Western Australian Premier Cricket

Western Australian Premier Cricket is a club cricket cricket competition played at a level below the first-class Western Warriors and other state teams. The competition is administered by the Western Australian Cricket Association.^[1] It is the premier club cricket competition in Western Australia and players vying for Western Warriors and national team selection are typically chosen from Premier Cricket competition clubs. Retiring international and first-class players wishing to continue playing will generally return to their original Premier Cricket club. There are currently 16 teams in the competition.

History

1st Grade clubs compete for the 'Alcohol.Think Again District Cricket Competition Shield'.

The First Grade minor premiers win the 'Kevin Sullivan Silver Cup' as well as a cash prize of $3000.

The 2014-15 First Grade premiers were Joondalup who defeated Gosnells in the Grand Final at the WACA Ground. Joondalup were also minor premiers and won the One Day League title. Claremont-Nedlands won the T20 title. The 2015-16 First Grade premiers were Rockingham-Mandurah, defeating Fremantle by 6 wickets at the WACA Ground. In the same year, Claremont-Nedlands won the One Day League title defeating Rockingham-Mandurah. The 2016-17 Grand Final was won by Subiaco-Floreat defeating Joondalup in an upset win. That year Claremont-Nedlands won the One-Day League for the second consecutive season. The 2017-18 season was filled with plenty of upsets including University defeating South Perth in the semi-final before losing the Grand Final a week later against Claremont-Nedlands by 6 wickets at the WACA Ground.

The 2022-23 season saw Perth, who finished 6th in the regular season, squeeze into finals and claimed the two-day premiership in a final played against Bayswater-Morley. The victory broke a 74 Year drought without a first-grade two-day premiership for the demons. Bayswater-Morley would also be runners-up in the one-day competition losing out to Claremont-Nedlands in the final. In the T20 competition, it was Fremantle who defeated Subiaco-Floreat.

Perth went back to back in the 2023-24 season, defeating Bayswater-Morley in the one day grand final held at WACA ground, two day semi final and Scarborough in the two day final. The two day final was held at Bayswater-Morley home ground Hillcrest reserve. Andrew Tye took 5 wickets during Perth's batting inning that saw Jacob Snadden make a half century. Ethan Carrington dominated with the ball, taking 7 wickets. Carrington was awarded player of the match and could be heard banging and singing the Perth CC song from all present at Hillcrest Reserve. John Lindsay, President of Perth CC was elated and has since offered to adopt Carrington and include him as a benefactor for the family estate.

Western Australian Premier Cricket Clubs

Western Australian Premier Cricket Club Teams (Current)

Colours	Name	Nickname	1st Season(s)	Grade(s)	Location	Home ground(s)	Coach	Captain	Last Tile(s)+
	Bayswater-Morley^[a]	Bears	1933–34 1947–48	(2s, 3s) (1s)	Bayswater	Hillcrest Reserve	Ben Williams	Liam O'Connor	1998-99
	Claremont-Nedlands^[b]	Tigers	1898–99		Nedlands	Cresswell Park Melvista Oval	Jim Allenby	Nick Hobson	2019-20
	Fremantle^[c]	Port Boys	1887–88		Fremantle	Stevens Reserve	Joe Piromalli	Brayden Sutton	1990-91
	Gosnells	Hawks	1987–88		Southern River	Sutherlands Park	Ryan Duffield	Matthew Leipold	-
	Joondalup^[d]	Centurions	1885–86		Iluka	Iluka Sports Complex	Mike Smith	Jaron Morgan	2014-15
	Melville	Storm	1957–58 1960–61 1968–69	(2s, 3s) (4s) (1s)	Alfred Cove	Tompkins Park	Brad Thompson	Sean Terry	2004-05
	Midland-Guildford	Swans	1946–47		Caversham	Lilac Hill Park	Michael Fosket	James Godfrey	1993-94
	Mount Lawley^[e]	Hawks	1924–25		Dianella	Breckler Park	David Virgo	Stewart Walters	1992-93
	Perth^[f]	Demons	1862		Carlisle	Fletcher Park	Jason Thompson	Jonathan Wells	2022-23
	Rockingham-Mandurah	Mariners	1995–96 1996–97	(2s, 3s) (1s)	Secret Harbour	Lark Hill Sports Complex	Craig Simmons	Teague Wyllie	2015-16
	Scarborough	Gulls	1957–58 1969–70	(2s, 3s, 4s) (1s)	Scarborough	Abbett Park	Wes Robinson	Nicholas Maiolo	2009-10
	South Perth^[g]	Sky Blues	1930–31		South Perth	Richardson Park	Bret Mulder	Hugh Brown	1996-97
	Subiaco-Floreat^[h]	Lions	1907–08		Floreat	Floreat Oval Alderbury Street Reserve	Wayne Clark	Geremy Fatouros	2021-22
	Wanneroo	Roos	1979–80 1983–84	(2s, 3s, 4s) (1s)	Madeley	Kingsway Reserve	Joel Charles	Christian Smith	2020-21
	Willetton^[i]	Dragons	1889–90		Willetton	Burrendah Reserve	Aaron Harwood	Cameron Bancroft	-
	University Of WA	Students	1885–86		Crawley	James Oval UWA Sports Ground	Will Stibbs	Will Bosisto	1974-75

