59 [Meeting of Directors held at the Bradford Hotel December 27th 1916] Present W. R. Clayton Esq Chair Messrs Banks Davies J. G. Davies Halsall Kelly Minutes The Minutes of last Meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary reported that the teams playing in the Xmas games were v Stoke Mitchell, Smith, Thompson, Fleetwood, Wareing, Grenyer, Lloyd, Jefferis, Blair, Clennel and Harrison v L'pool Mitchell, Stewart, Thompson, Fleetwood, Wareing, Grenyer, Lloyd, Jefferis, Parker, Clennell, Blair v Stockport Fern, Stewart, Thompson, Fleetwood, Wareing, County Grenyer, Lloyd, Jefferis, Blair, Clennell, Peate That the gross receipts v Liverpool were £481.13.5 & the payment of £72.15.1 Entertainment Tax was confirmed. That the gross receipts at Stockport were £107.16.5 & the tax thereon £17.2.4. The Xmas games were reported. The League having decided that the deduction of players expenses from the receipts prior to ascertaining the 6% levy was not permissible the Secretary was instructed to refund the amount.