1948 | |
Tournament information | |
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Date | 7 – 14 August |
Host(s) | Perth, WA |
Teams | 4 |
Defending champions | Victoria |
Final positions | |
Champion | Victoria (2nd title) |
1st runner-up | South Australia |
2nd runner-up | New South Wales |
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]
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:
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]
Team | Points | Wins | Ties | Losses |
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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 | Perth, WA |
7 August 1948 | Western Australia | 1 – 1 | Victoria | Perth, WA |
9 August 1948 | New South Wales | 1 – 0 | Western Australia | Perth, WA |
9 August 1948 | Victoria | 2 – 1 | South Australia | Perth, WA |
11 August 1948 | Victoria | 8 – 1 | New South Wales | Perth, WA |
11 August 1948 | South Australia | 5 – 0 | Western Australia | Perth, WA |
14 August 1948 | New South Wales | 2 – 1 | Western Australia | Perth, WA |
14 August 1948 | Victoria | 3 – 2 | South Australia | Perth, WA |
1948 Claxton Shield Champions |
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Victoria 2nd title |
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 |
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Pitcher | R. Lawler |
C. Puckett | |
Catcher | P. Brideoake (c) |
W. Anderson | |
First Base | R. Straw |
Second Base | C. Emmerick |
Third Base | M. Deigan |
Short Stop | R. Harvey |
Outfielders | R. Black |
W. Driver | |
J. Rowley | |
Utility | G. Dickinson |
Manager | R. C. Scott |