MONEY IN CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1033, 25 July 1930, Page 7

MONEY IN CRICKET

U PAYS TO PLAY lucrative employment It pays to play cricket. The Anvers themselves will be the first to admit this (writes J. Mathers in the “Sydney Guardian”). Three years ago Don Bradman was an auctioneer's clerk up at Bowral. Possibly his salary was £3 a week. Today his earnings in pounds must considerably exceed his highest score. He holds a responsible position with Mick Simmons, Ltd., and also receives ' royalty from the Knglish firm that manufactures Sykes* bats.

Alan Kippax was a grocer’s assistant at Bon*? I until a few years ago, when he opened a sports depot in Martin Place. Business •ew so rapidly that today he is the head of one of the most flourishing sporting businesses in Sydney.

Bert Oldfield was a clerk in the railways at possibly not more than £7 a week. Today, with C. G. Macartney, be is the owner of the prosperous sporting business in Hunter Street. Archie Jackson went straight from school to Alan Kippax, but the sporting department of Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd., now pays highly for his services. Alan Fairfax was looking for a job as an electrical salesman when Murdochs, Ltd., in Park Street, saw his value from an advertising point of view. pre-war cricketers were not nearly so fortunate, although several of them have to thank cricket for the opulence thev now enjoy. Warwick Armstrong was a clerk in the employ of the Melbourne Cricket Club. The admiring head of a big whisky firm, while the Australian team was on tour, appointed him head of the business in Australia at a big salary. C. G. Macartney was a clerk up at the railway on an ordinary salary. He received a testimonial of £2,700, part of which he invested in his sporting business. In addition he contributes to English and Australian newspapers. All these players owe their position directly to their ability to play the tjame of cricket.