Northern Territory Buffaloes was a baseball team from the
Northern Territory that competed in the Australian national
Claxton Shield competition from 1981 until 1988.
The Buffaloes enjoyed little success during its eight-year admittance winning only 1 game, in 1987, against
South Australia. Despite their poor on-field results, the Buffaloes did manage to play a few competitive games.
* At the 1983 Claxton Shield, the Buffaloes tied the game 2 all against
Western Australia, after Bill Fryar doubled down the left field line with the
bases loaded. Despite a strong pitching performance by Vic Stanfield, they could not add to their score and eventually lost 5 - 2.
[Pratt, Nigel (1983). ''WA battles in baseball''. The West Australian. Saturday, 8 January 1983]
* At the 1984 Claxton Shield, the Buffaloes scored 11 runs against South Australia in the 1st inning, but lost the game in extra innings, 12 - 11. Bill Hutcheson became the first Territorian to hit a home run, against Victoria.
[Interview with Bill Hutcheson of 21 August 2009.]
* At the 1985 Claxton Shield, the Buffaloes held a 15 - 0 lead against New South Wales after 5 innings, only to lose the game 16 - 15.
* At the 1987 Claxton Shield, the Buffaloes win their first (and only) game against South Australia. Buffalo player Brad Kerr wins "Rookie of the Year", the only Territory player to win any award at a Claxton Shield.
* At the 1988 Claxton Shield, Buffalo teenager Scott McCormack pitched 10 strong innings against
Victoria, only to lose the game in extra innings 3 - 2.
Bill Hutcheson, a
catcher from originally
Tennant Creek and later
Darwin
Darwin may refer to:
Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
, was the only player to play in all 8 Claxton Shields for the Territory.
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See also
* Baseball NT
* Baseball in Australia
* Australian Baseball League
References
{{Baseball in Australia
Claxton Shield
Baseball teams in Australia
Baseball
Sports teams in the Northern Territory