WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1928.
Sport Columns
OFF TO AUSTRALIA Tate. "And we are not.
HAPPY PARTY FULL OF CONFIDENCE
ENGLAND'S CHANCES
By Maurice Tate.] Will our cricket team which is now on the high acas, on its way
Just look round at the lads. You will see first of all as happy a party as ever left this country. Only eleven of the party of seventeen will be able to take part in any one Test match, but the spirit is such that those who have to stand down, will wish those who play every possible auc-
cess.
"I am not going to say that we to Australia, be good enough to re-shall win the Tests, because no in the "Ashes?" That is a ques- tion the answer to which we shall sensible man who knows Australlun cricketers, or the game of cricket, await feverishly in due. course.
The Australians, would say that. Many perple think that the answer
are sure to have new men who may depends on an allmative coming to another question: Will our bowling reveal extraordinary cricket' ability. be good enough? And again, link-Then the luck of the game plays an ed with that is the query: Win
Maurice Tate again prove the ro cord-breaking bowler he was wher last out there?
A British Champion
important part.
These Concrete Pitches
"I think the people at home, visualising Australian wickets, only think of them as being of concrete
"Readers won't expect me to say that we are going away to Aus-and they can be like concrete. tralia in the Frame of mind to lose But let me tell you this: that if the battles for the "Ashes'," said it should rain on a typical Aus- tralian pitch, then that pitch enn be truly a terror-a greater terror to batsmen than any pitch I have ever seen in England. The howler ran make the ball, go all over the place, until the batsman, has the feling that first and foremost be wants protection, not for his legs, but for his enrs. Of course, wen- ther down under' doesn't provide many such pitches, but it is always possible,
Miss Mary Heeley, the 17-years-old junior lawn Lennis champion of Great Peitsin. at her Wylde Green hoine, near *Birmingham.
"Mention of the weather condi tions," went on Tate. "reminds me that the first Test match is at And Brisbane on November 30. Brisbane is the sort of place-well, where those who talk about it hay- ing been hot in England this sum- mer ought to go. They would want to get back to an English summer so that they could feel they were having a bath in lce.
"When I think of what Brisbane can supply in the shape of a heat wave there is one thing for which. I am truly thankful: that in the Test matches an over is now going to consist of six balls only-not night as was the case who we were last there.
"It is almost a physical impos- sibility for a bowler who has to put everything into it to send down eight balls in succession at his very hardest.. Maybe the change from eight to six-ball overs in Test mintches will help us, because, after all, the Australians are better acclimatised to their weather con- ditions than visitors can possibly be.
How Long Will They Last? "The coming Tests are sure to be more than tests of cricket. .I expect to find them tests of endur- as well. Weather freaks apart. I shall not be surprised if
ance
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ench of the five ‘Ashes' games runs over many days-perhaps even to eight or possibly nine.
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party. This is a wise policy and though It is anticipated that, us it is interesting to note that several before, the Club will suffer a 'amall valuable assets of the Club have loss under this head. **I think we are well equipped now been written down, to very for those tests of endurance, and nominal Agures. The Electric I can tell you this also that we Totalizator, for instance, stands in know, we are going out under a the books at 85,000 and the Tots fine cricket captain, and a man for House at $100. whom every member of the party will be ready to spend the last ounce of energy. So why should we be lacking In confidence?.
"As a matter of fact we should be false to the folk at home if we were not now starting out full of
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Income and Expenditure
rato-
Altogether the accounts reveal a very strong financial position and if the profits keep on increasing as they have done the past few years the Club should, by tho ond of 1980, have over half a million dol On the expenditure side, it in lars which should suffice for pút- revealed that a sum of $280.786.09 ting up any scheme for extending was spent on racing account dur- the present course or for laying Ing the year and of thia aum out and developing A new
out $241,808.52, was given
in course
on another site.-"Straits stakes and added money. A sum Echo." of $51,024.05 was spent 'under] Charges Account whilst mainted- ance of the buildings, course etc., cost $10,297.59. Subscriptions and donations have taken up. $12,241.78 whilst the Club sustained 'n loss of nearly $4,000 on the im portation of Australian griffina which were sold to subscribers at a less sum than they actually cost the Club.
On the income side the Totaliza- tor was once again responsible for bringing in the biggest share of the profits, no less than a sum of | $271,087.24′′ being derived from this source. Subscriptions brought in $33,290.09 whilst Entrance and | Training Fees ronlised $26,565, New members brought in nearly $3,000, interest on investments over $8,000..und the sale of Ladies' Tickets accounted for the tidy sum |of $4,097,50.
Under the hond of Cash Sweeps there is an item of $168.861.56 made up as follows: Unlimited Cash Sweeps: $35,388.56; Course Cash Sweeps: $42,517; whilst the Ownors' i Percentage amounted to $80,956 80 that out of the Stakes and Added · Money pold out by the Club $241.303.52. must be deducted this sum of $80,000' odd which was reali ly met by the Cash Sweeps.
Asseta
The total assets of the Club, in- eluding land, buildings, machinery, investments and cash amount to $445,299.22. Out of this Invest- ments total $180,656.73 and cash in hand and at the bank a sum of $122,506.78. The Club has made payments in advance to the extent of $4,317.17 and has a stock of silver cups in hand worth $3,490.-| 62. The Club also 'made a deposit |
Miss Dorn Vitre of Montreal, for the 1929 griffins of $16,150 bat! noted Canadian golfer.
confidence,
because we know that you at home have confidence in us, Never has a party gone out which has met with such general androval and so ttle adverse criticism. And, believe me, that helps more" than a bit.
"So my last words to all those who will watch eagerly for the cables is this: Remain of good cheer. I don't say that we shall win. But I do say this: That, win or lose, you may rest assured that, in racing language, you will get a run for your money. If we die wall, we die fighting."
PENANG TURF CLUB
OVER $150,000 PROFIT LAST YEAR
Should the Penang Turf Club de- ride on extending the present Race Course and erecting a new Grand Stand and other buildings, which must come sooner or later, it has ample resources to go ahead at any moment. In fact, the Club has more or less already decided to ex- tead the present course if possible, and if this is done new buildings would be necessary, but the only hitch is that Government have
given no reply to its request for additional lan: adjoining the pre- sent property.
The possession of umple resources was revealed in the latest Balance Sheet which was circulated to members in view of the annual meeting held on Thursday, October 26. The accounts presented were for the year ended August 31, 1928." Generous Depreciation During the year under review the Club, after writing off de- preciation to the extent of 847,504.- 13 made a net profit of $106,001.25. On the new stables in York Road, on which a sum of $54,641.97 was expended during the year, on lesa than a sum of $26,958.52 has been written off, and equally heavy de- preciation has been written off in connection with other Club pro-
the greatre portion of this will bei recovered from subscribers, n}-
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