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1976 Australian Baseball Claxton Shield Series program - Adelaide

1976
Overview

This 1976 Claxton Shield Series program is A5 in size with front and back covers printed in colour on semi-gloss paper. The front cover has a mid-blue background with hand-drawn images of a pitcher, catcher and batter. The batter's cap, left sleeve of the undershirt, and stirrups are highlighted in red. Printed in red text on the blue background is the name of the baseball series. A yellow band of colour at the top of the front cover has red text with the year date, location and name of the championships. At the bottom of the front cover is the logo of the South Australian Baseball League and the price of the program. On the back cover is an advertisement for Dulux in blue text. The inside pages are printed in black and white on matte paper. The program contains relevant information on the composition of the South Australian Baseball League, together with details of individual team members from each State, and the playing schedule. An article on the 'Jugs Story' is included, together with various advertisers.

Historical information

The 1976 Claxton Shield was the 37th annual Claxton Shield Championship; an Australian baseball tournament. It was held in Adelaide, South Australia from the 8th to 17th January. States competing were Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. The championship was won by the host State South Australia.

This program was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Charlie Hodder, Assistant Manager of the 1976 Western Australian State team. Charlie had previously represented Western Australia as first baseman in the Claxton Shield Championships in 1963 (played in Brisbane) and 1964 (Melbourne).

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.762-1
Item type
Programmes
Material
Coated Paper
Paper
Width
14.8000 cm
Height or length
20 cm
Depth
0.3000 cm
Contextual information

The program contains historic information including: the 1976 State baseball teams of South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria; personnel of the South Australian Baseball League and the Australian Baseball Council, SABL life members; details of the Juggs Curveball Pitching Machine; Claxton Shield history and past winners; the 1976 programme; past Helms Award winners.

Keywords
1976 Australian Baseball Championships
1976 Claxton Shield
South Australian Baseball League
Australian Baseball Council
Charlie Hodder
Jugs Curveball Pitching Machine
Place made
South Australia, Australia
Year
Statement of significance

This document is of historic and social significance. It is a valuable source of information regarding the involvement of Western Australia in a national baseball competition and would assist in researching the sport in Australia. It is in good condition and is well provenanced.

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
Completeness
100
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1976 Australian Baseball Claxton Shield Series program - Adelaide.
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