1963/64 Western Australian State baseball team sock
c. 1963The Western Australian state colours of black and yellow are represented on this woollen baseball sock from a 1963 or 1964 State team. The toe to just above the heel of the sock is white. Six 4cm-wide horizontal hoops alternating in colour (three black and three yellow) continue up the length of the sock. The top third of the sock is black.
Charlie Hodder was selected in the Western Australian State baseball team in both the 1963 Claxton Shield Series in Brisbane and 1964 in Melbourne. He played 1st base. This sock was part of the State team uniform in those years.
Later, in 1976, Charlie was Assistant Coach to Colin Guest for the State team in the Claxton Shield Championship in Adelaide.
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The number '11' is hand-written in black pen on the foot of the sock, possibly representing the player's number.
Baseball socks are a rare addition to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives baseball uniform collection. This single sock was donated to the Museum by Claxton Shield team member Charlie Hodder,
This rare component of the Western Australian State baseball team uniform from the mid-1960s is well-provenanced.
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1985 Australian Claxton Shield Championship medallions
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Glen Dunstan's 1947 Western Australian State baseball cap
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Souvenir baseball bat signed by 1988-89 Western Australian Claxton Shield Team
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1992 Barcelona Olympics baseball cap
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2002 Western Heelers signed baseball bat
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