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				The Everton Football Club Company, Ltd.								     The Everton Football Club Co., Limited.											   The Everton Football Club Co., Ltd.
																	
					RESULTS 1896-97.											RESULTS 1895-96.														RESULTS 1894-95.				   
																						    	
 Captain-									Sub-Captain-			
W. STEWART.				LEAGUE TEAM.				 J. BELL.							EVERTON LEAGUE.															EVERTON LEAGUE.
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H'me	Away	    SEPTEMBER.	        For	Agst	H'me	Away	  JANUARY.	   For	Agst		Date.	 	 Club.	          For	Agt	 Date.	  	 Club.	   	   For	Agt				DATE		  CLUB	               For  Agst   DATE	  	 CLUB	   	      For   Agst
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 1 	 - 	Glasgow Rangers  ...	 2	 2	 -	 1L	Sheffield United... 2	 1		Sept. 2	L  Sheffield Wednesday h  2      2										Sept. 1	L  Sheffield Wednesday   ..h    3    1      Jan. 7 L  Stoke ................h  3    0
 5L 	 - 	Sheffield Wednes....	 2	 1	 -	 2L	Stoke.............. 3	 2		      7 L  Notts Forest........h  6      2    	Feb. 1 EC Notts Forest ........a    2    0		 		      3 L  Small Heath.............h    5    0          12 L  Derby County..........a  2    2
 -	 8	Manchester City  ...	 1	 0	 -	 4	Glasgow Rangers  .. 4	 4		      9 L  Bury  ............. h  3      2           3 L  Small Heath  ........h    3    0				      8 L  Stoke  .................a    3    1          17 L  Aston Villa ..........h  4    2
 -	12L	W'hampton  Wands  ..	 1	 0	  9L	-	Notts Forest....... 3	 1		     14 L  Bolton Wanderers  ..a  1	 3           8 LC Burnley..............h    1    2				     10    B'rnl'y (Milward's Ben.)h    4    1          19 LC Blackpool..........:..h  2    0
14	-	Boyle's Benefit ....	 2	 2	 -	16L	West Bromwich A   . 4	 1		     21 L  Blackburn Rovers....h  0      2          15 EC Sheffield United ....h    3    0				     15 L  Notts Forest............h    6    1          26 L  Sheffield United......h  1    1
19L	-	Aston Villa ........	 2	 3	 LC	23	Preston North End . 3	 2		     26    Glasgow Rangers ....a  1      3          18 L  Sheffield Wednesday..a    1    3				     17    Heart of Midlothian.....a    4    2      Feb. 2 EC Southport Central.....a  3    0
 -	26L	Aston Villa ........	 2	 1	 30	EC	Burton Wanderers  . 5	 2		     28 L  W'hampton Wand's  ..a  3      2          22 L  Sunderland ..........a    0    3				     18    East Stirlingshire......a    7    2           9 LC Bolton Wanderers......h  3    1
28	-	Queen's Park .......	 3	 3	 -	-	...................			     30 L  Aston Villa ........a  3      4          29 EC Sheffield Wednesday..a    0    4				     22 L  Notts Forest............a    3    2          16 EC Blackburn Rovers......h  1    1
								-	...................			Oct.  5 L  Sheffield United ...h  6      0      Mar. 7 L  Preston North End . .h    3    2				     27    Glasgow Rangers ........a    4    1          20 EC Blackburn Rovers......a  3    2
		  OCTOBER.											     12 L  Notts Forest .......a  1      2          14    Celtic ..............h    2    3				     29 L  West Bromwich Albion  ..h    4    1          23 L  Preston North End.....h  4    2
 3L	-	Liverpool ..........	 2	 1			   FEBRUARY				     14    Woolwich Arsenal  ..a  2      0          21    Preston North End . .a    4    4				Oct.  6 L  Bolton Wanderers .......a    3    1          26 L  Sheffield United......a  2    4
-	10L	Burnley ............	 1	 2	  6L		Preston North End   3	 4		     15    Casuals ............a  2      1          28    Corinthians .........a    1    2				     13 L  Liverpool ..............h    3    0      Mar. 2 EC Sheffield Wednesday...a  0    2
17L	-	Sheffield United ...	 1	 2	 13	EC	Bury .............. 3	 0		     19 L  West Brom. Albion ..h  1      1      Apl. 3 L  Derby County ........h    2    2				     20 L  Blackburn Rovers .......a    3    4           4    Burnley ..............h  4    1
-	24L	Sheffield Wednes ...	 1	 4	 20	LC	Burnley............ 5	 1		     26 L  Burnley ........... a  1  	 1           4    Sunderland ..........h    1    1				     27 L  Sunderland  ............h    2    2           9 LC Liverpool ............h  1    0
