Orbost & District Historical Society
trophy, 1950's
... orbost-rifle-club trophy cumming-h.... It is an Orbost Rifle Club trophy - the Jacob Perry Memorial Trophy - 1954.... gippsland This trophy was won by H. Cumming, member of the Orbost ...
This trophy was won by H. Cumming, member of the Orbost Rifle Club. Harold Cumming was the son of William Cumming a Bete Bolong farmer who was a Shire councillor, a well-known local sportsman and a Rechabite.
Jacob Perry was an Orbost farmer. Born 1874. Died 1950. He was a Boer War veteran , 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen. a shire councillor and worker for school affairs.This trophy, in excellent condition, is aesthetically significant as well as having a well-provenanced historic significance. Harold Cumming was the son of William and Ellen (Mundy) Cumming who farmed land at Bete Bolong from c1880s. A silver plated trophy - a coffee pot - won by H. Cumming. It is an Orbost Rifle Club trophy - the Jacob Perry Memorial Trophy - 1954.O.R.C.
JACOB-PERRY MEMORIAL TROPHY 1954
Won by H. Cummingorbost-rifle-club trophy cumming-h