1948 Claxton Shield

The 1948 Claxton Shield (at the time known as either the 1948 Australian Carnival[1] or the 1948 Interstate Carnival[2]) was the ninth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Perth, Western Australia[1] from 7 to 14 August, and was won by Victoria for the second time overall, successfully defending their title from 1947. The other participants were South Australia, New South Wales, and hosts Western Australia.[3][4]

1948 Claxton Shield
1948 Australian Carnival
1948 Interstate Carnival
Tournament details
SportBaseball
CountryAustralia
Hosts Perth, WA
Teams4
Dates7 – 14 August
Defending champions Victoria (1947)
Final positions
Champions
 Victoria (2nd title)
Runner-up
 South Australia
Third place
 New South Wales
Fourth place Western Australia
← 1947
1949 →

Format

As had been the case in all previous tournaments where there had been four teams, each team 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.[2]

Results

Preliminaries
Team Points Wins Ties Losses
 Victoria 521–
 South Australia 42–1
 New South Wales 21–2
 Western Australia 1–12
7 August 1948 South Australia  4 – 1  New South Wales Perth, WA
7 August 1948 Western Australia  1 – 1  Victoria Perth, WA
9 August 1948 New South Wales  1 – 0  Western Australia Perth, WA
9 August 1948 Victoria  2 – 1  South Australia Perth, WA
11 August 1948 Victoria  8 – 1  New South Wales Perth, WA
11 August 1948 South Australia  5 – 0  Western Australia Perth, WA

Finals

Third place final
14 August 1948 New South Wales  2 – 1  Western Australia Perth, WA

Championship game
14 August 1948 Victoria  3 – 2  South Australia Perth, WA
 1948 Claxton Shield Champions 

Victoria
2nd title

All-Australian team

At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the fourth such Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament.[5]

Position Player
Pitcher R. Lawler
C. Puckett
Catcher P. Brideoake (c)
W. Anderson
First Base R. Straw
Second Base C. Emmerick
Third Base M. Deigan
Short Stop R. Harvey
Outfielders R. Black
W. Driver
J. Rowley
Utility G. Dickinson
Manager R. C. Scott

References
  1. "Sport Details – Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. "Sports Details – Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  3. Clark 2003, pp.60–1
  4. Harris 2009, p.44
  5. "Details of Sport – Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

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