1938 Claxton Shield

January 2018 May 2020 Australia Interstate Baseball Carnival 1938 6 – 13 August Western Australia Perth, Western Australia New South Wales 4 New South Wales 2 Western Australia South Australia 1937 1939 The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the WACA Groundhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12460871 Victoria Loses Baseball 8 August 1938 The Argus Melbourne 15 3 January 2010 and Subiaco Ovalhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12468036 N.S.W. Wins Claxton Baseball Shield 15 August 1938 The Argus Melbourne 20 3 January 2010 in Perth from 3 to 13 August, the first time Perth had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the second time, successfully defending their title from the previous year. Hosts Western Australia had their best finish, losing to New South Wales in the final to finish second overall. The other participating teams were Victoria and South Australia. 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 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, 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 placing in the higher position. Results Preliminaries Team Points Wins Ties Losses For-Against New South Wales 4 2 – 1 +4 Western Australia 4 2 – 1 -1 South Australia 2 1 – 2 +5 Victoria 2 1 – 2 -8 6 August 1937 Victoria 0 – 7 South Australia Western Australia WACA Ground 6 August 1937 New South Wales 4 – 0 Western Australia Western Australia WACA Ground 9 August 1937 New South Wales 2 – 3 Victoria Western Australia Subiaco Oval 9 August 1937 South Australia 1 – 2 Western Australia Western Australia Subiaco Oval 11 August 1937 Western Australia 2 – 0 Victoria Western Australia WACA Ground 11 August 1937 South Australia 1 – 2 New South Wales Western Australia WACA Ground Finals Third place final 13 August 1937 Victoria 0 – 9 South Australia Western Australia Subiaco Oval Championship game 13 August 1937 Western Australia 0 – 2 New South Wales Western Australia Subiaco Oval bb-state 1938 Claxton Shield Champions New South Wales 2nd References Clark 2003, pp.52–4 Harris 2009, p.27 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:Sports competitions in Perth, Western Australia Category:1930s in Western Australia Category:August 1938 sports events in Australia