Australian Baseball Team cap - 1994 Nicaragua Baseball World Cup

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Overview

An Australian Baseball Team cap from the 1994 Nicaragua Baseball World Cup championships. The cap has a dark green crown with the logo of Baseball Australia embroidered on the front. The logo is of a green kangaroo in front of a white baseball on a green diamond. Horizontal yellow stripes extend out from both sides of the kangaroo. Above the logo the words 'Baseball Australia' are embroidered in yellow thread. The visor and the button on top of the crown are covered in yellow fabric.

Historical information

The 1994 Baseball World Cup was the 32nd international men's amateur baseball tournament. It was held, for the fourth time, in Nicaragua, from August 3 to 14. Cuba defeated South Korea in the final to win its 21st title. There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Australia was placed ninth in the final standings.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Baseball_World_Cup]

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.308

Item type

Sports Uniforms

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Threads

Width

26 cm

Height or length

12 cm

Depth

28 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Manufactured in Sri Lanka for Aussie Mills Gold Coast

Contextual Information

The cap was donated to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives by Paul Tye, an official with the Australian team.

Keywords

Australian Baseball Team

Nicaragua

World Baseball Cup 1994

Paul Tye

Place made

Sri Lanka

Statement of significance

The cap has historic and social significance as part of an Australian representative team's uniform. It is well-prevenance and adds to the Baseball WA's cap collection.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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