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1948 Claxton Shield
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1948 Australian Carnival |
| 1948 Interstate Carnival | |
| year | 1948 |
| date | 7 – 14 August |
| host | Western Australia Perth, WA |
| defending_champs | |
| teams | 4 |
| champion | |
| num_championships | 2 |
| runner-up1 | |
| runner-up2 | |
| previous | 1947 |
| next | 1949 |
1948 Interstate Carnival | runner-up1 = | runner-up2 = The 1948 Claxton Shield (at the time known as either the 1948 Australian Carnival or the 1948 Interstate Carnival) was the ninth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Perth, Western Australia 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.
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.
Results
Preliminaries
| Team | Points | Wins | Ties | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **** | 5 | 2 | 1 | – |
| **** | 4 | 2 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Finals
Third place final
Championship game
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.
| Position | Player | Pitcher | Catcher | First Base | Second Base | Third Base | Short Stop | Outfielders | Utility | Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales R. Lawler | ||||||||||
| Western Australia C. Puckett | ||||||||||
| South Australia P. Brideoake (c) | ||||||||||
| Victoria W. Anderson | ||||||||||
| Victoria R. Straw | ||||||||||
| New South Wales C. Emmerick | ||||||||||
| New South Wales M. Deigan | ||||||||||
| Victoria R. Harvey | ||||||||||
| Victoria R. Black | ||||||||||
| Victoria W. Driver | ||||||||||
| New South Wales J. Rowley | ||||||||||
| Western Australia G. Dickinson | ||||||||||
| South Australia R. C. Scott |
References
Bibliography
References
- (9 August 1948). "Sport Details – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- (10 August 1948). "Sports Details – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- (16 August 1948). "Details of Sport – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
- [[#refClark. Clark 2003]], pp.60–1
- [[#refHarris. Harris 2009]], p.44
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