Meeting of Directors held April 8th 1902. Present B. Kelly Esq. (chair) Messrs Bainbridge, Baxter, Clayton, Davies, Kirkwood, Whitford, & Wright. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Trainer made his weekly report. Messrs Clayton & Wright reported their visit to the International match at Glasgow. Ashcroft The Secretary having read letter from Woolwich Arsenal alleging that we had tampered with this player he was instructed to write a denial. Do & Jackson Messrs Clayton, Kirkwood & Whitford and Messrs Bainbridge & Baxter if possible were deputed to visit West Bromwich on Saturday with power to engage either or both these players. Team v Notts Kitchen Balmer Watson, Wolstenholme County Booth, Abbott, Sharp, Taylor, Young, Settle, Bell. Reserves Boyle & Bowman. v Nelson Ford W. Young, R. Balmer, Clayton, Clarke, Brown, Rankin, Paterson, Tudor, Bone and Singleton. Reserve Chadwick. v Skelmersdale At Skelmersdale. The Secretary reporting on 16th inst. that this semifinal tie in the Liverpool Cup was to be played at Skelmersdale the following team was selected. Muir, Boyle, R. Balmer, Clayton, Clarke, Brown, Rankin, Paterson, Bowman, Makepeace, Singleton. If successful the same team to play in final. L'pool Shield The Secretary was instructed to consent to Semi final the replayed semi final Kirkdale v Tranmere Rovers on this ground on the 17th inst. Ford Mr. Davies did not report very favorably on Ford.