CRICKETERS’ CASH

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 968, 10 May 1930, Page 13

CRICKETERS’ CASH

HOW AUSTRALIAN XI. FARES 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.C. will, if necessary, be asked to place a sum of £ 1,000 or thereabouts to the account of the Australian Board, of Control, upon which the teams’ treasurer, Mr. Tom Howard, may draw for the benelit of the players, etc. That is, the players will 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 liis 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 their bonus of £4OO.