Cricket ball trophy donated by local general store keepers Goldberg Brothers and Co. for the best bowling average in the 1895 season and won by Charles Arthur Baddeley.

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The Pambula Voice reported in 1895 that "Goldberg Bros and Co. have generously offered two trophies for competition amongst the members of the Pambula cricket club during the present season. One consists of a bat for the highest average score and the other is a ball for the best bowling average. The same firm have also presented the public school boys with two crickat balls, two bats and a pair of leggings." It was won by Charles Arthur Baddeley, and at the club's 1896 annual general meeting  Maurice Goldberg was made an honourary member.

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Charles Arthur Baddeley had arrived in Pambula in 1866 after his parents moved to the town to establish a leather tannery business.

 

Involved in many facets of the local community, he was appointed to the local Bench of Magistrates in 1882; the licensing bench in 1890; and the Eden Local Land Board in 1900. He served as coroner for the Eden Police District from 1895; and deputy licensing magistrate from 1898. He was named as trustee for facilities such as the Pambula Recreation Reserve and the Pambula General Cemetery and when local government was introduced he stood for and was elected as the first President of the Imlay Shire Council in 1907.

 

An active member of the local Masonic Lodge, Lodge Baddeley, so named in his father’s honour, Charles Arthur Baddeley also served on the committee of a range of other local community organisations including the Pambula Local School Board, Pambula School of Arts, Eden-Pambula Cottage Hospital (now Pambula District Hospital), Pambula Football Club, Pambula River Aquatic Club and Pambula Progress Association,

 

A keen cricketer, he played for many years with the Pambula Cricket Club. He also served on the committee and from 1925 was club patron. In 1885 he was part of the local team that played Alfred Shaw’s English XI at Kameruka and for sixty years reputedly never missed a local match or a test in Sydney.

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Goldberg Brothers and Co operated a number of general stores throughout the district.

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The trophy is privately owned.

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