1946 South Australia versus Western Australia baseball program

In 1941 in Western Australia, the game of baseball was in its infancy when 95 per cent of the players enlisted in the armed services. It was decided the game should to go into recess in this State.
Following the end of World War II, the governing body of baseball in Australia decided to hold the annual carnival for the Claxton Shield in Sydney in 1946. Members of the old executive of the W.A. Baseball League (WABL) met and decided that, owing to the task of reviving the game in Western Australia, it would be impossible to send a team to the 1946 championships. However, it was hoped that Western Australia would be represented at the 1947 carnival to be held in Adelaide.

In the interim the WABL extended an invitation to South Australia to send a team to compete in a three-game tournament against a Western Australian team in Perth in 1946.

Game 1 was played at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground on September 1 with Western Australia winning 6‒1. Game 2 was a closely contested match played on the Perth Esplanade on September 3, with WA defeating SA by 4 runs to 3. The third and final game on September 5 was also played on the Perth Esplanade. Western Australia again outplayed the visitors, defeating South Australia 11 runs to 2.

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