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Woollen Cup winners medals. He captained both Batley and Birstall cup winning teams, and his interest in both clubs led to him being termed a liaison between Batley and Birstall. He was president of the Heavy Woollen Cricket Cup Competition and practically left his bed to be present at Savile Town at the last final before his death to present the cup to Morley who had defeated Batley. He was also the district representative in the Yorkshire County Committee.
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Council. Following his father's death, aged 41 he became the chairman of the textile company founded by his father, he served on the committee, and he was the chairman, of the Batley and Birstall Chamber of Commerce, he returned to Batley Town Council in 1941, and he was the
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Committee prior to the club becoming a limited company in 1922, but never held office as President or Chairman of the club, as incorrectly stated in the 'A Ton Full Of Memories'
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The Auty name will always be forever synonymous with Batley's Mount
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576:(RFL)) from the end of 1898 until May 1900, as Fitzgerald's employment as a coal agent was not considered legitimate, and consequently he was in breach of the Northern Union's professionalism code, upon Fitzgerald's return from suspension, Wilf Auty moved to play as a
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