# 2007 Claxton Shield

The 2007 Claxton Shield was the 73rd anniversary of the event, it was held between 19 and 28 January 2007, at Baseball Park in Western Australia, the first to be held outside of Blacktown Baseball Stadium in New South Wales since 2002 when it was held at the Melbourne Ballpark. The 2007 Shield featured over 120 of Australia's best baseballers, including 45 professionals.

## Teams

The 2007 Claxton Shield is being competed between 6 teams from around Australia.
    2007 Claxton Shield team rosters
* Australian Provincial,
* New South Wales Patriots,
* Perth Heat,
* Queensland Rams,
* South Australia,
* Victoria Aces.

## Match results
### Game 1: 19 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Aus. Provincial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Perth Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: B. WILSON (1–0) LP: B. THOMAS (0–1) Sv: S. KENT Home runs: Provincial: 0 Heat: 0 Attendance:1000 |||||||||||||

### Game 2: 20 January 2007, at Hourglass Reserve, Rockingham.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Queensland Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Australian Provincial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: J. VEITCH (1–0) LP: T. ELLIS (0–1) Sv: T. CRAWFORD Home runs: Rams: 0 Provincial: 0 Attendance:200 |||||||||||||

### Game 3: 20 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| NSW Patriots | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| WP: A. COOK (1–0) LP: R. SPEAR (0–1) Sv: M. BENNETT Home runs: Aces: 1 P. RUTGERS Patriots: 3 G. FINGLESON, B. KINGMAN, A. GRAHAM Attendance:300 |||||||||||||

### Game 4: 20 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: D. RUZIC (1–0) LP: M. KELLY (0–1) Sv: D. FIDGE Home runs: Heat: 0 SA: 0 Attendance:1500 |||||||||||||

### Game 5: 21 January 2007, at Merlin Reserve, Mandurah.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Australian Provincial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| South Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: C. LAWSON (1–0) LP: H. BEARD (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Provincial: 2 J. DAVIS, P. MAAT SA: 0 Attendance:TBA |||||||||||||||

### Game 6: 21 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| Queensland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: G. WILTSHIRE (1–0) LP: M. BATES (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Aces: 2 D. SHUMPERT, P. WEICHARD Rams: TBA Attendance:100 |||||||||||||

### Game 7: 21 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: R. THOMPSON (1–0) LP: D. WHITE (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Patriots: 0 Heat: 0 Attendance:1500 ||||||||||||||

### Game 8: 22 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Queensland Rams | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | X | - | - | 13 | 16 | 2 |
| WP: T. LOETZSCH (1–0) LP: J. ZIERSCH (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: SA: 0 Rams: 1 J. ROBERTS Attendance:100 |||||||||||||

### Game 9: 22 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NSW Patriots | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Australian Provincial | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| WP: V. HARRIS (1–0) LP: R. PAEWAI (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Patriots: 0 Provincial: 1 P. MAAT Attendance:100 |||||||||||||

### Game 10: 22 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Victoria Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: M. BLACKMORE (1–0) LP: S. EISSENS (0–1) Sv: P. MOYLAN Home runs: Heat: 0 Aces: 1 M. KENT Attendance:1250 |||||||||||||

### Game 11: 23 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| WP: A. BLIGHT (1–0) LP: D. FIDGE (0–1) Sv: C. ANDERSON Home runs: SA: 1 T. WILLIAMS Patriots: 0 Attendance:57 |||||||||||||

### Game 12: 23 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Aus. Provincial | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Victoria Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| WP: B. WILSON (1–0) LP: C. FORBES (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Provincial: 2 M. COLLINS, P. MAAT Aces: 0 Attendance:100 |||||||||||||

### Game 13: 23 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| WP: C. MOWDAY (1–0) LP: L. BARON (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Rams: 0 Heat: 0 Attendance:1000 |||||||||||||

### Game 14: 24 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Victoria Aces | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: D. HENDRICKS (1–0) LP: D. REDDEN (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Aces: 1 B. HARMAN SA: 1 B. WIGMORE Attendance:100 |||||||||||||

### Game 15: 24 January 2007.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NSW Patriots | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| WP: A. FRANCIS (1–0) LP: M. BATES (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Patriots: 1 M. LYSAUGHT Rams: 0 Attendance:180 |||||||||||||

## Ladder – After Round Robin

| Team | Played | Wins | Loss | Win % | For | Agn. |
| New South Wales Patriots | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | 18 |
| Victoria Aces | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 34 | 23 |
| Queensland Rams | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 26 | 22 |
| South Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 19 | 35 |
| Australian Provincial | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 30 | 28 |
| Perth Heat | 5 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10 | 22 |

