Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
Shield shaped badge for the Queensland Blind Cricket Club manufactured by A.J. Parkes, circa 1950s-1980s. Organised Blind Cricket in Queensland began around 1946. The Blind Wattle Cricket Club was the first blind cricket club formed in Queensland in 1951, and the Queensland competed at the National Blind Cricket Championships in the mid 1950s. Queensland won their first Australian Blind Cricket Carnival Championship in 1988-89 after having finished runners-up five times in the preceding 36 years.
Physical Description
Shield-shaped red metal plated badge with green and gold decoration. Lettering: "Qld. Blind Cricket Club" is in gold, and there is a motif of a cricket bat, wicket and ball (all in gold) and a green pitch. There is a gold-plated vertical pin on back.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB), 21 Jul 1993
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Manufacturer
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Organisation Named
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Inscriptions
Text: Qld. Blind/Cricket Club. Reverse: A.J.Parkes/Partite 77m.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
20 mm (Length), 20.5 mm (Height)
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Maximum dimensions
25 mm (Length), 23 mm (Width), 7 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Disability Organisations, Visual Impairment, Sport, Sporting Clubs, Cricket, Badges
