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| | Football revolution rises from cricket's Ashes | Sport | The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Cricketers such as Victor Trumper, who toured with Australian teams to England in 1899, 1902 and 1905, did particularly well financially as the players and their financial backers shared the often spectacular profits. |
 | | The Melbourne Cricket Club denied that the latter two objectives were part of its plans, but ultimately it didn't matter as the challenge against the ABC failed, and the players lost control of international tours. |
 | | The change left cricket in a similar situation to rugby union, which was experiencing a groundswell of discontent over the fact the NSW Rugby Union was raking in large profits through gate-receipts from the unpaid labour of their footballers. |
| www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20816622-2722,00.html (1161 words) |
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