The 1947 Claxton Shield was the eighth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide from 2 to 9 August and was won by Victoria for the first time. The other participating teams were defending champions New South Wales, hosts South Australia and the returning Western Australian team.
Format With the return of Western Australia to the 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.
Results
Preliminaries Team Points Wins Ties Losses 8 4 - - 6 3 - 1 2 1 - 3 0 - - 4
Final
All-Australian team At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the third such Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament. South Australian players made up the largest proportion in the squad, despite not being the champion team of the year, while champions Victoria had only two players selected: the smallest from any team, along with Western Australia.
Position Player Pitcher D. Vaughan Catcher P. Brideoake First Base R. Straw Second Base T. Geegan Third Base M. Deigan Short Stop Left Field R. Black Centre Field W. Radbone Right Field J. Rowley ReserveBattery Pitcher B. Dooland Catcher T. Nisbet Utility C. Dickinson (c)
References Clark 2003, pp.60–1
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