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1946 Claxton Shield

Australian baseball tournament

Field	Value
name	Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
year	1946
date	3 – 10 August
host	New South Wales Sydney, NSW
defending_champs
teams	3
champion
num_championships	4
runner-up1
runner-up2
previous	1939
next	1947

| runner-up1 = | runner-up2 = The 1946 Claxton Shield was the seventh annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament—the first time the tournament was held after a seven-year break due to World War II. It was held at Petersham Oval and Marrickville Oval in Sydney from 3 to 10 August, and was won by the hosts New South Wales for the fourth time in a row. With this tournament win, they overtook South Australia as the outright leading state in Claxton Shield tournament wins.

The other participating teams were Victoria and hosts South Australia. The two newest teams to the tournament—Western Australia and Queensland—did not participate. and Queensland hosted New South Wales after the Sydney season.

Format

With the reduction of participating teams back to the original three, the format also returned to a pure round-robin tournament. Once again, each team met each other team twice over the course of the week. In each game, two competition points were on offer to the teams. The points were awarded as follows:

Win – two points
Tie – one point
Loss – no points At the end of the tournament, the team with the most points was declared the winner, and awarded the Claxton Shield.

Results

Team	Points	Wins	Ties	Losses
****	8	4	-	-
	4	2	-	2
	0	-	-	4

All-Australian team

At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the second such Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament. As had been the case in the 1939 side, New South Wales players dominated the team, with seven players selected.

Position	Player	Pitcher	Catcher	First Base
Battery	Pitcher	Catcher	Utility	Manager
New South Wales L. Dale
New South Wales M. Yuille
New South Wales F. Brittain
Victoria N. Harvey
New South Wales M. Diegan
New South Wales K. Gulliver (c)
New South Wales H. Hawkins
South Australia W. Radbone
Victoria J. Nagle
New South Wales R. Lawler
South Australia P. Brideoake
Victoria J. Ellis
Victoria R. Darling

References

Bibliography

References

(5 August 1946). "Double Baseball Success By N.S.W.". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(9 August 1946). "Baseball Win By Victoria". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(12 August 1946). "N.S.W. Baseball Outstanding". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(8 August 1946). "S.A. Confident Of Baseball Win". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(29 August 1946). "Baseball Team For Queensland". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(12 August 1939). "Champion Baseball Side Chosen". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
[[#refClark. Clark 2003]], pp.60–1
[[#refHarris. Harris 2009]], p.36

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