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Perth Heat 1996/97 baseball squad at the WACA Ground

Overview

A colour photograph of the Western Australian 1996/97 Perth Heat baseball squad.

Historical information

The Alcohol Think Again Perth Heat were founded in 1989 as one of the Australian Baseball League’s foundation teams and have gone on to become one of the country’s most successful sporting clubs.

As well as winning championships, Western Australia and the Perth Heat also have a celebrated and decorated history of developing elite talents and producing and nurturing players who have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.

[https://perthheat.com.au/history]

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Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.337
Item type
Width
29.5000 cm
Height or length
21 cm
Contextual Information

In 1996/97 Perth Heat won their second Australian Baseball League Championship. This photo, taken at the WACA Ground in Perth, is the squad from that season (L-R):
Back row: Shane Smith, Ben Risinger, Mick Toohey, Shane Tonkin, Fred Lindberg, Sean Jones, Steve Montgomery, Scott Metcalfe, Chad Needle, Peter Moylan, Clayton Byrne, Greg Jelks, Mark Ettles, Melvin Rosario.
Front row: Robbie Wells, John Moore, Simon Eissens, Gavin Edmondson, Juan Batista, Brett Walters, Joey Rhodes, Joe Ferguson (Coach), Tony Adamson (Coach), John Torvill (Coach), Jason Hewitt, Ben Needle, Clayton Barnes, Leigh Moyle, Shane Spry.

This image of the Perth Heat squad was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Brett Fogarty, the first owner of the Perth Heat baseball team.

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Perth
Western Australia
Australia
Baseball WA

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Perth Heat 1996/97 baseball squad.
Perth Heat 1996/97 baseball squad at the WACA Ground.

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