Phillip Blashki and now over 500 descendants, mostly in Australia, have been documented. Phillip was primarily a silversmith and had a stall at Melbourne's Great Exhibition of 1888. He was also an optician, watch repairer, jeweller and maker of masonic regalia. He produced several notable items of public importance, including Australian cricket's Sheffield Shield the cost of which was donated by Lord Sheffield in 1893, following his tour (led by W G Grace) of Australia of 1891-2. Blashki's tender was the one accepted. He also produced the NSW Cricketers Association's 'Hordern Shield'. Phillip Blashki started in Geelong as a hawker and retailer
Ennis Shield and the bottom two teams get relegated to the "O'Hanlon Cup". The first Ennis Shield 1926-1927 season, was competed for by UCD and Irish Army GHQ the lowest two teams in the previous seasons Armstrong Cup, they were joined by teams from Rathmines, The Jewish Union, Dublin Corporation and Non Commissioned Army Officers side. Ennis Shield The Ennis Shield is the third division of the Leinster Chess Leagues run by the Leinster Chess Union. Founded in 1926, it was originally the second division of the leinster leagues with it top teams promoted to the Armstrong Cup, in 1971 another league