29 Hunter to meet us at Hyde Road on Saturday next so that we could discuss matters with him. The match v Blackburn Rovers was reported. Team v Fern Manchester Thompson Dunn City Fleetwood Wareing Grenyer Lloyd Jefferis Morris Clennell Harrison Reserves: - Smith, Hunter, Kirsopp, Bradbury, Kirsopp to play centre forward if Morris unavailable. Directors to Manchester - Messrs Clayton, Banks, Coffey, Halsall. Houston The Football Association having sent an application to them from Houston for permission to play for Linfield for our observations, the Secretary was instructed to reply that as Houston was a Soldier stationed in Belfast we would have no objection to his assisting Linfield provided he played as an Amateur and in all other respects conformed to the regulations of the Army F.A. Payment to The Secretary read a letter from the Football Association Players in reply to our letter covering Fern's application on behalf of the players for payment, in which the Secretary of the Football Association stated that as he had been made acquainted with a consensus of opinion that there was not that material change in the position of the War which would warrant a reconsideration of the regulations and restrictions now in force as to payment of players, he felt he would not be justified in bringing such letter before his Council. The Secretary was instructed to bring the contents of such letter to Fern's notice.