South Australia (baseball team)

South Australia

Information
League| IBLA (1999-00 & 2002),
Claxton Shield (1934–88, 2003–2010.
Location| South Australia
Ballpark| Norwood Oval
1961-1989
2010
Founded| 1934
League championships| 15 (Claxton Shield)
Former name(s)| South Australia Bite
2008| 3–9 (3rd south)
Manager| Mark Haylock
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South Australia (previously known as the South Australian Bite) compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship in Australia. They were one of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934 and competed until 1988 where the Claxtion Shield was thereafter awarded to the winner of the Australian Baseball League until 1999 when they were invited to join the International Baseball League of Australia 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[edit]

Season | Finish

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1999-00 | 5th
2002 | 4th
2003 | 5th
2004 | 3rd
2005 | 3rd
2006 | 6th
2007 | 3rd
2008 | 3rd Southern

## 2009 Claxton Shield squad[edit]

South Australia's 19-man roster for the 2009 Claxton Shield, Announced by Baseball South Australia.[1]

2009 South Australia roster

Active roster | Coaches
Pitchers

*   * 24 Phil Brassington
*   * 8 Adam Crabb
*   * 9 Chris Doyle
*   * 21 Lachlan Eldridge
*   * 13 Micheal Ewart
*   * 26 Darren Fidge
*   * 18 Tom Fieburg
*   * 27 Chris Lawson
*   * 5 Nick Talbot
*   * 19 Jay Ziersch

|  | Catchers

*   * 11 Brendan Pett

Infielders

*   * 3 Josh Cakebread
*   * 1 Jeremy Crasswell
*   * 2 Jared Kempf
*   * 12 Craig Watts
*   * 22 Stefan Welch

Outfielders

*   * 14 Angus Roeger
*   * 10 Ben Wigmore
*   * 20 Dan Wilson

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Coaches

*   * 7 Brian Cakebread (assistant coach)
*   * 28 Jeff Downs (assistant coach)
*   * 25 David Hilterbrand (executive officer)
*   * \-- Dave Watkins (physio)

## Famous players[edit]

* Vic Richardson
* Ian Chappell
* Mark Hutton
* Shayne Bennett
* Luke Prokopec
* Andrew Scott

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.baseball.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Claxton Shield (1934–1988, 2003–2010)

* List of champions

Series|

* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* ~~1940~~
* ~~1941~~
* ~~1942~~
* ~~1943~~
* ~~1944~~
* ~~1945~~
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

Teams|

* Australia Provincial
* New South Wales Patriots
* Northern Territory Buffaloes
* Perth Heat
* Queensland Rams
* South Australia
* Victoria Aces

* Australian Baseball League (1989–1999)
* International Baseball League of Australia (1999–2002)
* Australian Baseball League (2010–present)

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Soccer|

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