1955 Western Australian Night Series Baseball Team

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Overview

A black and white photograph of the 1955 Western Australian Night Series Baseball team in playing uniform.

Historical information

The first national Night Series baseball championships was contested by South Australia and Victoria in 1953. It was held at Norwood Oval in South Australia. Winners of the series, South Australia, were presented with the Chrysler Cup by Chrysler Australia Ltd, who intended to present a replica of the cup to the winning team each year.

In 1954 New South Wales and Western Australia joined the competition, which was again held at Norwood Oval in Adelaide, from December 28-30. South Australia were again the champions.

Western Australia hosted the 1955 series, which was held at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground on December 28-30. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia once again competed for the Chrysler Cup.

Members of the Western Australian team were:
Back row (L-R): Brian Crutchett, Ted Ettles, Mick Throssell, Merv Muggleton (Capt./Coach), Neville Pratt, Don Callanan, Bob Teasdale, Max Puckett.
Front row: Kevin Gartrell, Roy Gooch, Basil Rigg, Roy Watson, Bruce Balmer, John Wheeler, Doug Stewart, Ron Thornton, Tom Smith (Manager).
In front: Baden Pratt (Bat Boy).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.383

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

25 cm

Height or length

19.5000 cm

Themes

Contextual Information

This photograph adds to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives collection of images of Western Australian state baseball teams.
A copy of the photograph was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Ted Ettles, who was a member of the 1955 team.

Keywords

Western Australian State Baseball Team

Western Australian State Baseball Uniform

Western Australian State Baseball Cap

Night Series Baseball

Chrysler Cup

Sports Uniform

Place made

Australia

Statement of significance

This is a rare photographic example of the 1955 Western Australian baseball team that competed in the early years of the Australian national Night Baseball Series.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Baseball WA

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