West Torrens Baseball Club
Encyclopedia
West Torrens is a Baseball
club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Eagles, their home ground is Lockleys Oval in Lockleys
.
The club's first ground was in the parklands
on the north side of Henley Beach Road and on the city (east) side of Blakewell Bridge. Several parkland sites were used as home grounds over the next few years and at one stage even the current Richmond Oval
site was used as a home base.
During 1959 the club built its first "Home-Base" on the eastern boundary of Lockleys Oval. Due to increasing membership and the requirement for improved facilities, it became necessary to re-build. The present building, "Eagles Park", resulted from countless hours of work by a select band of dedicated members during 1971/72 season. It has since had additional rooms and facilities added.
* Denotes Olympic Games
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Eagles, their home ground is Lockleys Oval in Lockleys
Lockleys, South Australia
Lockleys is a suburb of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.-History:The area was subdivided for housing after being an area renowned for its market gardens and greenhouses. The Hank family held substantial holdings...
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Club History
The West Torrens Baseball Club was founded in 1918 when several members of the Freemasons Ramblers Baseball Club combined with players from the Underdale area to enter a team to represent West Torrens in the 1919 district baseball competition. The team finished second in its first season and won the "A" grade premiership the following year.The club's first ground was in the parklands
Adelaide Park Lands
The Adelaide Park Lands are the parks that surround the centre of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. They measure approximately 7.6 square kilometres in a green belt encircling the city centre....
on the north side of Henley Beach Road and on the city (east) side of Blakewell Bridge. Several parkland sites were used as home grounds over the next few years and at one stage even the current Richmond Oval
Richmond Oval (South Australia)
Richmond Oval is an Australian rules football oval in Richmond, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
site was used as a home base.
During 1959 the club built its first "Home-Base" on the eastern boundary of Lockleys Oval. Due to increasing membership and the requirement for improved facilities, it became necessary to re-build. The present building, "Eagles Park", resulted from countless hours of work by a select band of dedicated members during 1971/72 season. It has since had additional rooms and facilities added.
Australian Representatives
- P. Brideoake - 1946-1949
- B. Dooland - 1947
- C. Payne - 1951 & 1956*
- D. Vaughton - 1951 & 1954
- G. Hole - 1952
- J. Tamlin - 1955
- M. Puckett - 1956*, 1957, 1961, 1964
- K. Wellington - 1957, 1959–1961, 1964
- F. Medley - 1960
- R. Shirt - 1966, 1968
- G. Thompson - 1967-1971
- L. Buller - 1968-1970
- R. Brown - 1972
- D. Forbes - 1973-1974
- B. Cakebread - 1982
- T. Day - 1983
- G. Puckett - 1983
- M. Gregg - 1988*, 1990–1992
- A. Scott - 1990-1991, 1993–1998
- B. Weber - 1990
- D. Kirwin - 1992-1993
- M. Dunn - 1994