1967 West Australian Baseball Team - Claxton Shield - Perth
Photograph of the 1967 West Australian Baseball Team competing in the Claxton Shield Championships in Perth. Black and white photograph mounted on white cardboard.
1967 was the 28th Claxton Shield Series, an Australian national baseball competition, and was held in Perth, Western Australia. The participants were Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. South Australia won its 10th Claxton Shield when they beat Western Australia 5-0 in the final match at Perth Oval.
National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106992610]
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1967 West Australian Baseball Team
Claxton Shield Perth 1967
Front row L. to R. - E. Mews, R. Thornton (Capt/Coach), Mr J. Cunningham (Manager), R. Cook, A. Mateljan. R. Parry (Bat Boy)
Centre row L. to R. - G. Crockford, W. Woods, B. Carne, L. Moyle, G. Menner, E. Robertson, C. Smith, D. Hughes, A. Cunningham.
Back row L. to R. - R. Byrne, C. Guest, R. Stewart, T. Lean.
This was the first series in the history of the game to be promoted by a League playing summer baseball, as all Australian States, other than Western Australia, continued to play baseball as a winter sport. If the series was successful it was expected other States would be influenced to make the change from winter to summer and so enhance Australia's prospects for overseas competition. W.A. was also the first to have independent Chief Umpires in charge of each game.
The 1967 series was also the first Australian Championships to feature a home run line of advertising boards measuring 16ft by 4ft placed round the home run of the diamond from third to first base lines.
National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237358198]
This photograph was donated by Western Australian team member Warren Wood.
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