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[Meeting held Xchange Hotel,
Liverpool, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1950]
Present:- Dr. C. S. Baxter (Chair): all other Directors;
Manager & Secretary.
Minutes of Meeting of 17th inst. were
read & confirmed.
Cheques were signed for:-
West Ham Utd. F. C. Tickets £127.10.0
Theo. Kelly Wages & Xes. £600.0.0
Bank Balance £6528.0.9 Dr.
Reports Mr. H. R. Williams gave good reports of
Brice (C. H.) Reading & Cheadle (C. H.) Port Vale. The
former was classy & the latter, younger & more rugged.
He gave an excellent report of McBride
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(G) of Reading & said that he liked Allen (O. R.)
Port Vale.
Messrs Gibbins, W. R. Williams & Searle
reported upon the reserve team & agreed that
Paxton (R. B.) Wolves was very good.
Mr. Britton reported on the 1st team.
He stated that Sir John Parkinson
had advised that Dugdale should not play.
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Hold was 30. Chelmsford would accept
£1,000 & Notts County £1,750. He had offered
the latter £1,000. The player would need a house.
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Barber (Macclesfield) had a playing
history with Sheffield Utd., Stockport, M/c City
& Scarborough & was 24.
Hickson was getting good reports.
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Briggs (Grimsby) was not so good
as Catterick, being a poor header.
Catterick, Burnett, McIntosh &