1938 Claxton Shield
# 1938 Claxton Shield

The 1938 Claxton Shield was the fifth annual Claxton Shield, an Australian national baseball tournament. It was held at the WACA Ground and Subiaco Oval 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.

## 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.

## Results

### Preliminaries

| Team | Points | Wins | Ties | Losses | For-Against |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New South Wales | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | +4 |
| Western Australia | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | -1 |
| South Australia | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | +5 |
| Victoria | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | -8 |
| 6 August 1937 | Victoria | 0 – 7 | South Australia | WACA Ground |
| 6 August 1937 | New South Wales | 4 – 0 | Western Australia | WACA Ground |
| 9 August 1937 | New South Wales | 2 – 3 | Victoria | Subiaco Oval |
| 9 August 1937 | South Australia | 1 – 2 | Western Australia | Subiaco Oval |
| 11 August 1937 | Western Australia | 2 – 0 | Victoria | WACA Ground |
| 11 August 1937 | South Australia | 1 – 2 | New South Wales | WACA Ground |

### Finals

**Third place final**

| 13 August 1937 | Victoria | 0 – 9 | South Australia | Subiaco Oval |
| - | - | - | - | - |

**Championship game**

| 13 August 1937 | Western Australia | 0 – 2 | New South Wales | Subiaco Oval |
| - | - | - | - | - |

* 1938 Claxton Shield Champions
* New South Wales 2nd title
