Meeting of Directors held Tuesday 15th October 1901
Present B. Kelly Esq. (in the chair) Messrs Baxter, Bainbridge, Coates, Cuff,
Clayton, Davies, Kirkwood, Whitford, & Wright.
Minutes of last meeting read & confirmed.
Minutes of Stores Committee read and confirmed, subject to a recommendation
to that Committee that a Dozen bottles of St. Julien Claret, as per sample,
be ordered from Messrs Threlfall at 16/- per Dozen, and that small
bottles of cork soda be obtained from the Hygienic Mineral Water Co.
instead of syphons or large bottles.
Trainer Made his report drawing attention to the fact that Settle & Booth
did not usually arrive at the ground until the last of the players
had gone out walking and that the Trainer could not therefore
exercise that supervision over these players in training & that
Balmer & Sharp were frequently late in coming to the Ground.
It was resolved that the Secretary be instructed to inform these
players that they must attend for training at the hour appointed.
Medical Report Secretary read Doctor's report as to Bell & Taylor.
Re Mr. F. Bye & Secretary having submitted draft letters to the League & Association
Re Jones re Mr. F. Bye and also a complaint re Jones, the same were
adopted and the Secretary was instructed to dispatch same.
Team v Bury Kitchen, Balmer, Watson, Wolstenholme, Booth, Abbott, J. Sharp,
Paterson, Young, Settle and Bell.
Team v Bury Rese. Muir, Eccles, B. Sharp, Boyle, Clarke, Blythe, Roche, Rankin,
Proudfoot, Bone & Chadwick. Brown to go with Team.
Director in charge of Gate Mr. E. A. Bainbridge.
& Mr. Davies.
Directors to see players. Dr. Baxter to go to Accrington to see Finney play and
Messrs. Coates & Kirkwood to go to Blackburn to see Birtwistle play.
Re Appointment of Secretary. The Directors having examined the applications for
the position of Secretary. It was unanimously resolved that the
following 6 gentlemen be requested to appear before the Directors
at their next meeting. Messrs. B. H. Boyle, William Wallace,
T. E. Maley, James Grant, Thomas Wales & W. C. Cuff & that
the Honorary Secretary be instructed to write these gentlemen
informing them thereof with a notification that their out of
