1947 Claxton Shield

Australian Interstate Baseball Carnival
1947
Tournament information
Date2 – 9 August
Host(s)South Australia Adelaide, SA
Teams4
Defending champions New South Wales
Final positions
Champion Victoria (1st title)
1st runner-up South Australia
2nd runner-up New South Wales
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The 1947 Claxton Shield was the eighth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the Adelaide Oval[1] in Adelaide from 2 to 9 August and was won by Victoria for the first time. The other participating teams were defending champions New South Wales, hosts South Australia and the returning Western Australian team.[2]

  1. ^ "N.S.W. Leads Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 5 August 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).