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CERTIFICATE - ARMADALE CRICKET CLUB LIFE MEMBERSHIP TO MR LEVI BUTCHER

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1926

Overview

Rectangle cardboard certificate with blue text [ARMADALE CRICKET CLUB / Life Member's Certificate / This is to certify that / Mr. Levi Butcher / Has been elected an Honorary Life Member of the above club in recognition of his valuable serves rendered to the club / C.R. Marsh SECRETARY J A Champ]. In middle of top third of certificate is an illustration of a male cricket player in a forward defensive stroke. Square decorative border around edge.
Printer information in blue bottom left corner.
Text in pencil written on back across top and down right side. Top text [Mr Marsh all 1/2 Blk. 4/- Paid / white mt]. The word all has a line through it. Text down right [13 *** M2 / White mt / Tuesday]. The middle word on the top line is unclear, noted with ***.

Historical information

The Armadale Cricket Club was formed in the 1900 and would regularly play games from other teams located along the railway line as well as teams visiting from other country towns. In the 1920s they joined the South Suburban Cricket Association which included cricket teams in the south eastern corridor of Perth. The club is still in playing today fielding a number of senior and junior teams.
Levi Butcher was born in 1887 on the family farm located along the Wungong Brook and went to school in Bedfordale. In 1905 Levi purchased the family farm and two years later he married Mary Smith. Levi was an active member of the local community, he was a member and officer bearer for a number of years of the Bedfordale Agricultural Society as well as a long term member of the Armadale Cricket Club. In 1926 he was awarded life membership of the club. This may have been partially caused by the fact that by 1927 he had left the district and was living briefly in Mandurah before moving to a wheat and sheep farm in Moora.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2008.39

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cardboard

Width

254 mm

Height or length

203 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Printer information [R.S. Sampson, The Printer, 971-973 Hay St. Perth]

Keywords

Perth

R. S. Sampson The Printer

CHAMPION J A

MARSH Claude R Mr Pte J.P.

Armadale Cricket Club

Place made

Perth
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1926

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items associated with a person or family who have played a significant role in the economic, community or social development of the City of Armadale. This can include holding key political or social positions within the community, being a key contributor or member of a community organisation, a strong contributor to improving the well-being of the local community, a prominent figure in a local business or industry, developer of new industries or activities or someone who grew up in the area and moved away and had a noteworthy career or life.

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Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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