1947 Claxton Shield

Template:Use Australian English 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
Template:Bb-state	8	4	-	-
Template:Bb-state	6	3	-	1
Template:Bb-state	2	1	-	3
Template:Bb-state	0	-	-	4

2 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 3	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

2 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 3	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

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4 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 2	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

4 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 0	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

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6 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 0	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

6 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	6 – 1	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

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8 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 1	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

8 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	3 – 0	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

Final

9 August 1947	Template:Bb-state-rt	4 – 0	Template:Bb-state	Template:Flagicon Adelaide Oval

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1947 Claxton Shield Champions
1st title

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		Template:Flagicon D. Vaughan
Catcher		Template:Flagicon P. Brideoake
First Base		Template:Flagicon R. Straw
Second Base		Template:Flagicon T. Geegan
Third Base		Template:Flagicon M. Deigan
Short Stop		Template:Flagicon Template:Proper name
Left Field		Template:Flagicon R. Black
Centre Field		Template:Flagicon W. Radbone
Right Field		Template:Flagicon J. Rowley
Reserve Battery	Pitcher	Template:Flagicon B. Dooland
	Catcher	Template:Flagicon T. Nisbet
Utility		Template:Flagicon C. Dickinson (c)