## Championship series
### Game 16: 25 January 2007 – Minor Semi Final (3rd vs 4th)

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| Queensland Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| WP: D. RUZIC (1–0) LP: J. VEITCH (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: SA: 0 Rams: 0 Attendance:57 |||||||||||||

### Game 17: 25 January 2007 – Major Semi Final (1st vs 2nd)

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Victoria Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: M. BLACKMORE (1–0) LP: M. WILLIAMS (0–1) Sv: P. MOYLAN Home runs: Aces: 0 Patriots: 0 Attendance:204 |||||||||||||

### Game 18: 26 January 2007 – Preliminary Final – Loser Game 17 Vs Winner Game 16

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| South Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| WP: M. BENNETT (1–0) LP: P. MILDREN (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: SA: 0 Patriots: 0 Attendance:150 |||||||||||||

### Game 19: 27 January 2007 – Grand Final – Winner Game 17 Vs Winner Game 18

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| NSW Patriots | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Victoria Aces | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: A. BLACKLEY (1–0) LP: A. COOK (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: Patriots: 0 Aces: 2 M. KENT, B. UTTING. Attendance:1,500 |||||||||||||

#### Box score

* New South Wales Patriots
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Trent OELTJEN LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Timothy AUTY RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .000 |
| Gavin FINGLESON 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Glenn WILLIAMS SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Brendan KINGMAN 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Trent D'ANTONIO DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Mark HOLLAND 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Andrew GRAHAM C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Michael LYSAUGHT CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |
| BATTING Hits: 8; G. FINGLESON 3, B. KINGMAN 2, A. GRAHAM 2, G. WILLIAMS. 2B: 1; B. KINGMAN. RBI: 2; B. KINGMAN, A. GRAHAM. 2-out RBI: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: 0. |||||||||
| FIELDING E: G. WILLIAMS 2. DP: |||||||||
* New South Wales Patriots
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Harris VAUGHAN | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | X.XX |
| Todd GRATTAN | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X.XX |
| Matthew WILLIAMS | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X.XX |
| Andrew COOK | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X.XX |
| Totals | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: H. VAUGHAN 20, T. GRATTAN 9, M. WILLIAMS 8, A. COOK 1. Ground Outs-Fly Outs: H. VAUGHAN 5–5, T. GRATTAN 3–1, M. WILLIAMS 3–1, A. COOK 0–0. |||||||||
* Victoria Aces
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Paul WEICHARD CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Paul RUTGERS 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Brad HARMAN SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Matthew KENT C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .666 |
| Danile BERG 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 |
| Rikki JOHNSTON DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Derek SHUMPERT LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan BOOTH PH/LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Andrew RUSSELL RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben UTTING 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |
| BATTING Hits: 8; M. KENT 2, B. UTTING 2, P. RUTGERS, B. HARMAN, D. BERG, R. BOOTH. 2B: 1; B. HARMAN. HR: 2; M. KENT, B. UTTING. RBI: 3; P. RUTGERS, M. KENT, B. UTTING. 2-out RBI: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: |||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: 0. |||||||||
| FIELDING E: 2; A. RUSSELL, G. WILTSHIRE. DP: |||||||||
* Victoria Aces
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Greg WILTSHIRE | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | X.XX |
| Adam BLACKLEY | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X.XX |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |
| PITCHING Batters Faced: G. WILTSHIRE 32, A. BLACKLEY 6. Ground Outs-Fly Outs: G. WILTSHIRE 9–3, A. BLACKLEY 1–2. |||||||||
* Game Information
* Stadium: Baseball Park, Thornlie, Perth, Australia
* Date: 27 January 2007.
* Attendance: 1,500 (37.5% Capacity)
* Start Time: 7:00pm
* Game Time: 2:45
* Umpires: Home – Brett ROBSON, First Base – Paul HYHAM, Second Base – Travis HATCH, Third Base – Blake HALLIGAN

## Awards

| Award | Person | Team |
| Most Valuable Player | Matthew KENT | Victoria Aces |
| Championship M.V.P. | Greg WILTSHIRE | Victoria Aces |
| Golden GLOVE | Paul RUTGERS | Victoria Aces |
| Batting Champion | Matthew KENT | Victoria Aces |
| Pitcher of the Year | Dushan RUSIC | South Australia |
| Rookie of the Year | David ROSSER | New South Wales Patriots |
| Manager of the Year | | |

## All-Star Team

* Position
* Catcher
* 1st Base
* 2nd Base
* 3rd Base
* Short Stop
* Out Field
* Out Field
* Out Field
* Designated Hitter
* Starting Pitcher
* Relief Pitcher
* Manager