Cricket in Western Australia from Western Australia fought in World War I, including Ernie Parker, Lionel Gouly and Jim Everett. Western Australia was admitted to the Sheffield Shield for the 1947–48 season. Keith Carmody was recruited from New South Wales to lead the inaugural side. Although playing a shortened schedule of matches compared to the other teams, playing each team only once instead of twice, Western Australia won the competition in the first year. Notable cricketers from the first few years of Western Australia's Sheffield Shield competition include Carmody, Allan Edwards, Wally Langdon, Laurie Sawle, Jack Rutherford, Ken Meuleman, John Munro and Basil Rigg.
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