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.

[2] Playing first for North Perth and later for Claremont, he set a record of 12,045 runs in the WACA competition which still stands.

[2][4] Rowe played 118 games of Australian rules football for West Perth and was a member of their 1905 premiership team.

[1][6] Rowe went on to become chairman of the Western Australian Cricket Association executive from 1931 to 1946, apart from one year when he was president.

[1] As Western Australia's delegate to the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket he was instrumental, through his persuasive and persistent lobbying, in achieving the state's entry into the Sheffield Shield in 1947.