'Night Baseball News' Vol. 1 No. 2 – November 24, 1954

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1954

Overview

'Night Baseball News' Vol. 1 No. 2 dated November 24, 1954. A 16-page A5-size program printed on light beige-coloured paper. Inner and outer covers contain advertisements. The inner pages list who hit the first home run of the series (Bruce Jeffreys - Tigers), the star player from last week's round (Ron Reed - Cubs), the season's fixtures, and the program and line-ups for the night's games.

Historical information

The 'Night Baseball News' was the official publication of the West Australian Baseball League (Inc.) and was first issued in November 1954 for the inaugural State league Night Baseball Series. It was published to coincide with games played at the WACA Ground in Perth throughout the Series.

This is issue Vol. 1 No. 2, dated November 24, 1954, which contains the official program, the season's fixtures and results from the Round 1 games.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.93-1

Item type

Programmes

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Paper

Width

14 cm

Height or length

21.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

[Front cover]
'Night Baseball News'
'Official Organ of the West Australian Baseball League (Inc.)'
'Vol. 1. No. 2.'
'Wednesday, November 24, 1954'
'Price 6d.'

[Back cover]
'Printed by Shipping Newspapers (W.A.) Ltd., for the publishers, Brockwise Publishing Co., 301 Great Eastern Highway, Rivervale. Phone MJ 1677.'

Contextual Information

The program was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Ernie Mews who, in 1954/55 at age 15, was a State League Colts grade player for Perth Baseball Club. Ernie went on to represent Western Australia in State baseball teams as both a player and coach in the 1960s.

Keywords

Night Baseball News

Night Baseball League

West Australian Baseball League

Place made

Australia

Year

1954

Statement of significance

This rare and well-provenanced 1954 program is of historical significance as a record of the competition in the inaugural Night Baseball League Series in Western Australia. It records names of players and teams of the day and, along with sponsors' advertisements, is a source of information for researchers of baseball and Perth society in 1954.

Primary significance criteria

Historic 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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