1937 Bristile Baseball Club 'B1' Grade Team

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Overview

A copy of an original black and white photograph of the 1937 season 'B1' Grade Bristile Baseball Club Team.

Historical information

Western Australia's first premiership baseball season opened in May 1936 with 21 teams affiliated to the West Australian Baseball League in three divisions. Eight of the 13 clubs entered, maintained a second team.

Six teams comprised the first division: Ramblers, Blue Sox, Wests, Nedlands, Mosmans and Victoria Park. The second division comprised seven teams: Burleys, Bristile, Ammas, Railways, Boans, Midland and Mt Lawley. The third division was comprised of the remaining eight teams: Railways No. 2, Burleys No. 2, Midland No. 2, Blue Sox No. 2, Bristile No. 2, Ramblers No. 2, Wests' Tigers and Mosmans No. 2

The Belmont Road Board had granted the Bristile Baseball Club permission to use Hardy Park on Saturdays and Sundays. Both of the Club's teams played their initial league matches at Hardy Park - the 'C' Division team against Ramblers on Saturday, 2nd May and the 'B' Division team against Burley on Sunday, 3rd May.

National Library of Australia
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84220293]
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37780767]
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25139080]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.410-1

Item type

Photographs

Themes

People
Photography
Social History
Sport

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

29.7000 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Contextual Information

This photograph records the images of players from one of the inaugural Western Australian baseball clubs to play in a baseball premiership league.
Team members are (L-R):
Back row - Jim Gordon (Capt.), H. Hayes, H. Wood (Coach), Les Neck, Alan Niblett.
Front row - Jim. Dore (Vice-capt.), Clarrie McDonald, Alan Bell, R. Campbell, P. Bell.
Mascot - D. Elder.

The original photograph was loaned to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives for copying by Warren Wood, himself an outstanding player and servant of the game throughout the 1940-1970 era.

Keywords

Bristile Baseball Club

West Australian Baseball League

Western Australian Baseball Uniform

1937 Baseball Team

Statement of significance

This is a rare image of a 1937 Western Australian baseball team and, in particular, a Bristile Baseball Club team. Baseball was just emerging as a popular spectator sport in this State and, therefore, the photograph has both historical and social significance.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Baseball WA

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