1981 Australian Baseball Team - Intercontinental Cup - Canada
This colour image of the 1981 Australian Baseball Team was photographed on a playing field in Alberta, Canada. The baseballers are wearing their playing uniform of a short-sleeved, yellow top, with green bands around the neck, waist and edge of the sleeves. Printed in green on the front of the shirt is the word 'Australia' with each player's individual number in the bottom left-hand quadrant. The undershirt is dark green. The white trousers have a green and yellow stripe down the side of each trouser leg. The stirrups are dark green, worn with white socks and shoes. The crown of the flat-top baseball cap has yellow side panels with narrow, horizontal green bands, and a green embroidered letter 'A' on the front. The top panel of the cap and the visor are green.
The three officials are wearing the team's formal uniform of a light tan blazer with a white shirt and Australian team tie, and brown trousers.
The 1981 Intercontinental Cup was the 5th Intercontinental Cup. It was held from August 6 to August 16 at Renfrew Park and South Industrial Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Eight teams competed in the tournament — Australia, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Korea, Panama and the United States — which was won by the United States national baseball team.
Team members are (L-R):
Back row: John Hollander (Director, Australian Baseball Federation), Barry Holland, Lionel Harris, Leigh McIntyre, Alan Albury, Ray Michell, Alan Waldron (Executive Officer), Phil Dale, Lindsay Alford, Greg Elkson, Larry Home, Robert Rowan (Pitching Coach), Dave Went (Manager), John Anderson (President, Australian Baseball Federation).
Centre row: Peter Dutton, John Hodges, Graham Ward, Ian Hendy, John Galloway, Peter Gahan.
Front row: Neil Burke, Alan Wignall, Ian Kinney, [Bat Boy], Mark Linger, Doug Mateljan, Michael Deeble.
Details
Details
[On playing top]
'Australia' [and individual player's number]
[On cap]
'A'
Four members of the team are Western Australians: Ray Michell, Larry Home, Graham Ward and Doug Mateljan.
This photograph was loaned to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by the family of Ray Michell (pitcher). Ray was a highly decorated baseball figure in Australia throughout his career. He represented Australia numerous times both domestically and abroad between 1973 and 1986. He was inducted into the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Baseball WA Hall of Fame in 2021.
This photograph is of historical significance as it records the images of a team that represented Australia in an international baseball competition in 1981. It has special significance to the history of baseball in Western Australia as four members of the team are Western Australian sportsmen.
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