Baseball Victoria peaked cap
This baseball cap has a cream-coloured crown and mid-blue peak. Embroidered in blue thread on the crown is a crescent shape, incorporating the outline of a baseball. Below the crescent, embroidered in black thread, are the words 'BASEBALL Victoria'. The top button is blue, and the six eyelets are stitched with blue thread. Embroidered on the left-hand side of the crown is the Australian Baseball Federation logo. It consists of a green oval-shape, with a band of yellow thread on either side. Inside the oval shape is an outline of Australia and the letters 'AB' in white thread and a baseballer in green thread. Inside the letter 'A' is a star in yellow thread.
There is a white plastic size-adjuster strap at the back of the cap. The peak is lined with green fabric and has the letters 'MSC' hand-written on it in black felt pen. Inside the cap is a sweatband, the manufacturer's label indicating the cap is 85% acrylic, 15% wool/laine, and a tag with washing instructions.
This baseball cap belonged to Matthew Sheldon-Collins, a stalwart of Victorian and Australian baseball. The date of the cap is unknown but is likely to be from the 1980s.
Details
Details
[On the crown]
'BASEBALL Victoria'
'AB' [Logo]
[Hand-written under the peak]
'MSC'
[Manufacturer's labels]
'Made in China'
'85% acrylic 15% wool/laine'
'KP Caps'
The cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Matthew Sheldon-Collins and complements the museum's collection of interstate baseball memorabilia.
Matthew Sheldon-Collins was an icon of baseball in Victoria, and an Australian representative for more than a decade during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2007 he was inducted into the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame. Sheldon-Collins' initials 'MSC' are hand-inscribed on the cap, which has both historic and social significance, and comes with impeccable provenance.
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