1948 Inter-State Baseball Series plaque

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Overview

This Inter-State Baseball Series plaque commemorates the Victorian winners of the 1948 tournament between New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The plaque is of silver-coloured metal with engraved lettering and an image of a baseball player sliding into base while the baseman is poised to receive the ball. The plaque is mounted on a faux wooden base. Highlighted in black is the name and year of the series, the names of the competing Australian States, the location of the competition, the winning State and their team members, and the image of the two baseball players.

Historical information

The 1948 Claxton Shield (at the time known as either the 1948 Australian Carnival or the 1948 Interstate Carnival) was the ninth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Perth, Western Australia from 7 to 14 August, and was won by Victoria for the second time, successfully defending their title from 1947. The other participants were South Australia, New South Wales, and hosts Western Australia. South Australia were runners-up, New South Wales 3rd and Western Australia 4th.
The souvenir plaque was from E.H. King, President of the Victorian Baseball Association from 1940 to 1949.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Claxton_Shield]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.205

Item type

Plaques

Souvenirs

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Composition Wood Board

Metal

Width

8.5000 cm

Height or length

13 cm

Depth

2 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Inter-state Baseball Series 1948
N.S.W.,VIC., S.A., W.A.,
Played in Perth
Won by Victoria
Team
A.E. Moule
R.J. Black
W.R. Anderson
W.G. Driver
R.M. Straw
H.L. Numa
K.J. Smith
K.R. Donald
L.V. Straw
W.E. Fisher
R. Harvey
T.R. Proctor
W. Brad Carter, Capt.
R. Darling, Mgr.
A souvenir from E.H. King, Pres.

Contextual Information

This plaque was owned and donated by the Dunstan Family. Glen Dunstan was Manager of the 1948 Western Australian team.
Two members of the 1948 Western Australian team were chosen for the Australian team, which is selected at the end of each championship series. They were Charlie Puckett (pitcher) and George Dickinson (utility player).

[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43779023]

Keywords

Interstate Baseball Series 1948

Claxton Shield 1948

Victorian State Baseball Team

Perth, Western Australia

E.H. King

Glen Dunstan

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative