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Anthony Alexander Forrest
Anthony Alexander Forrest (20 November 1884 – 15 May 1901) was an Australian rules footballer and soldier who was killed in the Second Boer War. The son of Alexander Forrest, a politician and twice Mayor of Perth, he attended The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, Western Australia. Aged 15, he also played two games of senior football for the Perth Football Club in what is now the West Australian Football League (WAFL), becoming one of the youngest players to play in that league. Forrest enlisted in the 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry in 1900, and was killed the following year near Carolina, Transvaal, at the age of 16.〔The (biography of his father, Alexander Forrest in ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' ) (G. C. Bolton 1981) gives his age at death as 17.〕 He was the first Western Australian footballer to be killed on active duty, and the only Western Australian footballer killed in the Boer War.
==Early life and football career==
Forrest was born in Perth as one of five children born to Amy Eliza (née Barrett-Lennard) and Alexander Forrest.〔(Anthony Alexander Forrest ) – Royal Ancestry File. Retrieved 4 April 2012.〕 On his mother's side, he was a descendant of the Barrett-Lennard baronets and the Barons Dacre.〔(Thomas Barrett-Lennard line ) – Descents of King James I & VI. Retrieved 4 April 2012. No direct link available. Forrest may be found using the "FIND" tool (CMND-F or CTRL-F)〕 His father was an explorer and surveyor who later served as Mayor of Perth, and represented the seat of West Kimberley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. His uncles, David and John Forrest, were also politicians, with the latter serving as the first Premier of Western Australia. Growing up, Forrest attended The High School (later Hale School) on St Georges Terrace in the centre of Perth. At school, he was a noted sportsman, and later served as a prefect of the school. Forrest was the bowman for the crew that won the first Head of the River race in 1899 and kept wicket for the school's cricket team.〔(Lt Anthony A. Forrest ) – Hale School. Retrieved 4 April 2012.〕 He also played a number of games for the school's football team, and captained the side to victories against Christian Brothers' College and Scotch College.〔"Both teams, however, can boast of some excellent players. On the winning side there were A. A. Forrest (the captain) ..." (HIGH SCHOOL V. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' COLLEGE ) – ''The West Australian''. Published 16 August 1900. Retrieved 4 April 2012, from (Trove ).〕〔"A. A. Forrest, the captain of the winning team, had his men well in hand from start to finish." (HIGH SCHOOL V. SCOTCH COLLEGE ) – ''The West Australian''. Published 27 July 1900. Retrieved 4 April 2012, from (Trove ).〕
In a match for The High School against Scotch College, on 25 July 1900, Forrest did "the lion's share of the ruck work", and kicked six goals, which were "all smartly 'snatched' out of the ruck and sent through from various angles with accurate aim".〔"His brother, the captain of the eighteen, did the lion's share of the ruck work. He never flagged for a moment, and was, in the opinion of many, the best player on the ground. Forrest was also responsible for six goals, which were all smartly "snatched" out of the ruck and sent through from various angles with accurate aim." (HIGH SCHOOL V. SCOTCH COLLEGE ) – ''The West Australian''. Published 27 July 1900. Retrieved 4 April 2012, from (Trove ).〕 His performance in this game attracted the attention of a Mr. Dixon, who was the secretary of the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), and, according to ''The West Australian'', "on the look out for more recruits".〔"The energetic young secretary has been again on the look out for more recruits, and the latest is young Forrest, from the High School, whose play in a school match recently greatly pleased Mr. Dixon." (THE AUSTRALIAN GAME. ) – ''The West Australian''. Published 4 August 1900. Retrieved 4 April 2012, from (Trove ).〕 Forrest debuted against the East Fremantle Football Club at the WACA Ground the following weekend, on 4 August, and acquitted himself well, according to the ''West Australian Sunday Times'': "Forrest (a High School boy) played exceedingly well, and merited his inclusion in the team."〔(FOOTBALL NOTES. ) – ''West Australian Sunday Times''. Published 12 August 1900. Retrieved 4 April 2012, from (Trove ).〕 He also played the following game, against , which was the last game of the season, for a total of two matches in his senior football career.〔Davies, Steve, and Greg Wardell-Johnson (2009). (WA FOOTBALL LEAGUE WAR CASUALTIES ) – West Australian Football League. Published October 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.〕 Forrest was 15 years and 257 days old at the time of his first match, making him, along with Stan Magro, the second-youngest WAFL debutant, and one of only four confirmed people to have played before their sixteenth birthday, along with Magro, Stan Hussey, and Derwas Cumming.〔Greg Wardell-Johnson and Steve Davies. ("Youngest WAFL footballers" )〕
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