Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Monday 10 August 1936, page 16


Baseball

CLAXTON SHIELD

Retained by South

Victoria Defeats N.S.W.

S .UM I, Mind»T.-Soulh Australia retained the Claxton Shield when it defeated New South Wales, four ra is to one, In the first match on the concluding day of the annual interstate base-ball carnival yesterday. Scores -

Batteries-South Australia-Sharpe (P), J FitzSimons (C ) New South Wales Mould and 6 Hitchen (P >, Stone and W Pet tile (C The

game between New South Wales and Victoria was spectacular and even and marked by solid hitting New South Wales placed an altered team in the field with a Bowman and Armstrong comprising the battery Victoria, used Cheong and Quin Victoria res aggressive In the opening innings and Newstead scored from a series of errors New South Wales found the combination of Quin and L Stevens (second bate) a thorn in its side, and runners attempting to "steal second fell victims

to It

Victoria was fielding well, with Newstead (short stop) and Paterson (centre field) prominent in fine running catches that assisted in keeping the bone teams efforts in check Victoria looked dangerous in the fourth session, but a brilliant catch by Blanch from Ingram's lofty hit retired the tide with two runners on the bases Victoria broke through again In the fifth Innings J Smith hit safely to left field, and Cheong followed with another in the same direction Quin then brought Smith home with a well-placed grounds to centre field In the home team's turn at bat Blanch smashed out a terrific three-bagger and opened the New South Wales score At the end of the fifth Innings Victoria led by two

to one New South Wales unwound an onslaught on Cheong s deliveries In the sixth, and Langsnorth hit a great three-bagger to centre field, and he scored when a two-bagger b> Blinkhorn

followed

There was a peculiar Incident in Victoria's seventh with J Smith on second Cheong drove the ball to the left field, Bllnkhom missed it, and it passed under the pickets of the fence and travelled up an embankment It rolled back and was retrieved by Btutich Both runners sel and the chance to score and there was an appeal to the umpire, by H Kennett the New South Wales captain against allen lug Smith to score. The umpire declared In Victoria's favour Newstead added another run for Victoria Victoria led at that stage by five runs to two New South Wales came again In the eighth innings and li Mould scored on Turner s hit to centre field

W Ictorln -19 0 0 1 0.3,0 0-5 New South Wales

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Bnttcrle«-Victoria-L Cheong (P ) s Quin (C ) New South Wales-K Bowman and would (P ), H Armstrong (C )