1948 Claxton Shield

1948 Australian Carnival
1948 Interstate Carnival
1948
Tournament information
Date7 – 14 August
Host(s)Western Australia Perth, WA
Teams4
Defending champions Victoria
Final positions
Champion Victoria (2nd title)
1st runner-up South Australia
2nd runner-up New South Wales
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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]

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 5 2 1 –
 South Australia 4 2 – 1
 New South Wales 2 1 – 2
 Western Australia 1 – 1 2
7 August 1948 South Australia  4 – 1  New South Wales Western Australia Perth, WA
7 August 1948 Western Australia  1 – 1  Victoria Western Australia Perth, WA
9 August 1948 New South Wales  1 – 0  Western Australia Western Australia Perth, WA
9 August 1948 Victoria  2 – 1  South Australia Western Australia Perth, WA
11 August 1948 Victoria  8 – 1  New South Wales Western Australia Perth, WA
11 August 1948 South Australia  5 – 0  Western Australia Western Australia Perth, WA

Finals

Third place final

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

Championship game

14 August 1948 Victoria  3 – 2  South Australia Western 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 New South Wales R. Lawler
Western Australia C. Puckett
Catcher South Australia P. Brideoake (c)
Victoria (state) W. Anderson
First Base Victoria (state) R. Straw
Second Base New South Wales C. Emmerick
Third Base New South Wales M. Deigan
Short Stop Victoria (state) R. Harvey
Outfielders Victoria (state) R. Black
Victoria (state) W. Driver
New South Wales J. Rowley
Utility Western Australia G. Dickinson
Manager South Australia R. C. Scott

References

  1. ^ a b "Sport Details – Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "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.

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.
  • Harris, John O. (2009). Baseball Queensland 1905-1990. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
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