1937 Blue Sox Women's Baseball Team

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Overview

A reproduction of a black and white photograph of the 1937 Western Australian Blue Sox Women's Baseball Team.

Historical information

In June 1936 the West Australian Women's Baseball Association was formed. On 7 July 1936 the 'West Australian' newspaper's 'Women in Sport' column reported:

"The association has started well with the formation of six or seven clubs, some of which may field two teams. Most of the clubs have already nominated their coaches, and next week each man will take his respective team in hand.

"Practice games will be continued throughout the winter until spring, when grading games will take place for the purpose of interclub matches the following season.

"With Mrs. R. Denford at their head, a ladies' Blue Sox team has been formed. The members will be coached by Mr. Denford, and they will adopt a similar uniform to that of the men. At present 15 or 16 girls have signified their intention of joining, and there is promise of more to come."

National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40731580/3692322]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.495

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History
Photography
Sport

Material

Paper

Width

29.5000 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'1937 Blue Sox Women's Baseball Team
Back Row L-R: Doris Freeman, Hazel Brand, Margaret May, Ronnie Prue, Jean Scharff;
Front Row L-R: Verna Johnson, Dot Wall, ??, Kaloma Creech;
Photograph courtesy "Buck" Hawkins collection.'

Contextual Information

This item was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Rob Gordon, who served the game well throughout the 1950s and 1960s as both State and Olympic teams' manager and West Australian Baseball League President.

Keywords

Blue Sox Women's Baseball Team

West Australian Women's Baseball Association

Women's Baseball

Women's Baseball Uniform

1937

Statement of significance

The formation of the Western Australian Women's Baseball Association, and subsequent formation of the first women's baseball teams in 1936 was an historic moment in women's sport in this State. This Bue Sox image identifies some of those women.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Baseball WA

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