1938 Claxton Shield

Australia Interstate Baseball Carnival
1938
Tournament information
Date6 – 13 August
Host(s)Western Australia Perth, Western Australia
Teams4
Defending champions New South Wales
Final positions
Champion New South Wales (2nd title)
1st runner-up Western Australia
2nd runner-up South Australia
← 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 Western Australia WACA Ground
6 August 1937 New South Wales  4 – 0  Western Australia Western Australia WACA Ground
9 August 1937 New South Wales  2 – 3  Victoria Western Australia Subiaco Oval
9 August 1937 South Australia  1 – 2  Western Australia Western Australia Subiaco Oval
11 August 1937 Western Australia  2 – 0  Victoria Western Australia WACA Ground
11 August 1937 South Australia  1 – 2  New South Wales Western Australia WACA Ground

Finals

Third place final

13 August 1937 Victoria  0 – 9  South Australia Western Australia Subiaco Oval

Championship game

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

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