Grade Cricket in Western Australia refers to the semi-professional cricket

Cricket

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 league played at a level below the first-class

First-class cricket

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 Western Warriors

Western Warriors

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 and colts teams. The competition is administered by the Western Australian Cricket Association

Western Australian Cricket Association

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. It is the premier club cricket competition in Western Australia

Western Australia

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 and players vying for Warriors and national team selection are typically chosen from Grade competition clubs. Retiring international and first-class players wishing to continue playing will generally return to their original Grade club.

Awards

1st Grade clubs compete for the 'Retravision Shield'.

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

The 2010-11 grade premiers were Subiaco-Floreat (First Grade). They also took out the Sunday League 50 Over title.

The 2009-10 grade premiers were Scarborough (First Grade, their fourth premiership in a row), Bayswater-Morley (Second Grade), Subiaco-Floreat (Third Grade), South Perth (Fourth Grade), Bayswater-Morley (Club Championship), Perth (Sunday League), Rockingham-Mandurah (Statewide Twenty20), Subiaco-Floreat (Colts), Wanneroo (Under 17), South Perth (Under 15), Fremantle (McKenzie Shield), Willetton (Inverarity Shield).

Midland-Guildford won both the Women's A and Women's B titles.

Current clubs

Name	Nickname	First season	Location	Home ground(s)	Coach	Captain
Bayswater-Morley District Cricket Club	Bears	1933–34 (B2 and B3 Grades) 1947–48 (1st Grade)	Bayswater Bayswater, Western Australia The City of Bayswater is a Local Government Area in the inner northeastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, about northeast of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of and has a estimated population of 61,865 as at June 2010.-History:The Bayswater Road...	Hillcrest Reserve	Craig Kirkby	Simon Allison
Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club	Tigers	1898–99 (Claremont-Cottesloe) 1928–29 (Nedlands) 1989–90 (Claremont-Nedlands)	Nedlands Nedlands, Western Australia The City of Nedlands is a Local Government Area in the inner western suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about west of Perth's central business district...	Cresswell Park Melvista Oval	Tim Cusack	Jim Allenby Jim Allenby James 'Jim' Allenby is an Australian cricketer currently playing for Glamorgan. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
Fremantle District Cricket Club Fremantle District Cricket Club Fremantle District Cricket Club is a cricket club which competes in the Western Australian Grade Cricket competition, the highest level of club cricket in Western Australia.-History:...	Freo	1887–88	Fremantle Fremantle (suburb) Fremantle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, and contains the central business district and port of Fremantle.-Geography:Fremantle is bounded by the Swan River to the north and north-west, the Indian Ocean to the west, South Street to the south, and the suburbs of East Fremantle and White Gum...	Stevens Reserve	Joe Piromalli	Chris Wood
Gosnells Cricket Club	Hawks	1987–88	Southern River Southern River, Western Australia Southern River is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells.It was originally a rural area with chicken farms for egg production, horse breeding properties and boarding kennels for cats and dogs...	Sutherlands Park	Russell De Lain	Anthony Caddy
Joondalup Districts Cricket Club	Northern Centurions	1885–86	Iluka Iluka, Western Australia Iluka is a far northern, fast-developing beachside suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Joondalup. The popular surfing spots in the region include Mullaloo Beach, Sorrento Beach and Hillarys Beach...	Iluka Sports Complex	Ric Olsen	Michael Swart Michael Swart Michael Richard "Micky" Swart is an Australian cricketer for the Bootle Cricket Team who plays as an opening batsman.Swart was a member of the Western Australian Under-19 teams in 2000 and 2001 that were captained by Brett Jones and Shaun Marsh...
Melville Cricket Club	Storm	1957–58 (2nd and 3rd Grades) 1960–61 (4th Grade) 1968–69 (1st Grade)	Alfred Cove	Tompkins Park	Brad Thompson	Drew Porter Drew Porter -Career:The son of Graeme Porter, who played One Day International cricket for Australia, Porterwas educated at Leeming Primary School and Kent Street Senior High School...
Midland-Guildford Cricket Club	Swans	1946–47	Caversham Caversham, Western Australia Caversham is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the City of Swan....	Lilac Hill Park Lilac Hill Lilac Hill is a picturesque cricket ground in Western Australia in the Perth suburb of Guildford, where the Swan River wraps itself around its southern and eastern sides. The ends of the ground are known as the river end and the pavilion end....	Bruce Yardley Bruce Yardley Bruce Yardley is a former Australian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 7 ODIs from 1978 to 1983...	Chris Pivac
Mount Lawley District Cricket Club Mount Lawley District Cricket Club Mount Lawley District Cricket Club is one of the clubs playing in the Western Australian Grade Cricket competition. The club joined the Western Australian Cricket Association "A" grade district competition as the Maylands-Mount Lawley Cricket Club in 1924-25 after having applied for entry two...	Hawks	1924–25	Dianella Dianella, Western Australia Dianella is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.Dianella was named after the botanical title of a small blue lily, Dianella revoluta, which is a narrow-leafed plant which was plentiful in the area prior to residential development. Dianella is home...	Breckler Park
Perth Cricket Club	Demons	1985–86	Carlisle Carlisle, Western Australia Carlisle is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Victoria Park.- History :The suburb known as Carlisle today was originally settled as part of a land allocation to early Western Australian settlers after 1829...	Fletcher Park	Steve Mayne	Christiaan Moir
Rockingham-Mandurah District Cricket Club	Mariners	1995–96 (2nd and 3rd Grades) 1996–97 (First Grade)	Secret Harbour Secret Harbour, Western Australia Secret Harbour is an outer southern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham on the Indian Ocean coast at Comet Bay.- History :...	Lark Hill Sports Complex	Wayne Clark Wayne Clark Wayne Maxwell Clark is a former Australian cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1977 to 1979....	Aaron Heal Aaron Heal Aaron Keith Heal is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is a slow left arm orthodox bowler. He was a member of the Western Warriors 2004 ING Cup Winning Side...
Scarborough Cricket Club Scarborough Cricket Club Founded:1947-48.1st Grade Premierships:1976-77, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009-10.Sunday League Premierships:2002-03.WACA Club Champions:1993-94, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004-05....	Gulls	1957–58 (2nd, 3rd and 4th Grades) 1969–70 (1st Grade)	Scarborough Scarborough, Western Australia Scarborough is a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located approximately 14 km northwest of the city centre in the local government area of the City of Stirling...	Abbett Park
South Perth Cricket Club	Sky Blues	1930–31	South Perth South Perth, Western Australia South Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River...	Richardson Park	Lorne Sprigg	Marshall Hood
Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club is one of the sixteen cricket clubs playing in the Western Australian Grade Cricket A-Grade competition. It was founded in 1977 as a result of the amalgamation of Subiaco Cricket Club and Floreat Park Cricket Club....	Lions	1907–08 (Subiaco) 1956–57 (Floreat Park) 1977–78 (Subiaco-Floreat)	Floreat Floreat, Western Australia Floreat is a residential suburb located west-northwest from the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is bordered on three sides by Underwood Avenue, Selby Street, and Cromarty Road; the western border adjoins or runs through Bold Park. It is located in the Town...	Floreat Oval	Brett Bowker	Alex Malcolm
University Cricket Club University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...	Students	1885–86	Crawley Crawley, Western Australia Crawley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco.The earlier name of the locality was Crawley Park.It is home to the University of Western Australia, the state's oldest and most prestigious university...	James Oval	Kane Middleton	Josh Mangan
Wanneroo District Cricket Club	Roos	1979–80 (2nd and 4th Grades) 1983–84 (1st Grade)	Madeley Madeley, Western Australia Madeley is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located north of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo. Previously part of Landsdale, much of the suburb was rural in character until the 1990s, with market gardening a common...	Kingsway Reserve	Andy Oram	Robert Fairchild
Willetton District Cricket Club	Dragons	1889–90 (West Perth) 1979–80 (Southern Districts)	Willetton Willetton, Western Australia Willetton is a large southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Canning.-History:Willetton's name derives from Henry Willett of Willett & Co, who was granted Canning Location 21 and settled in the area in June 1832...	Burrendah Reserve	Aaron Harwood	Kris Elliot

