Nedlands Baseball Club playing top
The size 'OS' Nedlands Baseball Club playing top, made of midnight blue woollen material, is trimmed with white binding around the arm holes, neck and front opening. Embroidered diagonally across the front of the top, in white thread, is the word 'Nedlands' in cursive script. The player's number 6, in white fabric, is appliqued on the back of the shirt.
The Nedlands Baseball Club was once a power in the Western Australian baseball league competition. It was an inaugural league club when the West Australian Baseball League was formed in 1936, however, the club folded in 1971. This Nedlands No. 6 playing top belonged to Ray Cook. In days gone by, uniform numbers were assigned by fielding position and No.6 indicated Ray's position as shortstop.
The manufacturer of the top, M & M Johnston, is no longer in operation. M & M Johnston were the main suppliers of cricketers' uniforms, especially in the 1960s.
Details
Details
'Size OS'
[Manufacturer]
'M & M Johnston 585 Wellington Street Perth, WA'
As a very rare example of a Nedlands Baseball Club uniform from the 1970s, the shirt preserves part of the history of a bygone club and adds to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives' uniform collection. Ray Cook not only played for Nedlands in the Western Australian league, he also represented the State and Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The shirt was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Tony Goadby, himself a Western Australian representative.
Western Australia
Australia
Made by M & M Johnston J & S Wellington Street Perth, WA.
The Nedlands Baseball Club playing top is a good example of a woollen baseball uniform worn in the years when baseball in Western Australia was a winter sport. When baseball changed to a summer sport, the uniforms were made of a lighter fabric. The Nedlands top may be the only one still in existence from the club and is in good condition for its age.
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