September 17, 1896
The following Lancashire professional footballers have been reinstated amateurs by the Football Association: –
George Brown, Macclesfield; James Murray, Blackburn Rovers; Thomas Baron, Leyland; John Cadwell, Southport Central; Samuel Colley, Fleetwood Rangers; P. Darbyshire, Park Lane Wanderers; W. Holland, John Howard, James Knight, Tonge; Albert Hilton, John Howard, Joe Wood, Middleton, William Bough (Darwen Prince Amateurs), Thomas Robson, Darwen; Robert Shaw, Darwen; William Lawrenson, Prescot, Thomas Pickup, Blackburn Park Road; John Wood, Farnworth; Peter Whatmough, Little Lever; Richard Hughes, The Wednesday; Ernest Whittaker, Accrington Stanley.
(Lancashire Evening Post: September 17, 1896)

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