Notes
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.

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.

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.

Joondalup was known as the North Perth Cricket Club before 1999–2000.

Mount Lawley was known as the Maylands-Mount Lawley Cricket Club between 1924–25 and 1927–28.

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.

South Perth participated in the competition from 1930–31 to 1934–35, in 1941–42 and from 1945–46 onwards.

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.

Willetton was formed in 1979–80 from a merger of the West Perth (WACA) and Southern Suburbs (Suburban Turf) Cricket Clubs. West Perth was founded as the Federal Cricket Club in 1889–90, changing its name to West Perth for the 1890–91 season. The club was known as the Southern Districts Cricket Club from 1979–80 to 1987–88.

Former clubs

Former clubs include Australians, CBC, Central, City Temperance, East Fremantle, Henley Park, High School, I'Zingari, Karrakatta, North-East Fremantle, North Fremantle, Perth Boys School, Port, Richmond, South Fremantle and Wanderers.

Associated competitions

• Retravision Shield (First Grade)
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth Grade
• District Under 17
• District Under 15
• McKenzie Shield (Under 14) North & South
• Inverarity Shield (Under 13) North & South
• One Day League (formerly the Sunday League)

• District Twenty20
• KMPG Statewide Twenty20 (sponsored by Kalgoorlie Metro Property Group)
• Colts (an Under 21 Knockout Competition)
• Women's A Grade
• Women's B Grade
• Girls Under 17
• Girls Under 15