1949 Claxton Shield

10th annual Claxton Shield January 2018 May 2020 1949 Australian Championship Series 1949 31 July – 7 August Victoria Melbourne, VIC Victoria Victoria 4 Victoria 3 New South Wales South Australia 1948 1950 The 1949 Claxton Shield (at the time known as the 1949 Australian Championship Series) was the tenth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Melbourne, Victoria from 31 July to 7 August, and was won by Victoria for the third time overall, all in successive years.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sF0QAAAAIBAJ&pg=6644%2C699373 Victoria Wins Baseball 7 August 1949 17 January 2010 The Sunday Herald, Sporting Section Sydney, NSW 10 The other participants were South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. Format The 1949 edition of the Claxton Shield saw a new format introduced. Each of the four teams played a double round-robin schedule, meeting each other team twice. This ensured that each team would be guaranteed to play six games during the tournament. Two competition points were on offer in each game, with the points were awarded as follows: Win – two points Tie – one point Loss – no points At the end of the round-robin games, if a team had an outright lead over all other teams, they would be declared the champions. If two teams were tied for the lead, they would then play in a championship game on the final day. If the championship game was not required, an Australian team would have been named after the round-robin games to play The Rest as an alternative, however given weather constraints this game was not played.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wbEUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5473%2C3052424 Next Baseball Series Fixed 4 August 1949 The Age Melbourne, VIC 26 February 2010 References Clark 2003, pp.61 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 Claxton Shield Claxton Shield Category:Claxton Shield Category:August 1949 sports events in Australia Category:July 1949 sports events in Australia