1947 Claxton Shield

January 2018 May 2020 Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival 1947 2 – 9 August South Australia Adelaide, SA New South Wales 4 Victoria 1 South Australia New South Wales 1946 1948 The 1947 Claxton Shield was the eighth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the Adelaide Ovalhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3woRAAAAIBAJ&pg=7438%2C865842 N.S.W. Leads Baseball 5 August 1947 The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW 9 6 January 2010 in Adelaide from 2 to 9 August and was won by Victoria for the first time. The other participating teams were defending champions New South Wales, hosts South Australia and the returning Western Australian team. Format With the return of Western Australia to the tournament, the four teams played a round-robin schedule, meeting each other team once, with two competition points were on offer in each game. The points were awarded as follows: Win – two points Tie – one point Loss – no points At the end of these preliminary games, the top two teams played each other to determine the champions. Results Preliminaries Team Points Wins Ties Losses South Australia 8 4 - - Victoria 6 3 - 1 New South Wales 2 1 - 3 Western Australia 0 - - 4 2 August 1947 Victoria 4 – 3 Western Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval 2 August 1947 South Australia 4 – 3 New South Wales South Australia Adelaide Oval 4 August 1947 New South Wales 4 – 2 Western Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval 4 August 1947 South Australia 4 – 0 Victoria South Australia Adelaide Oval 6 August 1947 South Australia 4 – 0 Western Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval 6 August 1947 Victoria 6 – 1 New South Wales South Australia Adelaide Oval 8 August 1947 Victoria 4 – 1 Western Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval 8 August 1947 South Australia 3 – 0 New South Wales South Australia Adelaide Oval Final 9 August 1947 Victoria 4 – 0 South Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval bb-state 1947 Claxton Shield Champions Victoria 1st All-Australian team At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the third such Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament. South Australian players made up the largest proportion in the squad, despite not being the champion team of the year, while champions Victoria had only two players selected: the smallest from any team, along with Western Australia.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xghFAAAAIBAJ&dq=baseball&pg=3532%2C4078113 State Honours to Victoria 12 August 1947 The Age Melbourne, VIC 14 6 January 2010 Position Player Pitcher South Australia D. Vaughan Catcher South Australia P. Brideoake First Base Victoria R. Straw Second Base New South Wales T. Geegan Third Base New South Wales M. Deigan Short Stop South Australia R. Brealy Left Field Victoria R. Black Centre Field South Australia W. Radbone Right Field New South Wales J. Rowley ReserveBattery Pitcher South Australia B. Dooland Catcher Western Australia T. Nisbet Utility Western Australia C. Dickinson (c) References Clark 2003, pp.60–1 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 1947 sports events in Australia