Meeting of Directors held October 14th 1902 Present J. Davies Esq. (Chair) Messrs Baxter, Clayton, Coates, Kelly, Kirkwood, Mahon, Whitford & Wright. Minutes of last meeting read confirmed & signed. Reports by Trainer and Doctor made & read. Mr. Turner's report on Saturdays combination match was read. Hughes The Secretary having reported upon the work done by Hughes he was instructed to admonish him. Notts. Forest Dr. Whitford having reported that he had not yet been able to see the Lord Mayor, it was resolved that in the event of the Lord Mayor accepting our invitation a subcommittee consisting of the Chairman Dr. Whitford & the Secy. arrange for invitations to Visitors. Excursion The Secretary was instructed to endeavour to obtain permission from the Railway Co. to travel by the 12 noon train at excursion rates and for excursionists to return by the 7.25 pm train from Birmingham if they so desired & Mr. Coates was requested to attend with the Secretary upon the Railway Co. F. J. Cox The Secretary read letter enclosing £18.10.0 on a/c. Balmer & The Secretary reported the dates of engagement Wolstenholme of these players as March 20th 1896 and Novr. 22-27 1897 respectively. Team v Kitchen, Wolstenholme, Balmer, Taylor, Booth, Aston Villa Abbott, Sharp, Brearley, Bowman, Sheridan, Bell. v Heywood Whitley, Smith, Bucknall, Clark, Russell, Makepeace, Rankin, Dixon, Monks, Cleve, Dilly, failing Cleve.