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Victorian Football Finance^
^ Declaration of the dividends
jf«r each club was the chief business
at the meeting of the Victorian
Football League; held on
'Friday evening week (says ~a Mclfcourne
weekly). • The treasurer-
: ..stated that -the' prweeds ..of ..the
. semi-ftrval . v .iroal ^ matches
, amotinted-to
-to receive a dividend of £536, but
when percentage deductions have
been made for home and home
matches, this amount will be considerably.
reduced. The amount
disbursed wa3 £4831. A charity
vote of £235 was made, and the
nstitutionn which will chiefly benefit-
are:—Melbourne Hospital £15
Alfred, Homeopathic and St. Vincent's
Hospitals and the Benevolent
Asylum, £1G each. Gcelong
charities are to receive £59. A
grant of £100 was made to the
Queensland Football League.
'•We are merely printing th ?
above to show the difference between
our League and the Victorian
League. Our League won't
divulge -football, finance, no matter
how much supporters of th-3
game would like to know how tho
money goes. The players, who ire
the men mostly concerned, should
demand not only a statement of
the dividends paid to each club,
but shouM also insist on seeing .1
balance-sheet. If not—why not?
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