Taylor is patron of the Mark Taylor Shield Cricket competition run for NSW Catholic Primary schools in and around the Sydney region.

The outbreak of World War Two led to the indefinite postponement of all cricket tours, and the suspension of the Sheffield Shield competition.

Playing for Panania Primary School, the twins swept their school to win the Umbro International Shield, a statewide knockout soccer competition, scoring all of their team's three goals in the final.

Playing for Panania Primary School, the twins swept their school to win the Umbro International Shield, a statewide knockout soccer competition, scoring all of their team's three goals in the final.

* The Plunket Shield competition is introduced in New Zealand ahead of the 1906 – 07 season.

* The inaugural Sheffield Shield competition in Australia is won by Victoria.

The competition format varied over the years: in 1913 the Shield was contested between Amateurs and Professionals XIs, while in 1921 the Shield was contested between the Football League and FA Cup winners for the first time.

With the formation of a new top league, the FA Premier League, the Shield became a showcase match between the Premier League and FA Cup winners from the 1993 competition onwards.

In 2002, the competition was renamed the Community Shield.

Prior to the 2008 FA Community Shield, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson summarised his opinion of the competition: " It's always a game we never quite use as a do or die thing ; we use it as a barometer for fitness ".

He made his first appearance in the new Shell Shield competition in February 1966.

* Sheffield Shield, an Australian cricket competition

Australia goes ahead with the 1914 – 15 Sheffield Shield competition but then suspends first-class cricket until 1919.

* 1947: Western Australia enters the country's domestic cricket competition, the Sheffield Shield.

* In October 2010 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the " Urban Shield " SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office setting a new record in the competition.

* In October 2011 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the " Urban Shield " SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office again.

All have little involvement in EoSFA competitions: Hearts and Hibs contest the East of Scotland Shield ( although this competition is held irregularly ), while Berwick Rangers and Livingston participate in the East of Scotland ( City ) Cup.

They had a team which entered Auckland's senior rugby union competition, and in 1941 won the Gallaher Shield.

The New South Wales Primary Schools Sports Association Australian Football competition is named the Tony Lockett Shield.

All clubs from the Premier Division also compete in the NPL Challenge Cup and the Peter Swales Shield knockout competition, but not in the other two NPL cup competitions ( the President's Cup and the Chairman's Cup ).

They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and formerly in the domestic Twenty20 competition known as the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash before it changed into a city-based competition.

The Tigers won their long-awaited first Sheffield Shield in the 2006 – 07 season — after almost 30 years in the competition — and their second five years later in 2010 – 11.

The sport has particularly strong followings in the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia ; every four years, these countries play the MacRobertson Shield tournament.

It hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, has held ten FA Cup semi-finals ( most recently in 1978 ), ten FA Charity Shield matches ( the last in 1970 ), and three England international matches, the last in 1932 ; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946.

Shield has a curtain which serves as a protection from arrows.

One scholar has counted 278 un-Homeric words in Works and Days, 151 in Theogony and 95 in Shield of Heracles.

The Shield has also fallen under the control of the Shield Corporation, which taxes heavily for its services in the pursuit of profit.

It has been used in the Vietnam War by the United States Army, and in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm by the British Army.

Shield has a curtain which serves as a protection from arrows.

She has been more recently known for her roles in The Shield and her Emmy and Golden Globe winning role as Patty Hewes in the FX TV series Damages.

long has a general westward direction down to the confluence with the Atabapo and Guaviare rivers at San Fernando de Atabapo ; the second flows northward, for about, along the Venezuelan-Colombian border, flanked on both sides by the westernmost granitic upwellings of the Guiana Shield which impede the development of a flood plain, to the Atures rapids near the confluence with the Meta River at Puerto Carreño,

The Red Shield has its origins in Salvation Army work during wartimes.

In Australia, the Red Shield has become one of the country's most identified and trusted brands, leading the Australian Salvation Army to prefer to use this symbol over the crest on its uniform, corps buildings and advertising materials.

Since Vietnam, Fort Dix has sent soldiers to Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

The cricket side, Meltham CC, has won the 1st XI Byrom Shield on 7 occasions and the Sykes Cup 8 times.

It was re-introduced by the military just prior to Operation Desert Shield, with a modification to allow for modern insignia on the front of the jacket, and has been in service ever since.

Speedway returned to Workington and the team has operated with varying degrees of success, but in 2008, they won the Young Shield and the Premier League Four-Team and Pairs Championships.

The hexagram has been in use as a symbol of Judaism since the 17th century, with precedents in the 14th to 16th centuries in Central Europe, where the Shield of David was partly used in conjunction with the Seal of Solomon ( the hexagram ) on Jewish flags.

A Shield of David has been noted on a Jewish tombstone in Taranto, Apulia

The Earthquakes has won two MLS Cup titles, in 2001 and 2003, and one MLS Supporters ' Shield in 2005.

Royston Rugby club's 1st XV play in the Herts / Middlesex 2nd division, its Girl's U15 side has won the Herts Shield for the last two seasons.

While still an honour in the English game, the Community Shield has markedly lower status than the Premier League, FA Cup or even the League Cup.

The Community Shield has been described by some media sources, including Mark Lawrenson, as a " glorified friendly ".

" The label has been so influential in anti-corporate independent music and underground DIY punk culture, particularly in the Olympia music scene, that it was the subject of a documentary directed by Heather Rose Dominic entitled The Shield Around the K, with a tagline of " Do It Yourself ".

Before his name was securely deciphered from extant Maya inscriptions, this ruler has been known by an assortment of nicknames and approximations, common ones including Pakal ( or Pacal ), " Sun Shield ", " 8 Ahau ", and ( familiarly ) as Pacal the Great.

The Shield has a variety of subplots, notably David Aceveda's political aspirations and his suffering of a sexual assault ; Vic Mackey's struggle to cope with a failing marriage ; Shane Vendrell's rocky, new marriage ; Curtis Lemansky's growing fear for the safety of the Strike Team ; and Julien Lowe's internal conflicts between his belief in the teachings of the Bible and his homosexuality.