1938 Claxton Shield

1938 Claxton Shield

Australia Interstate Baseball Carnival
Tournament details
Sport	Baseball
Country	Australia
Hosts	Perth, Western Australia
Teams	4
Dates	6 – 13 August
Defending champions	New South Wales (1937)
Final positions
Champions	New South Wales (2nd title)
Runner-up	Western Australia
Third place	South Australia
Fourth place	Victoria
← 1937 1939 →

The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the WACA Ground^[1] and Subiaco Oval^[2] in Perth from 3 to 13 August, the first time Perth had hosted the Shield. New South Wales won the Shield for the second time, successfully defending their title from the previous year. Hosts Western Australia had their best finish, losing to New South Wales in the final to finish second overall. The other participating teams were Victoria and South Australia.^[3][4]

Format

As had been the case in the 1937 tournament, the four teams 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. In the event of a tie between teams in terms of points, the tiebreaker used would have been the net runs for and against, with the team achieving the greater value placing in the higher position.

Results

Preliminaries

Team	Points	Wins	Ties	Losses	For-Against
New South Wales	4	2	–	1	+4
Western Australia	4	2	–	1	-1
South Australia	2	1	–	2	+5
Victoria	2	1	–	2	-8

6 August 1937	Victoria	0 – 7	South Australia	WACA Ground

6 August 1937	New South Wales	4 – 0	Western Australia	WACA Ground

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9 August 1937	New South Wales	2 – 3	Victoria	Subiaco Oval

9 August 1937	South Australia	1 – 2	Western Australia	Subiaco Oval

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11 August 1937	Western Australia	2 – 0	Victoria	WACA Ground

11 August 1937	South Australia	1 – 2	New South Wales	WACA Ground

Finals

Third place final

13 August 1937	Victoria	0 – 9	South Australia	Subiaco Oval

Championship game

13 August 1937	Western Australia	0 – 2	New South Wales	Subiaco Oval

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1938 Claxton Shield Champions
New South Wales 2nd title

References

1. "Victoria Loses Baseball". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 August 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
2. "N.S.W. Wins Claxton Baseball Shield". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 August 1938. p. 20. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
3. Clark 2003, pp.52–4
4. Harris 2009, p.27

Bibliography

• Clark, Joe (2003). A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game. Lincoln, NE, United States: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-6440-2. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
• Harris, John O. (2009). Baseball Queensland 1905-1990. Retrieved 19 July 2009.