Historical information

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.

Significance

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.

Physical description

A silver plated trophy - a coffee pot - won by H. Cumming. It is an Orbost Rifle Club trophy - the Jacob Perry Memorial Trophy - 1954.

Inscriptions & markings

O.R.C.
JACOB-PERRY MEMORIAL TROPHY 1954
Won by H. Cumming