• DCC = District Cricket Club

+ Last Title/s in 1st Grade

Notes

^a Bayswater-Morley was known as the Bassendean Cricket Club between 1932–33 and 1947–48, the Bassendean Turf Cricket Club from 1947–48 to 1960–61 and the Bassendean-Bayswater Cricket Club from 1960–61 to 1980–81.
^b Claremont-Nedlands was formed in 1989 from a merger of the Claremont-Cottesloe and Nedlands Cricket Clubs. The Claremont-Cottesloe Cricket Club, founded in 1898, was known as the Claremont Cricket Club between 1906 and 1948. The Nedlands Cricket Club was founded in 1928.
^c Fremantle Cricket Club first competed in the competition in the 1887–88 season. The club withdrew from the competition several times to participate in local competitions, but fielded a team in the WACA competition from 1887–88 to 1888–89, 1890–91 to 1893–94, 1906–07 to 1908–09, 1910–11 to 1913–14, and from 1921–22 onwards. The club combined with Claremont for three seasons from 1942–43 to 1944–45 during the Second World War.
^d Joondalup was known as the North Perth Cricket Club before 1999–2000.
^e Mount Lawley was known as the Maylands-Mount Lawley Cricket Club between 1924–25 and 1927–28.
^f Perth was known as the Metropolitans Cricket Club between 1885–86 and 1898–99, the East Perth Cricket Club between 1899–1900 and 1907–08, and again from 1910–11 to 1953–54, and as the Corinthians Cricket Club 1908–09 to 1909–10.
^g South Perth participated in the competition from 1930–31 to 1934–35, in 1941–42 and from 1945–46 onwards.
^h Subiaco-Floreat was formed from a merger of the Subiaco and Floreat Park Cricket Clubs in 1977–78. The Subiaco Cricket Club was founded in 1907–08 as the Subiaco-Leederville Cricket Club, changing its name to Subiaco in 1942–43. The Floreat Park was founded in 1957–58, but only played 2nd Grade cricket.
ⁱ The West Perth Cricket Club (formed in 1889 as Federal CC and known as West Perth from 1890–91) merged with South Suburban C.A. club Willetton (formed in 1973) in late 1982, effective from the 1983-84 season. The merged entity became known as the Southern Districts Cricket Club from 1983-84 to 1987-88. Willetton's SSCA arm broke away prior to the 1987-88 season and changed their name to the Willetton Senior Cricket Club, whilst Southern Districts became the Willetton District Cricket Club in 1988-89.

Western Australian Premier Cricket Club Teams (Former)

Former clubs include:

• Australians
• CBC
• Central
• City Temperance
• East Fremantle
• Henley Park
• High School
• I'Zingari
• Karrakatta^[2][3] Which won the Western Australian cricket premiership in both of its first two years of existence in the late 1890s.^[4]
• Maylands
• North-East Fremantle
• North Fremantle
• Perth Boys School
• Port
• Richmond
• South Fremantle
• North Perth
• Wanderers

Associated competitions

• Alcohol.Think Again Premier Cricket Competition (First Grade)
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth Grade
• Ted Hussey Shield (Under 17)
• Tony Mann Shield - formerly John McGuire Shield (Under 15)
• Graham McKenzie Shield (Under 14)
• John Inverarity Shield (Under 13)
• One Day League (formerly the Sunday League)
• District Premier Twenty20
• WADCC Statewide Twenty20
• Colts Twenty20 (an Under 21 Knockout Competition)
• Female A Grade
• Female B Grade
• Female Youth

See also

•  Cricket portal
•  Western Australia portal

• Western Australian Cricket Association
• Grade cricket
• Cricket in Western Australia

References

1. WACA District cricket webpage
2. "Karrakatta" in "Cricket Notes", Sunday Chronicle, Perth, 29 August 1897, p 6
3. "Mr James Gardiner Dead", Western Mail, Perth, 1 November 1928, p 42
4. Tatiara, "Cricket Notes", Chronicle, Adelaide, 7 May 1898, p 30