West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Monday 28 April 1890, page 3


SPORTING:

VOLUNTEER SOCIAL AT FREMANTLE.

On Friday evening a successful social was given at His Lordship's Larder by the volunteers of Fremantle, in honour of the visit of the Geraldton and Northampton volunteers. The gathering was in every respect a success.

Representatives of every corps in the town were present, and the most friendly feelings were manifested by officers and men. The

chair was occupied by Battery Sergeant-Major Barratt, and the vice-chair by Hospital-Sergeant Birch, and amongst those present were Captain Mitchell, N.E.W., Captain Cowan, Geraldton B.Y. Captain Clifton, F.B.V., Captain Mayhew, Major Humble, Surgeon White, and Captain Scott,

S.A.V.

The following toasts were duly honoured : " The Queen and Royal Family," " His Excellency the Administrator," and "The Commandant, Major Pilkington."

CAPT. CLIFTON gave " The visiting volunteers from Geraldton and Northampton." He expressed his pleasure at being present at such a gathering, organised by the members of the two corps. They all knew that the northern towns of the colony were composed of energetic people, and Geraldton and Northampton showed their energy in the volunteer movement in a marked manner. He could speak from experience, for in 1885 he was at the north when Capt. Shenton was in command, and the men were a very smart, well dressed, and well drilled company then. From what he had heard from his friend Captain Cowan, with whom he served as a private in the ranks of the Metropolitans, the corp had become extra smart in appearance and was a credit to the town. (Applause.) The Northampton company was formed afterwards, and he could only speak of what he heard of it. It appeared that there was a very good corps in that town under his respected and esteemed friend, Capt. Mitchell. When the tournament was first suggested, the v general committee considered that the country corps should be invited, and he was sure they would agree with him when hesaid that the Geraldton and Northampton teams had carried out the wishes of the committee in a very proper manner and had sent down splendid representatives of their corps. Although not very fortunate at the tourna-ment they did everything in a creditable" manner, especially the Northampton _ men in the manual exercise. As regarded the shoots ing, some five men were very enthusiastic, and the friendly matches that had taken place with the corps of Fremantle had been very enjoyable to all parties, concerned. Geraldton men had shown that they were proficient with the rifle, and they had the reputation of being the' crack' shots of the ?roieny.Lthey having T?aiflBd""tKe"Government prize for the last two years. He spoke of the Geraldton men having won one match out of three, and concluded by wishing the two visiting teams every prosperity in the future and by expressing the hope that they would be with them again next year. ¿

Capt. MITCHELL responded on behalf of the Northampton corps, and said that if had' afforded him and his corps much pleasure to come down here, and notwithstanding, the slight disappointment in not winning any prizes they were not discouraged from coming down, again. (Applause.) He was pleased to be present that night, and he was happy to say that his squad had returned home thoroughly satisfied with the general kindness shown to them during the trip. (Applause.) w |

Capt. COWAN, on behalf of the Geraldton Blues, also expressed his pleasure at the kindness shown., by the Fremantle corps. , With reference to the allusion to the improvement

of the corps, he could say that it always had been his earnest desire, and it was always that of the men, to make the corps second to none in the colony. (Ap-plause ) They would be quite satisfied so long as they were on an equal footing with the other corps, and the only way that could be done was for every man to think that the credit of the corps depended upon him. If one man went wrong it brought disgrace J on the corps, therefore the true volunteer spirit was for every man to consider that the credit of the corps was dependent upon his conduct. (Applause.) He expressed a hope that two teams from the Fremantle corps would arrange some' matches on the Geraldton range, in order to create a spirit of emulation, and if it was not possible for teams to visit them, then they could arrange a series of matches to take place on their respective ranges at the same time. (Applause.) Regarding the tourna-ment, although his men did not win anything he was very proud of them. They were heavily handicapped in having to compete after experiencing a very unpleasant voyage indeed, and that alone, to a great extent, destroyed their steadiness of nerve. He thought that next year it would arranged for the team to arrive a few days before hand.

Capt. COWAN proposed "The winning team of the Fremantle Artillery, and in doing so said the team had proved] the saying that an Englishman did not know when he was beaten. The team had not had much practise, and therefore on going to the long distance they were ten points behind their opponents. It might have been considered that their planes were hopeless, but they were determined not to be beaten, and Ettie long distance their shooting was highly creditable. If his men had made such senses he would have felt very proud and the officer commanding the artillery must feel proud of the men shooting the way they did.

They looked upon shooting as one of the great accomplishments of the volunteers, one they should practise most. He had great pleasure, in proposing the health of the men who distinguished themselves on the occasion

of the recent match.

Sergt-Major BARRATT replied, and expressed his pleasure at having captained the first artillery team which had beaten the infantry. They intended to go on practising, and he had no doubt that the corps would soon possess as good shots as any in the

colony.

