Shield - Aus/NZ Railway Commissioners Golf 1973

Production date
1973
Country
Australia
State/Province
New South Wales
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Object detail

Description
A wooden and metal trophy shield with "AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS COMMISSIONERS GOLF SHIELD" engraved across the top of the metal plate on the front of the shield. The two metal plates are attached to the wooden base with metal nails. There is a depiction of a golfer in the centre of the shield.
Classification
TRANSPORT Railways
TROPHIES AND AWARDS Sports trophy
Production date
1973
Production place
Measurements
L309 x W239 x H37mm
Media/Materials description
Metal
Wood
Signature/Marks
8
MANUFACTURED BY \ W & A WARWICK \ PTY. LTD. \ BLAKEHURST 541597-8
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS \ COMMISSIONERS GOLF SHIELD
REPLICA DONATED BY THE COMMISSIONERS \ TO QUEENSLAND \ WINNERS OF THE 1973 CARNIVAL
History and use
This shield was presented to members of the Queensland Railway Institute 1973 golf team for winning a carnival between railway institutes.

Members of Australian railway institutes participated in local sporting competitions and representative sides were chosen to compete against other interstate railway institutions. Sports included football, rifle shooting, tennis, table tennis and cricket. New South Wales and Queensland Railway Institutes played against each other in Rugby League tests, while the majority of other states played Australian Rules Football tests. Cricket was the biggest of the sports, with all states participating, including the Commonwealth Railway, in cricket competitions. Teams from New Zealand also participated regularly in the national competitions.

A side to represent the Queensland Railway Institute at the 1973 Australian and New Zealand Railways Institutes' Intersystem Golf Carnival in Hobart was chosen in late 1972. The team comprised of: R. Barlow (Clerk, Maryborough), D. Elliott (Toolmaker, Ipswich), G. Fanning (Timekeeper, Ipswich), L. Fanning (Toolmaker, Ipswich), T. Kiernan (Clerk, Brisbane), G. Langlo (Guard, Mayne), M. Linnane (Clerk, Maryborough), T. Lyons (Clerk, Sarina), D. Norwood (Clerk, Warwick), C. Ryan (Clerk, Ipswich), B. Schafferius (Clerk, Brisbane), W. Sharman (Clerk, Brisbane), E. Trott (Fireman, Gympie) and A. Vanderwolf (Guard, Mayne).
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Registration number
R18970

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