South Australia (previously known as the South Australian Bite) compete in the

Claxton Shield The Claxton Shield was the name of the premier baseball competition in Australia held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. From the summer of 1989–90 until 2001–02, and again since 2010� ...

Baseball Championship in Australia. They were one of the founding teams of the

in 1934 and competed until 1988 where the Claxtion Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the

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until 1999 when they were invited to join the

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which they competed in for 2 seasons(1999-00 and 2002), after this point the Claxton Shield reverted to a competition similar to 1988.

History

2009 Claxton Shield squad

South Australia's 19-man roster for the 2009 Claxton Shield, Announced by Baseball South Australia.

Famous players

Vic Richardson Victor York Richardson (7 September 189430 October 1969) was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s, captaining the Australia cricket team and the South Australia Australian rules football team, representing Australia in baseba ...

Ian Chappell Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation. Born ...

Mark Hutton Mark Steven Hutton (born 6 February 1970) is an Australian former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Hutton made his major league debut as a starting pitcher in 1993 for the New York Yankees, five years after moving to the United ...

* Shayne Bennett * Luke Prokopec * Andrew Scott

References

Claxton Shield Baseball teams in Australia

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