Cricket in Western Australia
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Cricket
is one of the most popular sports in
Western Australia
. The governing body of the game in WA is the Western Australian Cricket Association
(WACA). Western Australia is represented at Sheffield Shield and domestic one-day level by the Western Warriors
, and in the Big Bash League
by the Perth Scorchers
.
and the commissariat store. No scores were recorded, but the Perth Gazette wrote: "the revival of the sports of our native country in a distant land forms a connection which it should be our pride to encourage." The first clubs formed were the Perth Cricket Club, the Guildford Cricket Club and the Tradesmen of Perth. Perth and the Tradesmen of Perth who played a match in May 1846. Other matches were played in the country centres of York
, Bunbury
, Toodyay and Beverley
during the same period.
A club was formed in Fremantle
in 1852, and matches between Perth and Fremantle commenced in November 1852, played on the Perth Recreation Ground on the present site of Wellington Square
. The match was attended by the Governor and Colonial Secretary, with food and entertainment in the form of a band being provided. The Perth Gazette noted "the field was graced by nearly all the beauty of the metropolis". The inaugural contest was won by Perth, who defeated Fremantle by three wickets, with the player Wellman taking six wickets for Perth in the first innings. Three brothers A., C. and E. King played on the side of Perth.
In 1879, a team
from the Benedictine mission at New Norcia, organised by Henry Lefroy
and the abbot Rosendo Salvado
and mainly consisting of Aboriginals, was formed. The team played matches against teams from nearby Northam
and York
, and also "toured" Perth and Fremantle, winning most of their matches. Later the same year, the Metropolitan Cricket Club, formed from the amalgamation of the Perth and Perth Union Cricket Clubs, travelled to New Norcia, winning a match against the team by a narrow margin.
The Western Australian Cricket Association
was formed on 25 November 1885, with Magistrate John James
named as the inaugural president of the association. In 1889, James secured a grant of 28 acres from Governor
Frederick Broome
on the foreshore at East Perth
, with a 999-year lease
. Frederic North
was named as the first secretary of the association.
The Western Australia cricket team played their opening matches on a tour of the Eastern states
during the 1892–93 season, playing two games - against South Australia
at the Adelaide Oval
, losing by 10 wickets, and against Victoria
at the MCG
, losing by an innings and 243 runs. The team was captained by Herbert Orr
.
A team organised by George Giffen
toured Western Australia in 1896, playing five matches at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie, Fremantle
, Perth
and Northam
.
The WACA Ground
was opened in November 1893, with the first curator being William Duffy, who also played two matches for Western Australia. A grandstand was built at the ground in 1895, seating approximately 500 people and incorporating dressing rooms, members' rooms and a bar. The initial first-class match played on the ground was between Western Australia and South Australia in April 1899, with South Australia winning by four wickets. Further sides visited the state before the start of World War I
, with South Australia touring in 1905–06 and 1908–09, New South Wales
touring in 1906–07, the MCC
touring in 1907–08 and Victoria touring in 1909–10. Matches were played both at the WACA Ground and at Fremantle Oval
. Western Australia managed to win two of these matches, against South Australia in January 1906, by 103 runs, and against New South Wales in March 1907, by 5 runs. The first century
scored for Western Australia was by Ernie Parker
, who scored 116 against South Australia in 1906.
Western Australia was invited to send a representative to the Board of Control
in 1913.
The WACA recruited several well-known interstate cricketers to play for Western Australia during the early part of the 20th century, including Ernie Jones
, Arthur Richardson and Ernest Bromley
, who all played Test cricket
for Australia.
, Lionel Gouly and Jim Everett
.
was recruited from New South Wales to lead the inaugural side. Although playing a shortened schedule of matches compared to the other teams, playing each team only once instead of twice, Western Australia won the competition in the first year.
Notable cricketers from the first few years of Western Australia's Sheffield Shield competition include Carmody, Allan Edwards, Wally Langdon, Laurie Sawle
, Jack Rutherford, Ken Meuleman
, John Munro
and Basil Rigg
. When selected for Australia's tour of India in 1956, Rutherford became the first Western Australian selected for an overseas tour, and the first to play a Test match
.
From the 1956–57 season, Western Australia played a full schedule of matches against other states. This coincided with a drop in success of the team, although several more players made their Australian debuts, including Meuleman, Ron Gaunt
, Barry Shepherd
, Des Hoare
and Keith Slater
. Bob Simpson
was recruited to the state from New South Wales for the 1956–57 season, and had an immediate impact. He currently holds the Western Australian record for the highest first-class batting average
, scoring 2,470 runs from 24 matches at an average of 79.67. His average for the 1959–60 season was 300.66, an Australian record.
, Dennis Lillee
, Rod Marsh
, Bob Massie
, Bruce Yardley
and Kim Hughes
. In 1979 Hughes became the first Western Australia to captain the national side. Several international players were recruited to Western Australia during this period, including Tony Lock
from England, Wayne Daniel
from Barbados and Ken McEwan
from South Africa.
