The 1986 Claxton Shield was the 47th annual
Claxton Shield. The participants were
South Australia,
New South Wales Patriots,
Victoria Aces,
Western Australia,
Queensland Rams
Queensland Rams compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. The Rams were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed as ''Queensland'' until 1988. Between 1988 and 1999, the Claxton Shield was awar ...
and
Northern Territory. The series was won by Victoria.
The competition continued its eastern and western divisional format adopted in the 1984 Claxton Shield, with the winners of both divisions playing in a final.
The highlight of the competition was the eastern sector final between Victoria and Queensland at
Holloway Field, when after a scathing opinion piece written by Queensland manager
Mike Young about Victorian manager John Galloway tempers were high throughout the game. This culminated in an incident later in the game when
Bob Nilsson intentionally threw at a Victorian batter, who in turn threw his bat at Nilsson, leading the
benches to clear. After three ejections, Victoria won the game, but had to be escorted from the field due to abusive spectators.
The Helms Award was given to pitcher Lindsay Orford of Victoria.
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