1965 Western Australian Under 16 Baseball Team - Sydney Tour Itinerary
1965A 9-page itinerary of the 1965 Western Australian Under 16 baseball team tour to Sydney.
The 1965 Australian national schoolboy baseball championships were held in Sydney, commencing on August 30. The Western Australian team of 15 schoolboys and three senior officials had arrived in Canberra on August 23 where they played two games at O'Connor Oval against ACT schoolboys on the 24th and 25th, before continuing on to Sydney. [National Library of Australia https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131833528]
The image on page 3 of the itinerary was reproduced from a photograph in the 'Canberra Times' dated Tuesday, 24 August 1965. The caption which accompanied the photograph read: 'The coach of the Western Australian under 16 baseball team, Mr Max Herson, gives two members of the team, pitcher David Meloncelli, left, and outfielder Gary Cox, some useful hints on batting at the Police Boys Club yesterday.' [Canberra Times https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131834694]
The itinerary indicates the Championship opening ceremony was held on August 30 at Petersham Oval, Sydney, where games were subsequently played from August 31 to September 3.
Details
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Detailed in the itinerary is information on the rotation of the Under 16 Australian Championship series between States, the format of the championship, and the selection of an Australian team following the competition. It also lists the names of the Victorian team, has images of Western Australian players and shows the costs involved in sending a junior Western Australian team to an interstate competition in 1965.
The itinerary was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by John Radalj, a past President of the West Australian Junior Baseball League.
This rare item has both historic and social significance due to its comprehensive detailing of a Western Australian junior baseball team's interstate tour in the 1960s.
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