1966 Western Australian Claxton Shield Series baseball team
A photograph of the 1966 Western Australian Baseball Team who competed in the Australian Baseball Championship Claxton Shield Series. The photo is black and white mounted on tan-coloured cardboard. Printed above the photo are the name and year of the competition, the name of the team and the Claxton Shield Series. Below the photograph is the name of the photographer who produced the photo and the names of the players and team officials.
The 1966 Claxton Shield was the 27th annual Claxton Shield and was held in Adelaide, South Australia. The participants were South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The series was won by South Australia who finished ahead of Victoria on run percentage for their 9th title.
The 1966 Shield also marked the start of modern Australian players getting signed to the Major League system.
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Claxton_Shield]
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Australian Baseball Championships 1966
Western Australia
Claxton Shield Series
K.K. Buckingham
Back row: C. Smith, C. Guest, C. Trezona, G. Menner, E. Mews, I. Scarman, N. Mallett, L. Moyle, D. Hughes, T. Lean.
Front row: G. Kelly, R. Cook, B. Carne, K. Parry, R. Gordon (Australian Selector), M. Coe (Coach), D. Callanan (Manager), J. Claxton (Liaison Officer), K. Peart, K. Barker.
Rob Gordon's name is hand-written on the back of the photograph.
The photograph was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Rob Gordon. Rob was State team Manager throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1966 he was chosen as Australian Selector.
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