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By September some Committee members had changed their minds about Houlding's proposal that Everton should buy Anfield. On 17 September 1891 they decided to send a deputation headed by Dr James Baxter to visit John Orrell. Orrell agreed in principle to allow the Club to stay on his land for 10 years at a rent of £120 per year.
Dr James Clement Baxter (1857 -1928)