Lieut. has AT proposed " The Losing Teams," and in doing so SM *; has seen

good shooting in Victoria, but he must confess that he had seen superior ones in West Australia. (Applause). He believed that ifteams were got together they could beat any others in the whole of Australia! individually they might be beaten, but collectively they could, successfully compete: with the marksmen of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania,! Queensland, or New South Wales. (Applause). He remarked that in the other colonies the conveniences for shooting were better than in this colony, and be hoped that some more attention would be given to volunteers who were anxious to become exports with the rifle. He spoke of the spirit dis-plays! by the teams, of the good feeling shown towards one another, and of the pluck displayed by Geraldton men in tackling the Fremantle cracks on their own range. He hoped to see the teams once more competing, and although wishing them every success he must confess that he would like to see the Artillery victorious again. (Laughter and

applause.)

Hosp. Sergt. BIRCH replied for the F. B.Y., and Sergt. TRIOS for the 6.55.

Capt. MITCHELL proposed " The staff," and referred to the different officers connected

with it.

Surgeon WHITE responded, and said that every member of the staff had the interest of

the volunteers at heart.

Capt. MAYHEW proposed " The Forces of South Australia." He said he knew very little about the forces of that colony, but they had an officer of the corps, Capt. Scott, who took an immense interest in volunteer matters. He would like to see Capt. Scott attached to the West Australian forces. (Applause.) Although they had good officers they were sadly in want of men to take an interest in the cause, and he was certain from what he knew of Capt. Scott that he would look after the interests of volunteers in this colony.

Capt. SCOTT in responding, said he felt quite overwhelmed at the honour done him. He felt it WAS only another indication and another instance of the very great kindness he had oxporUnood from the volunteers of Western Australia, since he had had the pleasure of living amongst them. With regard to the volunteers or military movement in South Australia, it had been very successful for many years, and it had now developed to a large extent into the militia force. He trusted that the movement in

this colony would develop into a similar force before very long. Applause.) AS one con-nected with the forces for many years, having served in two branches, in cavalry and infantry, he had watched their progress through

their various phases of development, and he told them candidly there was nothing else for them but the militia. (Applause.) His old company was now in the militia, and if he was in South Australia he would be a militia officer. There was nothing else for them to work but to assimilate the forces of the colony with the militia. They would know then that the men who believed in volunteering or soldieri ing would not be retarded by those men who would not attend drill and who were lax in their attention to duty. There was no doubt that if this change was agreed to by the Legislature of the colony, they would find it a success. The men connected with it would feel that they were tending to develop the forces, which, when they had that federation of the colonies they anticipated, would form a very important portion of the united army of Australia. (Applause).

Capt. SCOTT proposed the toast of Retired officers and absent friends." He referred to Capt. Shenton, Capt. Smith and Major Humble, expressing regret that the latter was on the retired list. He was sure that if there was any call for active service, their gallant major would be one of the first to come back to the ranks. (Applause.)

Major HUMBLE responded. He had served 25 years and he thought it was then time to retire and make room for' promotions amongst the other officers. He spoke of the Geraldton shots, praising their shooting and) referred to the visit of the Fremantle corps' to Geraldton, some years ago.

Gunner W. F. WILLIAMS proposed " The Press" and Gunner W. ANDERSON responded.

Dr. WHITE proposed " The Ladies " and Lieut Imray responded.

The chairman and vice-chairman were toasted and the proceedings terminated shortly before 11 o'clock. Songs were contributed by many of the men, the piano being presided over by Mr. Boileau.

UNION FOOTBALL CLUB)

A meeting of the above Club was held at the Commercial Hotel, Fremantle, last week, Mr. A. J. Diamond, being in the chair. It was resolved that the name be changed from Union to the Fremantle Football Club. The following new members were elected a F. J. Townsend, E. Wells, v Moore?. McGregor, B B. Boaehook, Jos. Woods, E. Fordham, F. Williams. The election of officers resulted as follows :-Patron, Mr. E. Solomon; President, Mr." A. J. Diamond ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. S. B. Dixon, J. Hayden, D. K. Congdon, W. Back, T. H. Marshall, and L. P. Alexander; Secretary, B. W., Hope; Treasurer, J. M. Ley ; Auditors, J. A. E. Humble, and W. Fitzgerald ; Captain, F. J. Knox; vice-capt, B. B. Boaohock; Ordinary Delegates, J. Haydon and F. Knox : Extraordinaryrrdèlegate, A. J. Diamond; Committee, Messrs. Back, Fay, Fry, Woods and Fitzgerald. A vote of thanks, the Chairman was passed, after which a discussion took place as to forming another Senior Club, by the amalgamation of the Ports and Fremantle Juniors. ' ' !

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PERTH CO. P. METROPOLITAN C.C.

