1939 Australian Baseball Carnival Official Programme
1939The 1939 Australian Baseball Carnival Official Programme has light grey covers. The inside pages are printed on off-white paper with black print and list the fixtures, the players' names and the positions they will play, and sponsors' advertisements.
The 1939 Claxton Shield was the sixth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at Richmond Cricket Ground, Albert Cricket Ground, South Melbourne Cricket Ground and National Park in Melbourne from 29 July to 5 August, the second time Melbourne had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the third time, successfully defending their title from the previous two years. Queensland joined the other four states for the first time in the tournament. The other participating teams were Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. It was also the first year an Australian national team was picked primarily based on the Championships.
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Claxton_Shield]
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[Front cover]
'Official Programme 3d.'
'Australian Baseball Carnival'
'Played at'
'Richmond Cricket Ground'
'Saturday July 29th, 1939.'
'Albert Cricket Ground'
'July 31st, August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th, 1939.'
'Victorian Baseball Association, 1939'
'Patron R.R. Hindson Esq.'
[Then lists the names of the office bearers, delegates and committee members.]
'P. Page Printing Coy. 174 Queen Street, C.1.'
The final game was contested between New South Wales and Western Australia with New South Wales winning the Shield with a final score of 1-0. Two members of the Western Australian team were selected in the Australian team following the championships; Charlie Puckett named as pitcher and Alex Barras as first baseman.
National Library of Australia [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11238041]
This programme was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the Ray Allen Family.
A rare and historic item of significance relating to Western Australia's third appearance at the Australian Baseball Tournament for the coveted Claxton Shield. The programme has good provenance.
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