The 1948 Claxton Shield (at the time known as either the 1948 Australian Carnival
or the 1948 Interstate Carnival
) was the ninth 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 2010â ...
, an
Australia
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n national
baseball
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tournament. It was held in
Perth
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, Western Australia
from 7 to 14 August, and was won by Victoria for the second time overall, successfully defending their title from
1947
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Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
. The other participants were
South Australia
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,
New South Wales
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, and hosts
Western Australia
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.
Format
As had been the case in all previous tournaments where there had been four teams, each team 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.
Results
Preliminaries
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Finals
Third place final
Championship game
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All-Australian team
At the conclusion of the tournament, representatives from the
Australian Baseball Council selected an All-Australian team. It was the fourth such
Australian team selected at the end of a Claxton Shield tournament.
References
Bibliography
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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 2010â ...
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 2010â ...
Claxton Shield
August 1948 sports events in Australia