72 Director on Gate Oct. 17th - Mr. Kirkwood Liddell John Fare was instructed to see North Shields play on Saturday next and report on this player. Richardson The Secretary was instructed to make inquiries about this Ayr United centre forward. Financial The Chairman reported that at a Meeting of the Assistance Clubs held at Manchester on Friday last, the Scheme proposal by our Club, that each Club in the League pay as a contribution into a fund for the assistance of necessitous Clubs a percentage of the gross receipts of each League match throughout the season, which proposal was substituted for that of the League Management Committee which was withdrawn, was carried unanimously. The following resolution to reduce the wages of professional players on the lines of the proposed scheme of the Management Committee, such reduction to commence this week, was also carried unanimously. The Secretary reported that the gross receipts of our League matches to date were as follows:— Sep. 12 Middlesbrough £337:9: 6 " 26 Aston Villa 716:4: 4 Oct. 10 Bradford 529:7:10 ---------- £1583:1:8 The Management Committee having at the Meeting above mentioned intimated that some assistance would be required immediately, it was at the Meeting resolved that 2½% of the gross receipts be immediately forwarded to the League for that purpose. It was therefore resolved that the Secretary send a cheque for £39:11:6 being