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[Meeting of Directors held at the Bradford Hotel,
August 11th 1916.]
Present Dr. J. C. Baxter (Chair)
Messrs H. Banks
A. Coffey
J. G. Davies
B. Kelly
Minutes The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and
confirmed.
Dr. Baxter reported that a deputation of players from
our Club and Liverpool F.C. had attended on Mr. McKenna
and himself requesting that they should be paid £1 per
match during the forthcoming season.
That Mr. McKenna and himself had promised to bring
the matter before the Management Committee of the
League at their next meeting and if they approved to
lay same before the Football Association.
The Directors agreed to support this proposition on the
understanding that no player should absent himself
from work in order to play football.
Private It was decided to hold a private practice game on
Private game Monday next at 7 pm.
Public Practice The Second public practice match was fixed for Wednesday
matches August 23rd and the Secretary was to inform Liverpool F.C.
and ascertain if they had any objection. If Liverpool
28th objected then Monday the 28th inst. was to be the date
for our second practice match.
The prices of admission to the practice matches to be 3d. & 6d.
