1946 Claxton Shield Interstate Tests official programme - Sydney, New South Wales
1946A four-page A5-size Claxton Shield Series baseball program printed on sepia-coloured paper with black print. The front page lists details of where and when the championship was held, team lists for Victoria and South Australia, the name of the host league and the price of the program. The pages 2 and 3 double-page spread gives 'Highlights', the scores and pitching records of games already played, places to write the scores and players names for the day's games and details of the local district competition. The back page is a photograph and names of the New South Wales players and officials.
The 1946 Claxton Shield was the seventh annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament—the first time the tournament was held after a six-year break due to World War II. It was held at Petersham Oval and Marrickville Oval in Sydney, New South Wales from 3 to 10 August, and was won by the hosts New South Wales for the fourth time in a row. With this tournament win, they overtook South Australia as the outright leading State in Claxton Shield tournament wins.
The other participating teams were Victoria and South Australia. The two newest teams to the tournament—Western Australia and Queensland—did not participate.
With the reduction of participating teams back to the original three, the format also returned to a pure round-robin 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 Claxton Shield.
3 August 1946 – New South Wales 9 d. South Australia 1
3 August 1946 – New South Wales 3 d. Victoria 0
6 August 1946 – Victoria 6 d. South Australia 4
8 August 1946 – Victoria 5 d. South Australia 3
10 August 1946 – New South Wales 8 d. South Australia 0
10 August 1946 – New South Wales 10 d. Victoria 2
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Claxton_Shield]
The program includes historical information such as the office bearers and delegates of the Australian Baseball Council and teams in the New South Wales local competition.
Details
Details
[Front page]
'Claxton Shield'
'Interstate Tests'
'Sydney, August, 1946'
'N.S.W. v. Victoria'
'N.S.W. v. South Australia'
'The Players.'
[Team lists for Victoria and South Australia]
[Logo] 'N.S.W. Baseball Union'
'B. McTaggart, Hon. Secretary.'
'Programme Official 6d.'
Western Australia did not compete in the 1946 tournament, however the program adds to the comprehensive collection of Claxton Shield programs held by the Baseball WA Museum & Archives. It was donated to the Museum by Bruce Puckett from the Puckett family's collection of baseball memorabilia. Jim Puckett was a pitcher in the South Australian team.
This program is rare and of historic and social significance as it records details of the resumption of the interstate baseball carnival series following the postponement of the competition from 1940 to 1945. It is in good condition and is well-provenanced.
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