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Details of Australian team members.
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1978 Australian Baseball Team
Overview
Framed colour photograph of the 1978 Australian Baseball Team and officials at the 25th World Amateur Baseball Championship in Italy. The handwritten inscription on the back of the photo lists names of players and officials. The photograph is displayed in a black plastic frame.
Historical information
The Australian Team:
Back row: John Anderson (President, Australian Baseball), Ted Roebuck, Geoff Martin, Warwick Dooland, Kevin Greatrex, John Hodges, Ray Michell, Alan Albury, John Ramsden, Dean Towill, Brian Wonnacott, Kaye Greenham, Neville Pratt, Bob Black.
Front row: Tony Miller, Don Knapp, Geoff Hunter, Dave Went (Coach), David Mundy, Kerry Wither, John Galloway, Robert Surplice, Gary Coward, Graham Ward, Gary Williams.
The 25th World Amateur Baseball Championship was held in Italy between 25th August and 6th September 1978. Eleven countries competed in the series: Australia, Netherlands, Cuba, Italy, Nicaragua, Mexico, South Korea, Belgium, USA, Japan and Canada. It was the first time an Australian team was invited to take part in the series. Games were played in Bologna, Parma and Rimini. Cuba won the series and Australia was ranked 10th.
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Amateur_World_Series]
National Library of Australia, 'The Canberra Times', 7 August 1978 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110901492]
National Library of Australia, 'The Canberra Times', 2 September 1978 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110906257]
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.122
Item type
Material
Width
25 cm
Height or length
22 cm
Inscriptions and markings
Handwritten on the back of the photo:
1978 Australian Baseball Team Italy
Some names of Australian team members and team officials.
Contextual Information
This was the first Australian baseball team to compete in the World Amateur Baseball Series. The photograph was donated by Australian Team member Kaye Greenham.
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Photograph of the 1978 Australian Baseball Team and officials.
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