31L	-	W'hampton Wands.....	 0	 0	 27	EC	Blackburn Rovers .. 2	 0		Nov.  2 L  W'hampton Wand's .. h  2      0           6 L  Bolton Wanderers   ..h    1    1				Nov.  8 L  Small Heath.............a    4    4          16 L  Burnley ..............a  4    2
-	-	....................			 -	-	...................			      5    West Brom. Albion ..h  4      1           7 L  Derby County ........a    1    2				     10    Heart of Midlothian ....h    6    2          21 L  Burnley ..............h  3    2
							 -	-	...................			      9 L  Sheffield United ...a  2      1          11 L  Stoke ...............a    2    1				     17 L  Liverpool  .............a    2    2          23    West Bromwich Albion..h  9    2
		  NOVEMBER.											     16 L  Sunderland .........h  1      0          13    Woolwich Arsenal.....a    1    2				     19    Preston North End   ....a    1    4          30 LC Preston North End.....a  0    2
-	 7L	Bolton Wanderers ..    (unfinished)			   MARCH.				     23 L  West Brom. Albion ..a  3      0          14    Casuals .............a    3    3				  	     (Trainor's Benefit)                   April 1    Preston North End  ...h  4    2
14.	-	Bolton Wanderers ..	 2	 3	 -	 2L	Bury ............... 1	 3		     30 L  Burnley.............h  2      1          1S    Reading..............a    2    0				     24 L  Blackburn Rovers .......h    2    1           8 L  W'hampton Wanderers ..h  2    1
-	21L	Liverpool .........	 0	 0	 -	 6L	Blackburn Rovers  .. 2	 4		Dec.  7 L  Small Heath ........a  3      0          16    Luton (R. Williams'						Dec.  1 L  West Bromwich Albion  ..a    4    1          12    Glasgow Rangers ......h  0    4
28L	-	Burnley ...........	 6	 0	 -	11L	Notts Forest........ 0	 3		     14 L  Stoke...............h  7      2                 Benefit)............a    2    0				      8 L  Bolton Wanderers .......h    3    1          13 L  Derby County..........h  2    3
-	-	...................			  3L	-	Blackburn Rovers  .. 0	 3		     21 L  Aston Villa.........h  2      0          17    Marlow ..............a    1    1				     15 L  Preston North End.......a    2    1          15    Liverpool.............a  1    1
-	-	...................			 EC	20	Derby County........ 3	 2		     25    Glasgow Rangers ....h  5      1          18    Freemantle							     22    Stoke  .................h    2    1          20 L  Sunderland ...........a  1    2
-	-	...................			 LC	27	Manchester City .... 2	 0		     26    Celtic .............h  3      2                  Southampton  ......a    3    0				     25    Celtic .................h    3    0          24 L  Aston Villa...........a  2    2
		  					 29	-	Dundee ............. 2	 0		Jan.  1 L  Blackburn Rovers....a  3      2          20    St. Bernards ........a    3    1				     26    Liverpool ..............h    2    1          26    Leicester Fosse ......a  5    0
		  DECEMBER.							APRIL.				      2    Celtic .............a  3      1          21    East Stirlingshire...a    2    6				Jan.  1 L  Sheffield Wednesday.....a    0    3          27    Blackburn Rovers......h  4    2
 5	LC	Darwen.............	 5	 1	 -	 3L	Preston North End    1	 4		      3    St. Mirren..........a  1      2          22    Celtic...............a    1    2				      2    Celtic .................a    1    4          30    Aston Villa ..........h  3    1
-	7L	Bolton Wanderers ..	 0	 2	 10    EC FL	Aston Villa ........ 2	 3		      4    Heart of Midlothian.a  1	 4          23    Wishaw Thistle ......a    1    4				      5 L  W'hampton Wanderers   ..a    0    1
		Re-played Leage M			 16L	-	Derby County ....... 5	 2		     11 L  Bury ...............a  1	 1          25    Glentorian ..........a    2    0
-	12L	Sunderland .......	 1	 1	 17L	-	West Brom. Albion  . 6	 3		     13    West Brom. A bion ..a  2      1          28    Sunderland, at B'lfast
19L	-	Stoke ............	 4	 2	 19	-	Liverpool .......... 2	 1		     18 LC Fleetwood Rangers ..b  4      1                  Exhibition Match ..a    2    1					    N.B.- "L" for League.  "LC" Lancashire Cup.  "EC" English Cup.
