The 1935 Claxton Shield was the second annual

Claxton Shield The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. From the summer of 1989–90 until 2001–02, and again since 2010� ...

, an

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n national

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tournament. It was held at the Albert Ground and the

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from 3 to 10 August, and was won by

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for the second time in a row. The other participating teams were

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and hosts

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Format

As had been the case in the

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tournament, each team met each other team twice over the course of the week. In each game, two competition points were on offer to the teams. The points were awarded as follows: * Win – two points * Tie – one point * Loss – no points At the end of the tournament, the team with the most points was declared the winner, and awarded the

. Had there been a tie between

and

for first place, they would have been declared joint winners. However had

been involved in a tie for first, they would have retained the Shield.

Results

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References

Bibliography

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