1936 Claxton Shield

Australian national baseball tournament January 2018 May 2020 Australia Interstate Baseball Carnival 1936 1 – 8 August New South Wales Sydney, NSW South Australia 3 South Australia 3 Victoria New South Wales 1935 1937 The 1936 Claxton Shield was the third annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at Marrickville Ovalhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11898899 Baseball Games—Victoria Defeated 3 August 1936 The Argus Melbourne, VIC 4 3 January 2010 in Sydney from 3 to 10 August, and was won by South Australia for the third time in a row. The other participating teams were Victoria and hosts New South Wales. Western Australia applied to join the competition, however the plans for the tournament had already been confirmed between the other three states at that time. Alternate arrangements were made, where Victoria sent a team for a three-game series in September as a way for Western Australia to prepare for their entry in the 1937 tournament. Format As had been the case in the two previous editions of the tournament, each team met each other team twice over the course of the week. In each game, two competition points were on offer to the teams. The points were awarded as follows: Win – two points Tie – one point Loss – no points At the end of the tournament, the team with the most points was declared the winner, and awarded the Claxton Shield. Had there been a tie between New South Wales and Victoria for first place, they would have been declared joint winners. However had South Australia been involved in a tie for first, they would have retained the Shield. Results bb-state 1936 Claxton Shield Champions South Australia 3rd Team Points Wins Ties Losses South Australia 6 3 – 1 Victoria 4 2 – 2 New South Wales 2 1 – 3 1 August 1936 New South Wales 3 – 1 Victoria New South Wales Marrickville Oval 1 August 1936 New South Wales 3 – 5 South Australia New South Wales Marrickville Oval 3 August 1936 Victoria 0 – 1 South Australia New South Wales Marrickville Oval 6 August 1936 South Australia 3 – 4 Victoria New South Wales Marrickville Oval 8 August 1936 South Australia 4 – 1 New South Wales New South Wales Marrickville Oval 8 August 1936 Victoria 5 – 4 New South Wales New South Wales Marrickville Oval Attempted expansion On 3 June, a letter was received by the Victorian Baseball Association seeking permission for a Western Australian team to compete in the 1936 Claxton Shield. At that point in time, the New South Wales Baseball Association had already confirmed plans with the other state bodies for the tournament, and were advised that it was therefore too late for Western Australia to be admitted. As an alternative, Australian international cricketer Bert Oldfield was appointed as Western Australia's representative for the conference during the tournament to organise the 1937 Claxton Shield in Adelaide, where Western Australia first participated.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17252823 Baseball—Western Australia's Position 18 July 1936 The Sydney Morning Herald 25 May 2010 22 In preparation for their admission, the Western Australia Baseball League invited both New South Waleshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17254237 Baseball—Proposed Visit to Perth 23 July 1936 The Sydney Morning Herald 25 May 2010 15 and Victoriahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11904326 Visit to Western Australia 18 August 1936 The Argus 25 May 2010 13 Melbourne, VIC to come to Perth to play in an interstate series. Though New South Wales did not participate, Victoria did send a team for a three-game series from 19 to 26 September, which the visitors won two games to one.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17278347 Baseball—Victoria Beats W.A. 22 September 1936 The Sydney Morning Herald 25 May 2010 15 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11918387 West Wins Test 24 September 1936 The Argus 25 May 2010 16 Melbourne, VIChttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11919630 Victorians Win—Successes in West 28 September 1936 The Argus 25 May 2010 11 Melbourne, VIC References Clark 2003, pp.53 Harris 2009, p.26 Bibliography Clark Joe A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game https://books.google.com/books?id=rIXGQra02mAC&pg=PP1 1 January 2010 2003 University of Nebraska Press Lincoln, NE, United States 0-8032-6440-2 refClark Harris John O. Baseball Queensland 1905-1990 http://www.qld.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=52210 19 July 2009 2009 refHarris https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101958/http://www.qld.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=52210 6 July 2011 dead Claxton Shield Claxton Shield Category:Claxton Shield Category:August 1936 sports events in Australia Category:1930s in Sydney Category:Sports competitions in Sydney Category:Baseball in New South Wales