BONUS OF £250 EACH
FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS WHO TOURED BRITAIN
SIX STATES TO RECEIVE £14,000 FROM PROFITS (Received Jan. 9. 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 8. The Cricket Board of Control continued its mooting on Saturday. It was decided that members of the last team that toured England should be granted a bonus of £2-50 each, including Mr Sydney Smith, with an additional £SO for the latter in order to enable him to purchase a suitable memento of appreciation of his services as honorary secretary.
From the profits of the tour £14.(XX) will be divided equally between the six States. All matters relating to the game itself, such as the eight-ball over, and arranging future visits to England. were deferred until the nextmeeting three months lienee. It was decided that future teams to England should consist of fifteen men and should be given a fixed remuneration with no bonus at the end of the tour.—U.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10301, 10 January 1927, Page 5
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154BONUS OF £250 EACH Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10301, 10 January 1927, Page 5
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