The Shakaijin Trophy presented to The Champion Australian Baseball State

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Overview

A silver-plated metal trophy with a round cup-shaped body and angular handles. The 'cup' is engraved with the name of the trophy, who presented it and why it was awarded. A band of embossed bunches of grapes and grape leaves encircles the body of the cup. The cup is supported on a silver-plated fluted column which is intersected in the middle by two raised, patterned bands. The fluted base of the column is encircled by another raised band of grapes and leaves and a patterned band. The column is attached to a stepped-down, black wooden base. Around the base are two rectangular silver-plated plaques and one shield-shaped plaque; all are engraved with the Australian States that won the perpetual trophy between 1969 and 2006.

Historical information

This perpetual trophy was awarded to the champion Australian baseball State by the Japan Shakaijin Baseball Association between 1969 and 2006.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.500

Item type

Trophies and Awards

Themes

Social History
Sport

Material

Metal

Metal (silver-plated)

Wood

Width

36 cm

Height or length

45 cm

Depth

24 cm

Inscriptions and markings

[On the body of the cup]
'The Shakaijin Trophy'
'Presented By'
'Japan Shakaijin Baseball Association'
'to the'
'Champion Australian Baseball State'

[On plaques attached to the base]
'Highest Aggregate Competition Points of all age levels'
'1969 Won by Sth. Aus.'
'1971 Won by Sth. Aus.'
'1972 Won by Victoria'
'1973 Won by Victoria'
'1974 Won by Victoria'
'1975 Won by Victoria'
'1976 Won by Sth Aus'
'1977 Won by West Aus'
'1978 Won by West Aus'
'1979 Won by West Aus'
'1980 Won by Sth. Aus'
'1981 Won By Victoria'
'1982 Won by Queensland'
'1983 Won by Queensland'
'1984 Won by Victoria'
'1985 Won by West. Aus.'
'1986 Won by Victoria'
'2006 Baseball Victoria'

Contextual Information

This item had been in the possession of Baseball WA and was passed to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.

Keywords

The Shakaijin Trophy

Japan Shakaijin Baseball Association

Champion Australian Baseball State

Australian Baseball Trophy

Statement of significance

This trophy commemorates a history and naming of Australian State baseball teams that have achieved a level of excellence. Of social significance, it also preserves and exhibits Australian baseball history and heritage.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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