Rogers Great Southern Ladies Hockey Championship Trophy
c. 1926A circular wooden shield with a circular metal embossed plaque of women playing hockey in the centre. The centre plaque is a picture of a women's hockey game in progress, there are five players with a club house and thick vegetation in the background, and surrounding this scene is a metal wreath. There are seven smaller circular metal plaques fixed individually to the wooden board and are spaced evenly around the centre plaque. Six of the smaller plaques are engraved with details of tournaments played at Katanning 1924,1928; Wagin 1925,1929; Albany 1927 and Narrogin 1926 and the victors - all won by Katanning. The seventh plaque is blank. The shield is self standing by way of a hinged prop screwed into the shield on the back. The centre plaque is fixed to the shield by way of four thumb screws also on the back.
The Hockey carnival was started in 1923 and was held once a year. The Rogers Shield as this trophy was referred to was donated by "Rogers Ltd". The Albany Districts newspaper article dated the 1st Apr 1926, describes who donated the trophy, what it was to be known as and describes the trophy as made in wood and sterling silver repoussé of a scene on a hockey field.
Details
Details
At the top of the shield is a metal plaque which reads 'ROGERS GREAT SOUTHERN LADIES HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP'
Starting below the smaller metal plaque which has no inscription, the first plaque reads "CARNIVAL AT KATANNING WON BY KATANNING 1924", next "CARNIVAL AT WAGIN WON BY KATANNING 1925", next "CARNIVAL AT NARROGIN Won BY KATANNING 1926" next "CARNIVAL AT ALBANY Won by KATANNING 1927", next "CARNIVAL AT KATANNING finally Won by KATANNING 1928", next "CARNIVAL AT WAGIN WON BY KATANNING 1929"'
The centre plaque is stamped "COPYRIGHT" and then the initials "J" followed with a period in the middle of the line followed by an "F", all inside a rectangle. The second symbol is an anchor, the third a lion, and finally an "A'. The silversmith was James Fenton & Co Birmingham, 1899-1934. Three of the circular plaques are stamped with silver hallmarks - all identical to the silver marks on the centre plaque.
The article details the fourth annual general meeting of the Katanning Hockey association and outlines who donated the trophy and what it was made from.
An article which details that 1926 was the first year in which the Rogers Shield was for competition.
A short article on the premiers of the "Rogers's Shield" which was Katanning and since they had won it for three years they retained the shield. There are seven black and white pictures of the ladies hockey teams from Wagin, Katanning, Kojonup, Tambellup, Gnowangerup, Broomehill and Albany.
An article which details which town won the 1949 carnival, however some of the information as to which towns won the carnival since 1926 may not be correct.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.
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