25	-	Celtic ...........	 6	 1	 -	20	Derby County   ..... 1	 0		     25 L  Preston North End ..a  1      1																	 
26L	-	Sunderland .......	 5	 2	 -	21	Reading ...   ...... 3	 1		----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------										      Goals
-	-	..................				22	Tottenham Hotspur    1	 2		      N.B.- "L" for League.     "LC" Lancashire Cup.	        "EC" English Cup.
								      													Goals										      P	   W       L        D       For	    Agst	
							 24L	-	Bury................ 1	 2																			     56	   37	   11       8       159      89
															    P.		W.	   L.	    D.	     For.    Agst.										    
					N.B.-"L" for League.								    61		32	   18	    11	     132      95
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				        EVERTON COMBINATION.													
																		    EVERTON COMBINATION.												EVERTON COMBINATION.
Captain-J. ELLIOTT							        Sub-MEIKLEJOHN.			--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------				--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
								 						DATE.	  Club.	         	 For	Agst	 Date.	  	 CLUB.	   	   For	Agst				DATE.	       CLUB.	          For	Agst	 DATE	  	 CLUB.	   	   For	Agst
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   DATE.	  CLUB.	          	For	Agst	    DATE	      CLUB.	   For   Agst
------------	----------              ----	------	   --------	           	   ---   ----		Sept 3	  L'pool Combination..a    5      1    	Jan.  1    Birkenhead Loco..... a    3     0				Sept. 1  Rawtenstall...........a   10     1      Jan. 5  Burnley Swifts.........h   3     0
1896.							1897.							     7 C  Oldham County ......a    3      2           4 C  Macclesfield.........h    3     0				      5  Southport ............a    5     0          12  Accrington.............h   5     0
Sept.	 5..A	Macclesfield ...C  	4	 0	Jan.	 1..H	Rock Ferry.........  2	 1		     9    Tranmere Rovers ....a    2      1          11    Blackburn Rov. Res. .h    3     1				      8  Oswaldtwistle Rovers..h    8     0          19  Chester................h   2     l
	12..B	Chester ........C  	3	 1		 2..H	Newtown ...........  0	 0		    14 C  Leek   .............h    6      0          25    East Stirlingshire...h    8     0				     15  Darwen Reserve........a    1     1          26  Turton ................a   5     2
	19..A	Rock Ferry......C  	2	 2		 9..A	Crewe Alexandra ..C  2	 3		    21 C  Macclesfied ....... a    2      2     Feb.  1 LC Southport Central....h    5     1				     17  Dresden United........a    2     3      Feb. 2  St. Mirren ............h   5     1
	21..B	Kirkdale........   	3	 1		16..P	Middleton ........C  1	 0		    28    Wrexham ............h    8      0          15    Preston N.E. Res.....a    2     3				     22  Rawtenstall...........h    5     0           9  Dresden United.........h   2     1
	26..B	Wrexham ........C  	7	 2		23..H	Darwen.............  0	 1	  	Oct. 5 C  Northwich Victoria..a    4      0          22    Preston N.E. Res.....h    3     0				     29  Oswaldtwistle Rovers..a    4     3          16  Newtown................a   5     1
														    12 C  Oldham County ......h    9      2          27    Darwen    ...........h    2     3				Oct.  2  Macclesfield..........a    4     1          23  Preston North End Res..a   4     6
Oct.	10..B	Bolton W. Reserve. 	2	 1	Feb.	 6..A	Preston N.E. Res..			    26 C  Chester.............h    4      1     Mar.  7 C  Glossop North End . .a    2     3				      6  Bolton Wanderers Res..h    9     2          27  Leeds and District.....a   7     0
	17..A	Barnton Rovers ..C 	3	 1								Nov. 2    Newton..............a    8      0          14    Walsall Town Swifts  a    1     3				     13  Padiham ..............a    4     1     Mar. 9 Liv. C.—Southport Centrala   1     1
	24..B	Rock Ferry ......C 	1	 1	Mar.	 6..P	Barnton Rovers ..C   6	 0		     9 C  Northwich Victoria..h    7      0          28 LC Chester (Final)......h    4     0				     15  W.B.Albion (Ch. Cup)..a    0     1          16  Bell's Temperance......h   7     2
