Harold Rowe (cricketer) state selector and schools coach. Father and son played together for Claremont-Cottesloe in 1929. 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
1898 Sheriff of London Charity Shield 1898 Sheriff of London Charity Shield The 1898 Sheriff of London Charity Shield was the first edition of the Sheriff of London Charity Shield. The match and subsequent replay were both drawn and hence the honour was shared between Corinthian and Sheffield United. The contest was proposed by Sir Thomas Dewar who was a Sheriff of London in 1897 and part of the organising committee. Sheffield United F.C. were league champions for the first time in their history in the 1897–98 Football League and Corinthian were the premier amateur side of the time providing many of the England national football