Harold Rowe (cricketer) Harold Rowe (cricketer) Samuel Harold Drew Rowe (5 November 1883 – 29 October 1968) was one of Western Australia's leading cricketers in the years before Western Australia competed in the Sheffield Shield interstate competition. He was later Western Australia's leading cricket administrator and was instrumental in gaining the state team's entry into the Sheffield Shield in 1947. Harold Rowe captained the cricket team at the High School in Perth. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia against South Australia in the 1905-06 season (Western Australia's fourth first-class match and first victory) and played regularly for the state team until
Sheffield Shield the Pura Cup the following season. "Pura" is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philippines-based San Miguel Corporation. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix". Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company. In the 2017-18 season, JLT took