1947 Claxton Shield

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

Final

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. Interestingly, 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]

References

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. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rIXGQra02mAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 1 January 2010.