1939 Claxton Shield

January 2018 May 2020 Australia Interstate Baseball Carnival 1939 29 July – 5 August Victoria Melbourne, VIC New South Wales 5 New South Wales 3 Western Australia Victoria 1938 1946 The 1939 Claxton Shield was the sixth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at Richmond Cricket Ground, Albert Ground,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11247059 Baseball Teams Here To-Day 28 July 1939 The Argus Melbourne 16 3 January 2010 South Melbourne Cricket Ground,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11261342 Baseball Win To S.A. – N.S.W. Surprised 3 August 1939 The Argus Melbourne 21 3 January 2010 and National Parkhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11246331 Ground For Baseball Final Changed 5 August 1939 The Argus Melbourne 16 3 January 2010 in Melbourne from 29 July to 5 August,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11262352 Baseball – Entertaining The Teams 11 July 1939 The Argus Melbourne 15 3 January 2010 the second time Melbourne had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the third time, successfully defending their title from the previous two years. Queensland joined the other four states for the first time in the tournament. The other participating teams were Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia. It was also the first year an Australia national team was picked primarily based on the Championships. Format As had been the case in the 1937 tournament, the four teams played a round-robin schedule, meeting each other team once, with two competition points 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, while the remaining two teams faced each other to determine third place. In the event of a tie between teams in terms of points, the tiebreaker used would have been the net runs for and against, with the team achieving the greater value and placing in the higher position. Results Preliminaries Team Points Wins Ties Losses For-Against Western Australia 6 3 – 1 +16 New South Wales 5 2 1 1 +23 Victoria 5 2 1 1 +20 South Australia 4 2 – 2 +22 Queensland 0 – – 4 -81 29 July 1939 Western Australia 2 – 1 South Australia Victoria Richmond Cricket Ground 29 July 1939 Victoria 4 – 4 (F/11 Game tied – Bad light) New South Wales Victoria Richmond Cricket Ground 31 July 1939 Queensland 0 – 23 New South Wales Victoria Albert Ground 31 July 1939 Victoria 2 – 8 Western Australia Victoria Albert Ground 1 August 1939 Victoria 6 – 5 South Australia Victoria Albert Ground 1 August 1939 Western Australia 11 – 1 Queensland Victoria Albert Ground 2 August 1939 Victoria 25 – 0 Queensland Victoria Albert Ground 2 August 1939 New South Wales 3 – 4 South Australia Victoria Albert Ground 3 August 1939 New South Wales 2 – 1 Western Australia Victoria South Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 August 1939 South Australia 24 – 1 Queensland Victoria South Melbourne Cricket Ground Finals Third place final 5 August 1939 South Australia 2 – 5 Victoria Victoria National Park Championship game 5 August 1939 New South Wales 1 – 0 Western Australia Victoria National Park bb-state 1939 Claxton Shield Champions New South Wales 3rd All-Australian team At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. Though the selected team did not actually play together, it was the first time an Australian team had been selected.Baseball Games To Continue – Australian Team http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11238041 8 August 1939 The Argus Melbourne 15 6 January 2010 Position Player Pitcher New South Wales J. Lanfear Western Australia C. Puckett Catcher New South Wales L. Miller New South Wales A. Goodwin First Base Western Australia A. Barras Second Base South Australia F. Catt Third Base New South Wales W. Rankin Short Stop Victoria R. Corby Outfield New South Wales N. Blanche Victoria S. Yum Victoria J. Denison Utility New South Wales G. Borwick Manager New South Wales D. Mould References Clark 2003, pp.52–4 Harris 2009, p.28 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 Claxton Shield Category:1930s in sport in Melbourne Category:Baseball in Victoria (state) Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne Category:July 1939 sports events in Australia Category:August 1939 sports events in Australia