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SPORTING.
MERCANTILES V. WEST AUSTRALIANS.
A match was played on the Old Eecreation
Ground last Tuesday between the Mercantile
and West Australian Football Clubs, and re-
sulted in a victory for the former team by 2
goals 7 behinds to 3 behinds. The goals
were kicked by T. Rosser and F. Chipper.
H. Gamson captained the winning, and G.
Moffatt the losing team. Mr. A. Rankin
gave every satisfaction as umpire.
PROJECTED ROWING CLUB.
. Rowing, as a West Australian sport, cannot
bo said to have yet fairly taken root. We
certainly hato a rowing club, but it has not
as yet displayed any great amount of vitality.
This arises, we believe, partly from the fact
that it does not possess a proper set of
craft and partly from there being no rival
institution. Without competition, nothing
is more vapid than sport. Under these cir-
cumstances, a movement has recently been
sot on foot in Perth, with a view to the
establishment of a second rowing club. The
present club has a restricted membership,
only ".gentlemen amateurs " being admitted.
In the new club, it is proposed that mem-
bership shall be open to all amateurs, that
is, men who have not rowed for money.
Already a large number of young men have
signified their intention of joining the move-
ment, and shortly a meeting will be called
for the purpose of organising the now club.
In the meantime, any one wishing to become
a member of the new club should commnni
cato with the secretary, pro. tem.. Air. A. G.
Brady, addressing him at the Post Office.
With rival clubs established, the fine reaches
of the Swan should become the scene of many
interesting rowing and s«ulling races.
COMBINED PERTH V. COMBINED
FREMANTLE.
A meeting of the men selected to form the
twenty to represent the city of Perth against
a picked Fremantle team on the Old Recrea-
tion Ground to-morrow, was held on Wednes-
day evening at the United Service Hotel.
There was a good attendance. The first
business considered was the fixing of the
team, and as three of the men had announced
that they could not play in the match, emer-
gency men wore put on in their place. The
team was definitely fixed as follows ;-H.
Wilson, Sadler, Healey, Coomber, Salter.
Jones, Ward, Sheehan, Speak, Webber and
Kneale, of the Victorian F. C, and L.
Ogbornc, E. Ogborno, Randell, Scrymgour,
Angove, Readhead, Stone, H. Glyde and
Lawrence of the Rovers F. C. As the re-
maining two emergency men had stated that
they could not play, H. Gamson and A Birch
were elected emergency mon. H. Wilson of
the Victorian, being a back man, was elected
captain of the team, and L. Ogborno of the
Rovers, who will most probably act as rover,
was elected vice-captain. Power was left in
the hands of the captain and vice-captain to
arrange with the Fremantle team as to the
election of an umpire. It was decided that
the game should start at 3 p.m., prompt, and
that play should occupy an hour each way. As
the teams of both Fremantle and Perth were
never in such form as they are at
present, it is 'expected that the match
will be an unusually interesting one.
Each of the twenties will be able to place
strong players in every part of the field, and
as far as can at present be judged, the strug-
gle should bo of a very equal character. Cer-
tainly, the public may look forward ta the best
display of football uuder the Victorian rulus
ever yet made in this Colony. At the ordinary
Saturday matches, there is always an atten-
dance of some hundreds of spectators, but it
is expected that the great match of to-morrpw
will draw not hundreds but thousands of
Perth and Fremantle people. The members
of each twenty have the honour of being the
men selected to represent :»ot the ir club but
their town, so that the issues arc larger than
in an ordinary match between clubs. It is
hoped that the men on both sides will play
the game strictly,and also that the spectators
will respect the playjng.ground by keeping
behind the flags. During the course of the
last two or three matches the encroachments
of the people have seriously interfered with
the game, and it would be a great pity,
indeed, if the same practice were to prevail
so as to hamper the players in this very im-
portant match.
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