288 [Meeting held Xchange Hotel L'pool, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1950] Present:- Messrs W. R. Williams (Chair) & all other Directors excepting Mr. H. R. Williams (indispose) Manager & Sec'y in attendance. Minutes of Meeting of 21st inst., were read & confirmed. Finance Receipts reported were:- Season Ticket Sales (Total £9984.14.6) £455.14.6 Birmingham F. C. re Powell Transfer Fee £7,300.0.0 M'bro F. C. Share Gate £424.11.4 Cheques were signed for 14 Players Benefits at a gross figure of £750 each, with P. A. Y. E. Tax deductions amounting to £3893.18.2 for which a cheque was drawn in favour of the Income Tax a/c. Recipients were S. J. Bentham £470.15.0, G. G. Barnett £465.7.4, H. Catterick £481.8.0, G. Dugdale £468.7.0, D. E. J. Falder £481.1.6, A. W. Fielding £464.2.6, J. A. Grant £460.15.0, N. Greenhalgh £481.7.0, J. R. Hedley £448.19.4, J. V. Humphreys £455.2.6, T. G. Jones £463.14.0 W. M. Lindley £513.12.0, A. E. Stevenson £484.5.0, E. F. Wainwright £467.5.8. Other cheques were signed for:- Customs & Excise Tax £68.7.5 Theo. Kelly Staff wages £481.9.10 do Petty cash £140.0.0 do Salary £89.8.0 J. W. Dickinson do £41.7.8 Income Tax a/c P. A. Y. E. £40.1.0 Bank Balance £16,637.19.11 Dr. Hayward (B'pool) Messrs W. R. Williams & Britton were agreed that 270 the former would be an asset, but that the latter & Glover (Stockport) was too weak in the air.