Oral history - Arthur Lodge

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2021

Overview

Oral history, 'Recollections of Sporting Career in Baseball and Cricket 1950's & 1960's', recorded with Arthur Lodge, Western Australian baseball and cricket player. [Click on arrows above Arthur Lodge's photo to locate audio file.]

Historical information

Arthur Lodge played cricket from age 11 at Hale School in Perth and was in the school's First Eleven from 1947 to 1951. From age 13 his teammates were senior players and he was one of the first school-age players to make 1000 runs in cricket.

At the age of 21, in 1954, Arthur took up baseball, playing with Nedlands Baseball Club. After only one season as an 'A' grade player, he was selected in the 1955 Western Australian State team for the Claxton Shield Series in Sydney. Arthur was selected again in the 1956 State team to play in Adelaide. In that same year he was considered for selection in the Australian baseball team to play at the Melbourne Olympics. However, he was deemed ineligible because he had received payment for his cricket appearances, and therefore was considered a 'professional' not an 'amateur' sportsman. In the Olympics at that time, a competitor had to have 'amateur' status. In 1957 he was again selected to play for Western Australia in the Claxton Shield baseball championship, held at the WACA ground in Perth.

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On CD cover:
Arthur Lodge
Recollections of Sporting Career in Baseball and Cricket
1950's & 1960's

Contextual Information

An all-round sportsman, Arthur Lodge played baseball and cricket at many levels. He had a career in Western Australian baseball from 1954 until 1958, competing in 'A' grade club competitions when it was a winter sport, and playing both night baseball and cricket in the summer months. He has represented his home state of Western Australia for many years, competing in the Australian interstate Claxton Shield Baseball Championships and Sheffield Shield Cricket.

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Arthur Lodge

Nedlands Baseball Club

Night Baseball Series

Claxton Shield 1955

Claxton Shield 1956

Claxton Shield 1957

Sheffield Shield Cricket Team

Place made

Dwellingup
Western Australia
Australia

Year

2021

Statement of significance

Arthur Lodge represented Western Australia in Claxton Shield baseball in 1955, 1956 and 1957. He also played Sheffield Shield cricket for Western Australia. Arthur's memories are of great significance as a first-hand recollection of the sporting and social history of those times. Very few great sportsmen of his generation are still with us to relate their stories, at the time this oral history was recorded in August 2021.

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