1947 Claxton Shield

1947 Claxton Shield

Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
Tournament details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Hosts	Adelaide, SA
Teams	4
Dates	2 – 9 August
Defending champions	New South Wales (1946)
Final positions
Champions	Victoria (1st title)
Runner-up	South Australia
Third place	New South Wales
Fourth place	Western Australia
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The 1947 Claxton Shield was the eighth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the Adelaide Oval^[1] 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.^[2]

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 the 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	Adelaide Oval

2 August 1947	South Australia	4 – 3	New South Wales	Adelaide Oval

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4 August 1947	New South Wales	4 – 2	Western Australia	Adelaide Oval

4 August 1947	South Australia	4 – 0	Victoria	Adelaide Oval

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6 August 1947	South Australia	4 – 0	Western Australia	Adelaide Oval

6 August 1947	Victoria	6 – 1	New South Wales	Adelaide Oval

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8 August 1947	Victoria	4 – 1	Western Australia	Adelaide Oval

8 August 1947	South Australia	3 – 0	New South Wales	Adelaide Oval

Final

9 August 1947	Victoria	4 – 0	South Australia	Adelaide Oval

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1947 Claxton Shield Champions
Victoria 1st title

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.^[3]

Position		Player
Pitcher		D. Vaughan
Catcher		P. Brideoake
First Base		R. Straw
Second Base		T. Geegan
Third Base		M. Deigan
Short Stop		R. Brealy
Left Field		R. Black
Centre Field		W. Radbone
Right Field		J. Rowley
Reserve Battery	Pitcher	B. Dooland
	Catcher	T. Nisbet
Utility		C. Dickinson (c)

References

1. "N.S.W. Leads Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW). 5 August 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
2. Clark 2003, pp.60–1
3. "State Honours to Victoria". The Age (Melbourne, VIC). 12 August 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

Bibliography

• Clark, Joe (2003). A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game. Lincoln, NE, United States: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-6440-2. Retrieved 1 January 2010.