1948 Claxton Shield

1948 Claxton Shield

1948 Australian Carnival 1948 Interstate Carnival
Tournament details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Hosts	Perth, WA
Teams	4
Dates	7 – 14 August
Defending champions	Victoria (1947)
Final positions
Champions	Victoria (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Australia
Third place	New South Wales
Fourth place	Western Australia
← 1947 1949 →

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
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

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9 August 1948	New South Wales	1 – 0	Western Australia	Perth, WA

9 August 1948	Victoria	2 – 1	South Australia	Perth, WA

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11 August 1948	Victoria	8 – 1	New South Wales	Perth, WA

11 August 1948	South Australia	5 – 0	Western Australia	Perth, WA

Finals

Third place final

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

Championship game

14 August 1948	Victoria	3 – 2	South Australia	Perth, WA

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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.

Position	Player
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