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 (Sundays not included). The fee shall be forfeited to the Association in the event of the protest not being sustained. The Council may order any Club engaged in a dispute or protest to pay such sum as may be considered necessary towards defraying the expenses incurred. Any protest relating to the ground, goal-posts or bars, or other appurtenances of the game, shall not be entertained by the Council unless an objection has been lodged with the Referee before the commencement of the match. The Referee shall require the responsible Club to remove the cause of objection, if this is possible without unduly delaying the progress of the match. When an objection has been lodged with the Referee, a protest must be made to the Association, and neither objection nor protest shall be withdrawn, except by leave of the Council.

25. The Secretary of the Association shall send a copy of the protest and particulars to the Club protested against. Each Club may support its case by witnesses. If a member of the Council IS connected with a Club concerned in a dispute or protest, he shall not sit on the Council while the dispute or protest is being considered. Neither Barrister nor Solicitor shall represent a Club at the hearing of a dispute or protest, unless he be the Secretary of the Club concerned, and appear as such in the printed list of Secretaries in the Official Rule Book.

26. The proceeds of matches (except re-played matches in consequence of breach of Rule) shall, after paying thereout the advertising, ground, and other expenses of the match, and third-class railway fares of the eleven players of the visiting Club, be divided as follows:— (1) In a match prior to the Competition Proper, equally between the Competing Clubs.

(2) In a match in the Competition Proper (except Semi-final and Final ties), five per cent, of the gross gates shall be paid to the Association, and the balance equally divided between the Competing Clubs.

(3) In Semi-final and Final Ties, as provided by Rule 30. If the receipts are not sufficient to cover the entire expenses of the match, the advertising, ground, and other expenses (except railway fares), shall be a first charge. The home Club shall