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[Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
held at Law Association Rooms, Cook St.,
Thursday, 29th June, 1939]
Present:- Messrs E. Green (Chair), A. Coffey, W. C. Gibbins, W. C. Cuff,
Dr. C. S. Baxter, G. Evans, T. Percy, A. Gates, W. R. Williams & 139
Shareholders & Secy.
Secretary read the Notice conven-
ing the Meeting.
It was agreed that the Press attend.
? Report On the motion of the Chairman, it
Balance Sheet was agreed that these be taken as read.
The Chairman then went on to give
his report on the Season - a very satisfactory one.
He considered it a most remarkable one because
the prophets had been so utterly confounded.
When they discovered their initial mistake, they
doubted the reserve strength, But here again,
the Central League disproved this pessimism.
Very early on, representative calls had brought
& our reserves into a Football League game
which had been won & on every similar occasion
throughout the year, the results had justified
the Board's policy of releasing any players who
were wanted by their country. He detailed
the Honours won, totalling 33, a record for
the Club. The Championship was won with a
points total 3 above any thing previously attained.
If he had to pick on any
one result as outstanding, it was the defeat
of 7-0 by Wolverhampton. This result was
followed by an unbroken run of non-defeat
from February 22nd until April 22nd. It proved
