states that while the conduct of the team as a whole called for nothing but complimentary comment, the misdeeds of a few members were such as to induce him to ask the board to consider whether the selectors in future should not consider something else besides playing ability when selecting a team. The report does not mention names. THE NEWS IN LONDON. London, Monday. The Daily Mail states that Mr Crouch's report on fthe conduct of the team is a bombshell. There were no complaints in England o" hints of ostracisation. The Pall Mall Gazette says that the English cricketers noted with surprise a display of ill-temper on the field, particulary by one cricketer, but it was felt that Gregory was mors distressed than anyone else, and little notice was taken. It adds: "We certainly never heard of ostracism." Mr Crouch's report adds that there were members of the teams with whom it was difficult to work. From a national standpoint, seeing that the men come prominently in the public eye it is desirable to send men who realise the responsibilities of their position and who are a credit to Australia.