Australian Baseball Team cap

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Overview

A light-green-coloured baseball cap with a yellow fabric-covered top button and green thread stitched around the eyelets in the crown. Embroidered on the front panel in yellow thread is a stylised letter 'A'. The two inside front panels are lined with white stiffening fabric. The sweatband and internal taping on the seams are of black fabric. There are minor stains to the yellow fabric of the visor, which is lined with green fabric. The snapback closure is green plastic.

Inside the cap the initials 'AFL' are handwritten in black ink on the manufacturer's label.

Historical information

This Australian baseball team cap belonged to Alan Luscombe, Western Australian baseball umpire, and would have been worn by him at an international baseball championship. Luscombe's initials 'AFL' have been written inside the cap.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.638

Item type

Material

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

[On front panel]
'A'

[Manufacturer's label]
'In USA'
'One size fits all'

[Handwritten on label]
'AFL'

Contextual Information

This cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Western Australian umpire Alan Luscombe, a local, State, national and international umpire and Life Member of the West Australian Baseball Umpires Association.

Keywords

Australian Baseball Team

Baseball Australia

Australian Baseball Cap

Sports Uniform

Alan Luscombe

Place made

United States

Statement of significance

This cap adds to the Museum's collection of Australian Team baseball caps.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance