'The Baseballer' Vol.1, No.13 September 18, 1949 issue

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1949

Overview

This A5-size 16-page publication is the 'Official News of the W.A. Baseball League'. It is Vol. 1—No. 13 and is dated Sunday, September 18, 1949. It is printed on light sepia-coloured paper with black print. The cover page displays the publication's masthead which includes a pen drawing of a baseballer in full swing with the bat sending a baseball flying, and the price of the magazine. An advertisement above and below the masthead complete the front cover. The back cover has a full-page advertisement.

Historical information

This is the grand final souvenir issue of 'The Baseballer' published when the Perth and Victoria Park clubs played for the 1949 premiership.

The issue also includes: the line-up for the grand final teams; the premiership table for all grades; a list of premiership winners since the league's inception; team selections for the games between the State junior team and a Goldfields junior side in Kalgoorlie on 17th and 18th September; pen pictures of those junior players; details of the Australian Baseball Championship Series held in Melbourne; results of all 'A' Grade and Reserve Grade games played in 1949; and advertisements.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.554

Item type

Magazines

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Paper

Width

14 cm

Height or length

21.5000 cm

Depth

0.2000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'The Baseballer'
'Grand Final Souvenir Issue'
'Official News of the W.A. Baseball League'
'Vol.1-No.13'
'Sunday, September 18, 1949'
'6D'

'Published for Colonial Advertising Agency, 35 Barrack Street Perth, by Paterson Press, 65 Murray Street, Perth.'

Contextual Information

This is a rare copy of a 1949 issue of the West Australian Baseball League's magazine 'The Baseballer'. It was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Bruce Puckett.

Keywords

'The Baseballer' Magazine

West Australian Baseball League

Victoria Park Baseball Club

Perth Baseball Club

Western Australian State Junior Baseball Team

Goldfields Baseball League

Goldfields Baseball Team

Western Australian Junior Baseball Team

1949 Australian Baseball Championship

WABL 1949 Baseball Grand Final

WABL 1949 Premiership Table

WABL Premiers

Place made

Australia

Year

1949

Statement of significance

A rare edition of this baseball magazine, it is complete and has excellent provenance. It provides information on Western Australia's local, intra-state and interstate games, which makes it historically and socially significant.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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