The 1936 Claxton Shield was the third annual

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, an

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n national

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tournament. It was held at Marrickville Oval in

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from 3 to 10 August, and was won by

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

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and hosts

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applied to join the competition, however the plans for the tournament had already been confirmed between the other three states at that time. Alternate arrangements were made, where Victoria sent a team for a three-game series in September as a way for Western Australia to prepare for their entry in the

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tournament.

Format

As had been the case in the two previous editions of the 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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Attempted expansion

On 3 June, a letter was received by the Victorian Baseball Association seeking permission for a Western Australian team to compete in the 1936 Claxton Shield. At that point in time, the New South Wales Baseball Association had already confirmed plans with the other state bodies for the tournament, and were advised that it was therefore too late for Western Australia to be admitted. As an alternative, Australian international cricketer

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was appointed as Western Australia's representative for the conference during the tournament to organise the

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, where Western Australia first participated. In preparation for their admission, the Western Australia Baseball League invited both New South Wales and Victoria to come to

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to play in an interstate series. Though New South Wales did not participate, Victoria did send a team for a three-game series from 19 to 26 September, which the visitors won two games to one.

References

Bibliography

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