16 [Meeting held at Exchange Hotel Tuesday Dec. 15th 1953.] Present:- Mr. E. Green (Chair) and all other Directors, Manager & Secretary in attendance. Minutes of Meeting of Dec. 8th were read and confirmed. The Chairman welcomed Mr. Nuttall back after his extended absence. Finance Receipts reported were:- Birmingham City F. C. 20% 296.10.6 Gate v Notts Forest 3214.19.9 Cheques were signed for:- Customs & Excise 629.1.9 Football League 4% 98.5.7 Notts Forest F. C. 20% 413.18.9 Police 52.0.6 Wages 782.2.5 Petty Cash 143.5.2 Bank Balance £7669.8.0 Dr. Reports Reports were given of the 1st Team game v Notts Forest and of the 2nd Team game v Newcastle Utd. Res. Presentation A dinner was held at Bellefield Dinner 13 last evening for the purpose of distributing awards gained by our Junior players during last football season. There were present the Chairman supported by Messrs Sharp, Balmforth and Micklesfield together with Mr. C. S. Britton, H. Pickering and the whole of the training and coaching staff, and 60 Junior players. On view there were 9 Cups and 2 Shields was by our 5 Junior teams.