1985 Australian Under 15 National Baseball Series Program

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1985

Overview

An A5-size program from the 1985 Australian Under 15 National Baseball Series. The front and back covers are of lightweight, fawn-coloured card. Inside pages are off-white with black text.

The front cover displays a black outline of the Australian continent with the Northern Territory borders marked out. Black lines, drawn from the capital cities of each State and the ACT, converge on the location of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

The name of the championships, where and when it was held are printed in black text above and below the drawn image.

Historical information

The 1985 Australian Under 15 National Baseball Series was held in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory from January 3 to 13. Competing teams were Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia.
Championship winners were Victoria with South Australia runner-up.

National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122479352]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.612

Item type

Programmes

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Card

Paper

Width

14.5000 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Inscriptions and markings

[Front cover - handwritten inscription] 'John Radalj - W.A.'
[Page 9 - handwritten names] 'David Hargreaves - Selector' ' Ray Baker President VJBA'
[Pages 10, 11 - handwritten scores]
[Page 14 - one name crossed out, one handwritten name] 'Michael Kenny'
[Inside back cover - handwritten names and addresses] 'Dr John Moore, 1 Jean St, Woodville West S.A. 5011' 'Ken Peckels, 4422 Hawthorne, Eugene, Oregon USA 97901'

Contextual Information

The program was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by John Radalj, who was Assistant Coach for the Western Australian team.

Keywords

Australian Under 15 Baseball Championships

1985 Australian Under 15 National Baseball Series

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Place made

Australia

Year

1985

Statement of significance

This document is a valuable source of information regarding the involvement of Western Australian baseball in a national junior competition.