1946 Claxton Shield

Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
1946
Tournament information
Date3 – 10 August
Host(s)New South Wales Sydney, NSW
Teams3
Defending champions New South Wales
Final positions
Champion New South Wales (4th title)
1st runner-up Victoria
2nd runner-up South Australia
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The 1946 Claxton Shield was the seventh annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament—the first time the tournament was held after a seven-year break due to World War II. It was held at Petersham Oval[1] and Marrickville Oval[2] in Sydney from 3 to 10 August, and was won by the hosts New South Wales for the fourth time in a row.[3] With this tournament win, they overtook South Australia as the outright leading state in Claxton Shield tournament wins.[4]

The other participating teams were Victoria and hosts South Australia. The two newest teams to the tournament—Western Australia and Queensland—did not participate.[5] However both did host an interstate series: Western Australia hosted a South Australian team,[6] and Queensland hosted New South Wales after the Sydney season.[7]

  1. ^ "Double Baseball Success By N.S.W." The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 August 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Baseball Win By Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 August 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. ^ "N.S.W. Baseball Outstanding". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Harris was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "S.A. Confident Of Baseball Win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Baseball Team For Queensland". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 August 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 6 January 2010.[permanent dead link]