1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Baseball Championship Series programme

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Overview

Programme of the 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Baseball Championship Series held in Adelaide, South Australia. A 32-page A5-size booklet with coloured covers in red, blue and yellow on gloss paper. The front cover depicts drawn images of a baseball and baseballers pitching, batting, catching, fielding and sliding into base. The inside pages are on plain paper and printed in black and white. Pages include: history of Claxton Shield and its donor; social and match events; player profiles; official teams; a photograph of the South Australian team; score sheet; a photograph of the Australian Baseball Team American Tour 1897, and a tribute to Ron Sharpe, Helms Medal winner. The back cover has an advertisement and details of the printer of the programme.

Historical information

The 1951 Claxton Shield was the 12th annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament, and was held in Adelaide from 28 July to 4 August. Games were played at University Oval, Adelaide Oval and Norwood Oval. The participants were hosts South Australia, defending champions New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The series was won by an undefeated New South Wales, their sixth Shield title.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.109

Item type

Programmes

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Coated Paper

Colored Paper

Paper

Width

13.5000 cm

Height or length

21.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

[Front cover]
'Commonwealth Jubilee Baseball Championship Series'
'Adelaide 1951'
'Price 1/-'

[Back cover]
'Webb & Son, Printers, 185 Gawler Place, Adelaide.'

[Handwritten notations next to Queensland's team list on page 10 and changes to Queensland's line-up and marks on the score sheet.)

Contextual Information

This 1951 programme formed part of the baseball memorabilia collection of Ray Allen, who played for Wests Baseball Club in the 1950s. It has been given to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives on permanent loan by the Ray Allen family.

Keywords

Commonwealth Jubilee Baseball Championship Series

1951 Claxton Shield

Adelaide, South Australia

Ron Sharpe

Helms Medal

Place made

Adelaide
South Australia
Australia

Year

1951

Statement of significance

A rare and historic item of significance relating to Western Australia's appearance at the Australian Baseball Championship Series vying for the coveted Claxton Shield. The programme has good provenance.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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