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]

1947 Claxton Shield
Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
Tournament details
SportBaseball
CountryAustralia
Hosts Adelaide, SA
Teams4
Dates2 – 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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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 these preliminary games, the top two teams played each other to determine the champions.

Results

Preliminaries
Team Points Wins Ties Losses
 South Australia 84--
 Victoria 63-1
 New South Wales 21-3
 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
4 August 1947 New South Wales  4 – 2  Western Australia Adelaide Oval
4 August 1947 South Australia  4 – 0  Victoria Adelaide Oval
6 August 1947 South Australia  4 – 0  Western Australia Adelaide Oval
6 August 1947 Victoria  6 – 1  New South Wales Adelaide Oval
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
 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.

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