1937 Australian Baseball Carnival programme cover and luggage label

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Overview

This cover of a commemorative 1937 Australian Baseball Carnival West Australian Souvenir Programme is made of textured orange card with black lettering. The front outside cover shows the name of the carnival, where and when is was held, dates of the fixtures and final games. The inside front cover lists the names of the four competing teams. The inside back cover has the words of three songs for Western Australian supporters at the carnival. Glued to the outside back cover is a WA Baseball League passenger luggage label. The round, yellow paper label is glued onto a square piece of white paper. The label resembles a baseball with an image of a black swan and black lettering. The internal pages of the programme have been removed.

Historical information

The 1937 Australian Baseball Carnival was the 4th year of the national competition and was held in Adelaide, South Australia. Produced in addition to the official programme issued by the South Australian Baseball League, this West Australian Souvenir Programme commemorated Western Australia's entry into the Claxton Shield baseball championship series. The programme cover, with the attached passenger luggage label, is from the baseball memorabilia collection of George Dickinson, a member of the inaugural Western Australian State baseball team. The team travelled to South Australia by train on the Great Western Kalgoorlie-Pirie express.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.251

Item type

Material

Width

23 cm

Height or length

17 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Sport

Inscriptions and markings

Outside front cover:
Commemorating Western Australia's entry into Claxton Shield contests.
Australian Baseball Carnival
Unley Oval, Adelaide.
August 7 to August 14, 1937.
West Australian Souvenir Programme.
Fixtures and Finals dates are listed.

Inside front cover (team lists):
Western Australia
Victoria
South Australia
New South Wales

Inside back cover (words to three carnival songs)

Outside back cover (passenger luggage label):
WA Baseball League
Passenger to
Adelaide
Carnival
1937

Contextual Information

The inaugural Western Australian State baseball team listed in the programme are:
D. Carr (captain), W. Lynch, F. Crookes, G. Dunstan (vice-captain), G. Evans, A. Downing, J. McNamara, L. Jones, D. Gilmour, G. Dickinson, W. Nightingale, R. Black, R. Halcombe (manager), W. Hosken (scorer).
Attached to the programme is a luggage label from the team's train journey to the carnival in Adelaide, South Australia.
George Dickinson's memorabilia was donated by the Dickinson family.

Keywords

Claxton Shield 1937

Western Australian Baseball League

Western Australian State Baseball Team

Adelaide, South Australia

Unley Oval

Programmes

Songs

Victorian State Baseball Team

New South Wales State Baseball Team

South Australian State Baseball Team

Baseball WA