1961 'Goldfields' representative baseball team playing top

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c. 1961

Overview

A dark blue baseball playing top made of cotton fabric. Appliqued in yellow cotton fabric on the left-hand side of the front of the top is the letter 'G', and on the back the playing number '12', approximately 23 cm in height. The short sleeves are edged with a 2 cm-wide strip of yellow cotton fabric and the neck opening and placket are edged with yellow fabric piping. There is one yellow button at the top of the placket.

Historical information

Baseball in the Goldfields in Western Australia started in the 1930s and went through periods of decline and revival over many decades.

In 1956, the first ever Country Week Carnival for country baseball associations was organised in Perth. They competed for the ‘Joe Thorn Trophy’. Thorn was a past Vice-President of the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia (1944-45), and the trophy was named in recognition of his services to baseball. The Goldfields team dominated the Country Carnivals, winning the trophy 10 times in 12 years.

This playing top was part of the Goldfields representative team's uniform in the 1961 Country Week Carnival.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.497

Item type

Sports Uniforms

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Inscriptions and markings

[On front of playing top]
'G'

[On back of playing top]
'12'

Contextual Information

The playing top was obtained by 1970s-era Goldfields Baseball League player David Fraser, who donated it to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives. It is a significant addition to the Museum's Goldfields baseball memorabilia collection.

Keywords

Goldfields Baseball Team

1961 Country Week Baseball Carnival

Joe Thorn Trophy

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Western Australian Baseball Team

Sports Uniform

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

c. 1961

Statement of significance

This baseball playing top is a rare and historic item of baseball memorabilia from the Goldfields region. It has social significance because of its connection to a competition between country baseball associations. It is in very good condition for its age and is well-provenanced.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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