179 [Meeting of Directors held at Bradford Hotel January 22nd 1918.] Present W. R. Clayton Esq. Chair Messrs H. Banks A. Coffey J. Davies J. G. Davies H. Halsall B. Kelly Minutes The minutes of last meeting were read & confirmed. Reports It was reported that Thompson had gone into a nursing home to have his damaged cartilage removed. That Redford had been ordered to rest and undergo gentle massage. That Blackledge & Burgess had been registered with the League. That Bury's complaint re W. P. Wright had been dismissed, that Wright had been asked to elect which club he would play for & that he had elected to play for us. That the Commission held an enquiry into the charge against Anderson of attempted bribery of our players that G. Anderson had been suspended sine die & that the Commission had instructed Mr. Sutcliffe & W. C. Cuff to prepare a case for the opinion of eminent Counsel on the question of criminal proceedings that Mr. D. Geddes a local solicitor had been