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1948 Claxton Shield


FieldValue
name1948 Australian Carnival
1948 Interstate Carnival
year1948
date7 – 14 August
hostWestern Australia Perth, WA
defending_champs
teams4
champion
num_championships2
runner-up1
runner-up2
previous1947
next1949

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

TeamPointsWinsTiesLosses
****521
****421
212
112


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.

PositionPlayerPitcherCatcherFirst BaseSecond BaseThird BaseShort StopOutfieldersUtilityManager
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

  1. (9 August 1948). "Sport Details – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
  2. (10 August 1948). "Sports Details – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
  3. (16 August 1948). "Details of Sport – Baseball". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
  4. [[#refClark. Clark 2003]], pp.60–1
  5. [[#refHarris. Harris 2009]], p.44
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