1946 Claxton Shield

Australian baseball tournament January 2018 January 2018 Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival 1946 3 – 10 August New South Wales Sydney, NSW New South Wales 3 New South Wales 4 Victoria South Australia 1939 1947 The 1946 Claxton Shield was the seventh annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament—the first time the tournament was held after a seven-year break due to World War II. It was held at Petersham Oval5 August 1946 Double Baseball Success By N.S.W. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FIEQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3695%2C495471 6 January 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Google News Archive and Marrickville Oval9 August 1946 Baseball Win By Victoria https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GIEQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3292%2C1116306 6 January 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 9 Google News Archive in Sydney from 3 to 10 August, and was won by the hosts New South Wales for the fourth time in a row.12 August 1946 N.S.W. Baseball Outstanding https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GoEQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2210%2C1475505 12 February 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 8 Google News Archive With this tournament win, they overtook South Australia as the outright leading state in Claxton Shield tournament wins. The other participating teams were Victoria and hosts South Australia. The two newest teams to the tournament—Western Australia and Queensland—did not participate. However both did host an interstate series: Western Australia hosted a South Australian team,8 August 1946 S.A. Confident Of Baseball Win https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F4EQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3027%2C1024338 6 January 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 8 Google News Archive and Queensland hosted New South Wales after the Sydney season.29 August 1946 Baseball Team For Queensland https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-baseball-team/165656890/ 2025-02-15 The Sydney Morning Herald 9 Newspapers.com Format With the reduction of participating teams back to the original three, the format also returned to a pure round-robin tournament. Once again, 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. Results bb-state 1946 Claxton Shield Champions New South Wales 4th Team Points Wins Ties Losses New South Wales 8 4 - - Victoria 4 2 - 2 South Australia 0 - - 4 3 August 1946 New South Wales 9 – 1 South Australia New South Wales Petersham Oval 3 August 1946 New South Wales 3 – 0 Victoria New South Wales Petersham Oval 6 August 1946 Victoria 6 – 4 South Australia New South Wales Petersham Oval 8 August 1946 Victoria 5 – 3 South Australia New South Wales Petersham Oval 10 August 1946 New South Wales 8 – 0 South Australia New South Wales Marrickville Oval 10 August 1946 New South Wales 10 – 2 Victoria New South Wales Marrickville Oval All-Australian team At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the second such Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament. As had been the case in the 1939 side, New South Wales players dominated the team, with seven players selected.12 August 1939 Champion Baseball Side Chosen https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GoEQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2999%2C1475466 6 January 2010 The Sydney Morning Herald 8 Google News Archive Position Player Pitcher New South Wales L. Dale Catcher New South Wales M. Yuille First Base New South Wales F. Brittain Second Base Victoria N. Harvey Third Base New South Wales M. Diegan Short Stop New South Wales K. Gulliver (c) Left Field New South Wales H. Hawkins Centre Field South Australia W. Radbone Right Field Victoria J. Nagle ReserveBattery Pitcher New South Wales R. Lawler Catcher South Australia P. Brideoake Utility Victoria J. Ellis Manager Victoria R. Darling References Clark 2003, pp.60–1 Harris 2009, p.36 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 Category:1946 in baseball Category:1946 in Australian sport 1946 Category:August 1946 sports events in Australia