Caricature of 1937 Western Australian State baseball team

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Overview

A cartoon caricature of the 1937 Western Australian State baseball team. The black and white images are of the players and officials with their names printed alongside them. The artist's signature is in the bottom left-hand corner.

Historical information

The cartoon caricature was first published in the Perth 'Daily News' newspaper in July 1937 and was drawn by long-time chief artist Clive Gordon.
The cartoon was accompanied by the following description:
THE STATE BASEBALLERS HAVEN'T REALLY GOT TO LAUGH when Manager Ron Halcombe cracks a joke, but, according to Gordon, it's good policy. On the extreme left, Scorer Hosken listens in while Patron C. P. Smith tells Coach R. Denford and League President R. J. Bryant that the winning of the carnival is not going to be all beer and skittles. That's why they're laughing. Llew Jones holds the bat, with Wally Nightingale and Ron Black a bit sceptical about things. 'Micky' Carr (capt.) is surprised and George Evans happy at the manager's remarks. Bill Lynch has been promised a new mask, which tickles Don Gilmour and Jack McNamara. George Dickinson, thinking of curves, leans nonchalantly on 'Tich' Downing, while Glen Dunstan (vice-capt.) and Frank Crookes also know when a joke's a joke.

['Daily News' (Perth, WA) 24 July 1937] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82543198]

The cartoon also appeared as the centre-spread of the 1937 West Australian Baseball Carnival Souvenir Programme, and was reproduced in July 1987 in 'The West Australian' newspaper inhouse magazine, 'Newspaper House News', where the names were added beside the caricatures.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.223

Item type

Drawings

Material

Paper

Width

30 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Sport

Inscriptions and markings

Hoskens (Scorer)
R. Denford
R. J. Bryant (League President)
C. P. Smith (Patron)
Ron Halcombe (Manager)
Wally Nightingale
Ron Black
George Evans
Bill Lynch
Don Gilmour
Jack McNamara
George Dickinson
Frank Crookes
Glen (Ninga) Dunstan (Vice Captain)
Tich Downing
Micky Carr (Captain)
Llew Jones
Signature of artist (bottom left corner) Clive Gordon

Contextual Information

The 1937 State baseball team was the first Western Australian team to represent the State in the Claxton Shield Championship. It was the 4th year the national Australian competition had been contested.

Keywords

Western Australian State Baseball Team

Claxton Shield 1937

Cartoon

Western Australian State Baseball Uniform

Baseball WA

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