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1989 Australian Under-18 Baseball Team

1989
Overview

This is a colour photograph of the 1989 Australian Under-18 Baseball Team. It is mounted on thick cream-coloured cardboard with the name, location, year-date and logo of the championship printed in Canadian French, above the image. Below the image is the team's country of origin (in English and French) and the names of the players and officials in the image.

Historical information

The 1989 World Junior Championship was the 9th World Junior Championship. It was held from August 10 through August 20 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. In the finale, the USA beat Cuba 11-3. Australia took the Bronze at 5-2. Taiwan was fourth.

Baseball Reference [https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/1989_World_Junior_Championship]

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.543
Item type
Width
21 cm
Height or length
28 cm
Inscriptions and markings

[Above the image]
'Le championnat mondial'
'Ça m'emballe'
'championnat mondial de baseball junior'
'Trois-Rivieres 1989'

[Below the image]
'Australia'
'Australie'

[Front row] 'Laurel Sayers, Chet Gray (24), Scott Metcalf (10), Cameron Cairncross (12), Neil Whillans (16), Michael Dennis (4), Richard Gozzi (9)'
[2nd row] 'Stuart Harben (17), Nathan Peterson (14), Justin Weaver (2), Ron Harvey (23), Steve Gilmore (25), Lyndon Hockey (21), Mark Respondek (3), Ian Deany'
[3rd row] 'Kevin Hooker (18), Michael Dunn (7), Adam Burton (5), Steven Hinton (6), Scott Dawes (8), Myles Barnden (22), Nathan Payne (13), Lyall Barwick (1).'

Contextual Information

This photograph names the players and officials of a representative Australian Under-18 baseball team. The image was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Lyall Barwick, one of the Western Australian baseballers in the team.

Year
Statement of significance

Of historic significance, this well-provenanced photograph records the images and names of Australian baseballers, including Western Australians, who achieved a level of excellence in their sport.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
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Rare or representative
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