								13..A	Newtown ..........   3	 1		    16 C  Chester ............a    3      0     Apr.  3 C  Buxton ..............a    3     2				     20  Blackburn Rovers Res..h    3     2          23  Burnley Swifts.........a   2     0
Nov.	 7..H	Buxton ..........C 	7	 0		20..B	Barnsley St. Peter's 2	 0		    23    Burslem Port Vale ..h    3      3           4 C  Leek ................a    2     0				     25  Douglas...............a   12     0          28 Liv.C.—Southport Centralh   2     0
	14..A	Northwich Vict...C 	6	 1		27..A	Rock Ferry........   3	 0		    29    L'pool Combination..a    7      0           6    Llandudno Swifts.....a    2     2				Nov.  3  Padiham...............h   14     0          30  Manchester City Res....h   8     1
	21..B	Macclesfield ....C 	2	 1								Dec. 7 C  Buxton .............h    2      1          13    Aintree Church ......a    5     1				     10  Bell's Temperance.....a    9     2     April 6  Preston North End......a   1     3
	28..A	Garston Copper W.  	3	 2	April	 3..B	Orewe Alexandra..C   4	 1		    12    Northwich Victoria..a    3      1          18 C  Glo-sop North End  ..h    1     1				     17  Turton................h    4     0          12  Chester................a   1     3
							 	 5..A	Wrexham .........C   1	 6		    21    Wrexham ............a    2      0   	            (Elliott's Benefit).					     24  Blackburn Rovers Res..a    9     2          15  Llandudno Swifts ......a   1     2
Dec.	 5...	Lancashire Cup ...			        10...	Earlestown .......   8	 0		----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------				Dec.  1  Darwen Reserve .......h   10     1          18  Rest of Combination ...h   3     2
	12..P	Northwich Vict...C 	7	 0		16..A	Buxton ..........C   1	 1				       N.B.- "C" for Combination.  "LC" Liverpool Cup. 							      8  Bolton Wanderers Res..a    4     4          20  Newton Heath Reserve.. h   7     0
	29..A	Chester .........C 	2	 1														      Goals								     15  Preston North End Res.h    2     0          23  Manchester City .......a   0     9
	25..A	Tranmere Rovers  . 	2	 1										P	    W	   L	   D	   For	   Agst.							     22  Manchester City Res...a    3     2                (R. Jones's Benefit)
				     N.B.- "C" for Combination.								        33	    25	   4	   4	   12	    31								     29  Newton Heath Reserve..a    3     3          27  Ashton North End ......a   3     1
																													Jan.  1  Newtown...............h    3     1          29  Liverpool—FinalLiv. C. h   3     0
																															
																																				 Goals
																															   P	    W	    L	    D	     For     Agst
																															  45	   34	    7	    4	     205      66
EVENTS
43 Agreed that the Secretary arrange eggs, sherry and coffee for the players’ training in the morning
73 Agreed that the Club should pay the players’ expenses for joining the Liverpool gym at reduced rates
91 F. Geary appeared before the directors concerning his behaviour towards the spectators.
113 Agreed to give a match at Goodison Park for the benefit match for the unwaged.
132 Resolved that a letter be written to Porcupine saying the explanation re: stoppage of draws is not satisfactory.
208 Parry suspended. Notice of his suspension to be posted on in the dressing rooms.
211 Reserve Team to have a gold medal each.
243 Resolved Mr. Hinchcliffe be allowed to photograph team
245 Resolved on the purchase of 2 medals for Bell and Southworth
286 Resolved that Elliott be engaged as Assistant Trainer & Groundsman to play when required.
295 Resolved to give Stoke £20 for the transfer of Maxwell & to find him a place in a solicitors’ office.
365 Resolved to give 11 players medals for winning the Combination Championship
444 Resolved that the Ground Committee be authorised to have rooms covered over, urinals erected etc.