1989 Australian Under-18 Baseball Team
1989This 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.
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]
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[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).'
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.
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.
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