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1947 Claxton Shield

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Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
1947
Tournament information
Date2 – 9 August
Host(s)South Australia Adelaide, SA
Teams4
Defending champions New South Wales
Final positions
Champion Victoria (1st title)
1st runner-up South Australia
2nd runner-up New South Wales
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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

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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

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Preliminaries

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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

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9 August 1947 Victoria  4 – 0  South Australia South Australia Adelaide Oval

 1947 Claxton Shield Champions 

Victoria
1st title

All-Australian team

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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 South Australia D. Vaughan
Catcher South Australia P. Brideoake
First Base Victoria (state) 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 (state) R. Black
Centre Field South Australia W. Radbone
Right Field New South Wales J. Rowley
Reserve
Battery
Pitcher South Australia B. Dooland
Catcher Western Australia T. Nisbet
Utility Western Australia C. Dickinson (c)

References

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  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

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