1974 Western Australian Claxton Shield Series baseball team

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Overview

A photograph of the 1974 Western Australian baseball team who competed in the Australian Baseball Championship Claxton Shield Series in Melbourne, Victoria. The black and white photograph is mounted on sepia-coloured cardboard with handwritten details on the front and back.

Historical information

The 1974 Claxton Shield was the 35th annual Claxton Shield, it was held in Melbourne, Victoria and was won by Victoria for the third consecutive year.

Team members were:
Back row: Bob Harris, Colin Guest (A/Coach), Rod Byrne (Coach), Ross Evans, John Kelly (Manager), David Ferguson, Martin Braine, Ian Barrie, Steve Oxbrow.
Front row: Ray Hill, Alan Middleton, Don Knapp, Alan Cunningham, John Cole, Bob Ossey, Kaye Greenham, Dave Kempton, Merv Edwards, Ray Michell.
Neil Corker (Bat Boy).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.125

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cardboard

Photographic Paper

Width

21.5000 cm

Height or length

16.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Front of photograph:
Melbourne 1974
Back of photograph:
W.A. Claxton Shield Team
Melbourne 1974
Property of Kaye Greenham

Contextual Information

The photograph was donated by Kaye Greenham who was a member of the 1974 Western Australian Claxton Shield team, Australian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (2014) and Baseball WA Hall of Fame inaugural inductee (2021).

Keywords

Claxton Shield 1974

Claxton Shield Team

Western Australian State Baseball Team

Melbourne, Victoria

Western Australian State Baseball Uniform

Photograph

Baseball WA

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