Western Australian Baseball Umpires Association - Executive & Life Members honour board

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Overview

A Western Australian Baseball Umpires Association honour board listing Executive office bearers (President, Secretary, Treasurer) from 1972-73 to 1992-93 and Life Members from 1952 to 1992.

The board is rectangular with a double fluted top edge. It is made of grained, brown timber with applied gold-coloured lettering.

Historical information

The Western Australian Baseball Umpires Association (WABUA) is a non-profit, incorporated association of umpires formed in 1936 to develop and further the interests of umpiring and baseball.

The day-to-day management of the WABUA is conducted by an Executive Committee which also includes the State Director of Umpiring who is appointed by Baseball WA.

[https://www.wabua.org/about.html]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.384

Item type

Honour Board

Trophies and Awards

Material

Wood Board

Width

94 cm

Height or length

98 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Sport

Inscriptions and markings

'Western Australian Baseball Umpires Association'
'Executive'
'Year'
'President'
'Secretary'
'Treasurer'
'Life Members'

Contextual Information

This honour board commemorates a history and naming of those inspiring people who have encouraged and promoted the umpiring of baseball generally in Australia, and more specifically in Western Australia.

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

Keywords

Western Australian Baseball Umpires Association

Umpires

Life Members

Statement of significance

The honour board publicly acknowledges the outstanding achievements of people involved in the sport of baseball in Western Australia. It records when and how they were involved, their affiliations, accomplishments and awards. Of historic as well as social significance, it preserves, exhibits and promotes Western Australian baseball history and heritage.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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