1977 Western Australian Claxton Shield baseball team
A colour photograph of the 1977 Western Australian Claxton Shield baseball team.
The 1977 Claxton Shield was the 38th annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held in Perth, Western Australia from 14 to 23 January, the eighth time Perth had hosted the Shield. The other participating teams were New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
The five teams played a double round-robin schedule, meeting each other team twice, with two competition points on offer in each game. The points were awarded as follows:
Win – two points, Tie – one point, Loss – no points
After each team had played their eight games, the team with the most points was declared the champions.
Hosts Western Australia won the Shield for the third time.
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Claxton_Shield]
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The 1977 Western Australian Claxton Shield champions (L-R):
Back row - Barry Stace, Neil Page, Gary Scarterfield, Ray Michell, Rod Byrne (Coach), Darryl Moyle, Peter Sands, Mick Gordon, Kerry Wither, Geoff Moyle, John Kelly (Administration Officer).
Front row - Bob Ossey, John Bennett (Assistant Manager), Graham Ward, Don Knapp, Graeme Williams, John Kyle, Steve Langdon, Don Kyle, Steve Oxbrow.
This photograph was donated by Don Kyle, a member of the 1977 Western Australian State Baseball Team that competed in the Australian Championship Series for the Claxton Shield.
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