The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual
Claxton Shield, an
Australian national
baseball tournament. It was held at the
WACA Ground[1] and
Subiaco Oval[2] in
Perth from 3 to 13 August, the first time Perth had hosted the Shield.
New South Wales won the Shield for the second time, successfully defending their title from the previous year. Hosts
Western Australia had their best finish, losing to New South Wales in the final to finish second overall. The other participating teams were
Victoria and
South Australia.[3][4]
Format
As had been the case in the
1937 tournament, the four teams played a
round-robin schedule, meeting each other team once, with two competition points were on offer in each game. The points were awarded as follows:
Win – two points
Tie – one point
Loss – no points
At the end of these preliminary games, the top two teams played each other to determine the champions, while the remaining two teams faced each other to determine third place. In the event of a tie between teams in terms of points, the
tiebreaker used would have been the net runs
for and against, with the team achieving the greater value placing in the higher position.