1954 Nedlands Baseball Club 'A' Grade trophy - Most Improved - A. Lodge

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Overview

The silver-plated, footed tankard has a fluted rim and a 'C'-shaped handle. It is engraved with the initials of a baseball club, the year it was awarded, and the names of the award and its recipient.

Historical information

A cricketer from age 11, Arthur Lodge took up baseball for the first time in 1954, at the age of 21. Joining the Nedlands Baseball Club, he played his first season in the 'A' grade team as a third baseman, and was awarded this silver-plated tankard as the 'Most Improved' player. After that first season he was selected in the 1955 Western Australian state team for the Claxton Shield Championships in Sydney. He again represented Western Australia in the Claxton Shield series in 1956 and 1957.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.74

Item type

Trophies and Awards

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Metal

Metal (silver-plated)

Width

8 cm

Height or length

10 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'NBC'
'1954'
'Most Improved'
'A Grade'
'A. Lodge'

Contextual Information

An all-round sportsman, Arthur Lodge played baseball and cricket at many levels. He had a career in Western Australian baseball from 1954 until 1958, competing in 'A' grade club competitions when it was a winter sport, and playing both night baseball and cricket in the summer months. He has represented his home state of Western Australia for many years, competing in the Australian interstate Claxton Shield Baseball Championships and Sheffield Shield Cricket.
This trophy from Arthur's first season of baseball was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by his son Duncan Lodge.

Keywords

Nedlands Baseball Club

Most Improved Player

Arthur Lodge

Western Australian Baseball League

Statement of significance

The 1954 trophy indicates the natural sporting talent of Arthur Lodge, who, at a mature age, took up a sport he had never played before and was then recognised as an elite player. It is in good condition and is representative of a type of trophy awarded to a sportsman in that era. It has good provenance, having remained in the Lodge family.

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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