Miniature baseball bat signed by the 1939 South Australian State Team
Miniature wooden baseball bat signed by the 1939 South Australian State Team and decorated with red, blue and yellow ribbons tied around the handle.
The 1939 Claxton Shield was the sixth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at Richmond Cricket Ground, Albert Ground, South Melbourne Cricket Ground and National Park in Melbourne from 29 July to 5 August, the second time Melbourne had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the third time, successfully defending their title from the previous two years. Queensland joined the other four states for the first time in the tournament. The other participating teams were Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. It was also the first year an Australia national team was picked primarily based on the Championships.
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Claxton_Shield]
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Signatures of the 1939 South Australian baseball team.
Glen Dunstan was captain of the Western Australian state baseball team competing in the 1939 Claxton Shield Championship. This miniature bat was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Dunstan family.
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