Baseball from plate umpire Ken Smith's first Claxton Shield Series

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Overview

This white leather baseball with red stitching to the seams, is a game ball hand-inscribed with the date of the game, the names of the competing teams, the significance of the ball, and three signatures.

Historical information

A Claxton Shield Series game between Western Australia and the Northern Territory was played at Parry Field Ballpark in Perth on 26 November 1987. This game ball is autographed by the three base umpires, Frank Robertson, Lester Richardson and Doug Oliphant and commemorates Western Australian Ken Smith's first time umpiring a Claxton Shield plate.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.208

Item type

Souvenirs

Sports Equipment

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Leather

Threads

Width

7.8000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'1st Claxton Plate'
'WA v NT'
'26.11.87'

[Autographs of base umpires]
'F. Robertson'
'L. Richardson'
'Doug Oliphant'

Contextual Information

Ken Smith, whose career as a baseball umpire spanned more than 35 years, donated this commemorative ball to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.

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Statement of significance

An item with historic significance, this ball commemorates a milestone in the long career of a Western Australian baseball umpire. It comes with excellent provenance.

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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