1937 Wests Premiers team commemorative baseball

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Overview

A 1937 Wests Premiers team commemorative baseball. The ball is made of leather, dark brown in colour, with brown stitching to the seams. Attached to the ball with round-headed metal pins, is a triangular, Sterling silver metal plaque engraved with the name of the team, their achievement and the year. Twelve signatures, in black ink, are written on the ball; nine of them are the premiership team.

Historical information

This 1937 commemorative baseball is a very rare item from the early years of the state baseball league competition. The Wests Baseball Club was among the first clubs to join the league.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.292

Item type

Material

Width

7.5000 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Sport

Inscriptions and markings

Engraved on the plaque:
Wests
Premiers
1937

Stamped on the plaque:
STG SILVER

Readable signatures:
(Team members) - G. Dunstan, D. Carr, N.S. Fowler, G. Randell, W.J. Lynch, F.H. Crookes, R. Reid, K. Jeffreys, George Day
(Others) - W.H. Hosken, C.P. Smith

Contextual Information

The 1937 Wests Premiers baseball was owned by Merv Reid who was associated with West Australian Newspapers and baseball (Wests Baseball Club). He lived in Geraldton, Western Australia from 1991-2018 and died at the aged of 90 years. The ball was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Merv Reid's neighbours, Susan and Ross Staton.

Keywords

Western Australian Baseball League

Wests Baseball Club

1937 Premiers

Commemorative Baseball

Sports Equipment

Statement of significance

Baseballs of this vintage (1937) are very rare. The ball is signed by the Wests baseball team, who won the State league 'A' grade premiership (1937).

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