10n Satarday afternoon this match,' which had lasted four days, was brought to a conclusion, ending in a victory for Perth by 53 runs ; thus making the Perth" C.C., premier for the year. On the previous Saturday the Perth eleven had six wickets down in their second innings, for 140 runs, and, as they were 26 runs to the good on the first innings, the game looked a certainty for them. On Saturday, the previous Saturday's not out S. Bendall (64) and Sinclair (6) continued their innings. The latter scored three off Piper, but the next ball dismissed his partner who had not added to his previous score of 64. Ogborne came in and contributed a usefuL before he was caught off Gale. Sinclair having made a useful 24, was run out. H. Sadler was bowled by Gale for 6's and the innings closed for 171. With 197 to get to me, and 198 to win, the Mets, who had the misfortune to, playWright short, had an almost impossible task to perform. They opened badly ; Dr. Connor and Curtis went first to the wickets to face the bowling of Duffy and E. Randell. Curtis made a cut for two off Duffy j three maidens followed when in the fifth over Connor 'was! clean bowled for a duck. Mason followed, but was dismissed for 2 by Duffy's for Mrs Finlay-son partnered Curtis, but lost his partner the next over for 11. Things began to lock indeed bad, but when North papered Ijinlay

son a slight stand was made, but with thescore at 23, Daffy got one past Finlayson, Gale, who took his place, only put on 8 when he was clean bowled by B. Bandell-5 for 34 George Parker came in and some brilliant hitting was the result, the score being raised to 74 before North was caught by Sharlft- d off Duffy for a well played 28, Piper joined Parker and the pair gave the field some rare leather hunting, each hit sending the ball almost to the boundary. Repeated changes of bowling were tried, but it was not until the score had mounted to 127 that Parker was given out, l.b.w., for a most creditable 35. Runs had been coming go, rapidly that the hopes of the Mess. were very much raised, but when, in the next over, Piper was clean bowled, it was seen that nothing short of a miracle could save the match., Boo and Hills together raised the score, by some flaky hits, to 145) when the latter was bowled by Duffy for 9, Boa carrying out his bat for 10. Neither fielding or bowling was up to the mark, although Sharland's 2 overs, 1 maiden, 3 runs, two wickets, was a first-class performance. The following are the fall scares j-?

PERTH C.C 1st Innings. W V. Duffy, b Finlayson ... 33 E. Ogborne, c Wright, b Finlay.

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J. Leach, 'ran out ' ". 6 J. Scrymgour, run out ... : ' ... £11 T. Kelly, c and b Finlayson 9 T. Sharland, b Parker 2 H. Sadler, c and b Parker 9 8. Randell, not out ," ' 24 E.;Bandallc?Srker,b Piper 23 W. D. Moore, b Pipers. 4 A. J. Sinclair, b North 22

-games the . task 2 Total" ... ." 177 BOWLINft£ANALYSIS.

Overs Runs Mdns. Wkts. H. Wright 3, 11 0 0 B. H. Piper 16 30 5 2

F. Finlayson 20, 59, 6 3 d F.D. North 1938 4 1 G. Parker 10 20 2 2

Dr. Connor 2 8 1,0

PERTH C.C, 2nd. Innings.

W. V. Duffy (capt.) b Piper' " 24

T. Kelly, b Piper ...? . .,. 0 J Leach, run out ... ..'. ... 14 S. J. Randell, not out r... I r ... 64 T. Sharland, run out 3 E. A. Randell c North b Gale ' 17 J. Scrymgour, c Wright b 'Gale ... 8 A. J. Sinclair, run out . 224 E. Ogborne, c sub. b Gale. ; 10

H. Sadler, b Gale 3 W. D. Moore, not out . 0

Extras .... j 7

Total at .,. 171

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Overs Runs Mdns. Wkts.

0 > 0 13, 3

2 i 0

1 0 0 0 26 0 1 4

4-11

30

51 14

24 5

4 4

5

5

12 17

47 H Wright

B. A. Piper F. D. North Dr. Connor G. Parker Finlayson

W. A Gale

METROPOLITAN C. 1st Innings.

Dr. Connor, at Sadler b Duffy ... 6 A. Curtis, b Duffy ."

H. CB. dissent Busy H, Wright, b E. Randell F. D. North, run out

W. A. Gale, E E. Randell

F. Finlayson, b E Bennett... G. Parker, b Duffy ... B. A. Piper, b Duffy

A. G. Roe, b Daffy J C. Hills, not out ...

Byes

Leg Byes

Wides ...

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To$al.151 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ,'

Overs. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Duffy. 32 74 H 5 E. Randell 30 44 11 4 S. Randell 8 13 3 to Sharland 8 1 4 6

"2' 2nd Innings.

.

Dr. Connor, b Duffy.

0

A. Curtis, c Osborne, b E. Randell.

8

H G. B. Mason, b Duffy ....

2

H. Wright (absent) ... > ... W F Finlayson, b Duffy

2' 7 F. D. North, c Sharland b Duffy .

. 28

W, A. Gale, E E. Randell ....

8

Geo. Parker, 1 b w., b Sharland"

. 35

E. A. Piper, b Sharland

2 32

J. C. Hills, b Duffy.' 7

." 2 A. G. Roe, not out.

10

Byes .' .

. 7

. Leg Byes... or 6

Total -...

145 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Overs Runs Mdns.

Wkts.

Duffy. 261 52. 7.5

Mandell 15 38 4

2

S. Randell JP... 1232 3

0

Kelly s.. 3 3-27 0

0 T. Sharland 2 3-1

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ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.

-[BY CABLE.]

. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, April 26.

The Australian Cricket Eleven arrived

safely, to-day. They will commence practice on Monday, and will continue practising until the week after next, when they play their first match with Lord Sheffield's Eleven in Sheffield Park, Uckfield, Sussex, on May 8th.