Players to be Muir Maximum £5 winter & Summer retained & terms Kitchen " £4 " " Eccles " £3.10.0 Molyneux " £4.0.0 " " Crelly " £2.0.0 " " Wolstenholme " £3.0.0 " " Blythe " £3.0.0 " Taylor " £5.0.0 Stringfellow " £2.10.0 held over Turner " £2.0.0 held over Marquis " £1.10.0 " " Proudfoot " same as last Year Oldham " £2.2.0 held over Kirwan " £3.0.0 held over Signed April 6th 1899 B. Kelly Chairman Meeting of Directors held Thursday April 6th 1899 Present B. Kelly Esq. (in the chair) Messrs Bainbridge, Baxter, Brooks, Crawshaw, Cuff, Davies, Keates & Taylor. Minutes of last Meeting & Finance Meeting read & confirmed. Director in charge of Gate - Mr. Crawshaw. Team v Stoke Muir, Eccles, Molyneux, Wolstenholme, Boyle, Blythe, Taylor, Bell, Proudfoot, Clark & Gee. Turner as Reserve for Eccles. Team v Barnsley Kitchen, Turner, Crelly, Ball, Stringfellow, Hughes, Harley, Bright, Oldham, Kirwan, Schofield. Fixture with Barnsley St. Peters confirmed terms guarantee £10 with half over £20. Chairman's resignation Resolved the letter as drafted & read be forwarded to Mr. Clayton. Toman Resolved Messrs Baxter, Davies & Taylor go & see him play on Saturday & if satisfied they be empowered to arrange for his transfer & engage him up to April 30th 1900 on best possible terms.