1967 Claxton Shield Series baseball Chief Umpire's cap

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Overview

A 1967 Claxton Shield Series baseball Chief Umpire's cap made of black woollen material. Embroidered in yellow on the front of the crown is the name of the competition and the official's status.

Historical information

The Claxton Shield is the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. The 1967 Claxton Shield was the 28th annual Claxton Shield and was held in Perth, Western Australia from the 5th to15th October. The participants were South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The series was won by South Australia; their second consecutive win and 10th title.

This was the first series in the history of the game to be promoted by a League playing summer baseball, as all Australian States, other than Western Australia, continued to play baseball as a winter sport. It was thought that if the series was successful, other States would be influenced to make the change from winter to summer, and so enhance Australia's prospects for overseas competition. Another first for W.A. was the featuring of independent Chief Umpires in charge of each game.

National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237358198]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.291

Item type

Sports Uniforms

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Threads

Wool (Textile)

Width

24 cm

Height or length

11 cm

Depth

28 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Claxton Shield
1967
Umpire

Contextual Information

This umpire's cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Western Australian umpire Bill Sinclair, a Chief Umpire at the 1967 championships.

Keywords

Claxton Shield 1967

Australian Baseball Umpires

Sports Uniform

Bill Sinclair

Baseball WA

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