, a trotting track in Perth, hosted seven World Series International Cup
matches and one SuperTest in 1978 as part of the World Series Cricket
(WSC) competition organised by Kerry Packer
. The Western Australian cricketers who signed with
WSC were Ross Edwards
, Bruce Laird
, Rob Langer
, Dennis Lillee
, Mick Malone
, Rod Marsh
and Dennis Yagmich
. These cricketers were barred from playing cricket for Western Australia for the time they were signed with WSC, but most returned to state cricket after WSC collapsed in 1979.
were formed in 2011 to represent the state in the Big Bash League
for the 2011–12 season
.
in Perth
, Fremantle Oval
in Fremantle
and Hands Oval
in Bunbury
are the only grounds to have hosted major cricket matches in Western Australia. Fremantle Oval is no longer used for cricket.
Gloucester Park
, a racecourse in Perth, was used for World Series Cricket
matches from 1977–79.
Lilac Hill
in Midland
hosted the annual Lilac Hill Match from 1990–2008, and also hosted a women's one-day international match between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
is one of the most popular sports in
Sport in Western Australia
-Australian rules football:Along with cricket, Australian rules football is one of the main sports. Western Australia has two teams in the Australian Football League : the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club . The "home" of Australian rules football in Perth is Subiaco Oval...
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The governing body of the game in WA is the Western Australian Cricket Association
Western Australian Cricket Association
The Western Australian Cricket Association is the governing body for cricket in Western Australia.-History:The WACA was formed on 5 November 1885...
(WACA). Western Australia is represented at Sheffield Shield and domestic one-day level by the Western Warriors
Western Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
, and in the Big Bash League
Big Bash League
The KFC t20 Big Bash League is the Australian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament. The Big Bash League replaces the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash and will feature city-based franchises instead of the state teams which had participated previously. The inaugural season will begin...
by the Perth Scorchers
Perth Scorchers
The Perth Scorchers is a franchise in the Big Bash League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket of Australia.. The Scorchers will wear an orange kit. The Scorchers' inaugural captain is Marcus North. Mickey Arthur was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season after he...
.
Early history
The first cricket match recorded in Western Australia was played between the builders of Government HouseGovernment House, Perth
Government House in Perth is the official residence of the governor of Western Australia and was built between 1859 and 1864. The buildings and gardens are listed on the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places and are open to the public from time to time.-Description:The building is a two...
and the commissariat store. No scores were recorded, but the Perth Gazette wrote: "the revival of the sports of our native country in a distant land forms a connection which it should be our pride to encourage." The first clubs formed were the Perth Cricket Club, the Guildford Cricket Club and the Tradesmen of Perth. Perth and the Tradesmen of Perth who played a match in May 1846. Other matches were played in the country centres of York
York, Western Australia
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...
, Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
, Toodyay and Beverley
Beverley, Western Australia
Beverley is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of the state capital, Perth, between York and Brookton on the Great Southern Highway...
during the same period.
A club was formed in Fremantle
Fremantle
Freemantle is a suburb of Southampton in England.Fremantle or Freemantle may also refer to:- Places :* Fremantle, the port city to the capital Perth, Western Australia...
in 1852, and matches between Perth and Fremantle commenced in November 1852, played on the Perth Recreation Ground on the present site of Wellington Square
Wellington Square, Perth
Wellington Square is a public park located on Wellington Street in the suburb of East Perth in Perth, Western Australia.-History:The park was originally a swamp and was drained in the 1830s. It was originally used to exercise horses. The ground was known as the Recreation Ground or the "Rec"...
. The match was attended by the Governor and Colonial Secretary, with food and entertainment in the form of a band being provided. The Perth Gazette noted "the field was graced by nearly all the beauty of the metropolis". The inaugural contest was won by Perth, who defeated Fremantle by three wickets, with the player Wellman taking six wickets for Perth in the first innings. Three brothers A., C. and E. King played on the side of Perth.
New Norcia Cricket Team
The New Norcia Cricket Team was a team of mainly indigenous Australian cricketers who played in Western Australia between about 1879 and 1906. The team was established by the Abbot of the New Norcia settlement, Rosendo Salvado who was a regular cricket watcher and believed that the formation of...
from the Benedictine mission at New Norcia, organised by Henry Lefroy
Henry Lefroy
Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.-Biography:Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years...
and the abbot Rosendo Salvado
Rosendo Salvado
Dom Rosendo Salvado Rotea OSB was a Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, and bestselling author, as well as the founder and first Abbot of New Norcia, in Western Australia.-Early life:...
and mainly consisting of Aboriginals, was formed. The team played matches against teams from nearby Northam
Northam, Western Australia
Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about north-east of Perth in the Avon Valley. At the 2006 census, Northam had a population of 6,009. Northam is the largest town in the Avon region...
and York
York, Western Australia
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated 97 km east of Perth in the Avon Valley near Northam, and is the seat of the Shire of York...
, and also "toured" Perth and Fremantle, winning most of their matches. Later the same year, the Metropolitan Cricket Club, formed from the amalgamation of the Perth and Perth Union Cricket Clubs, travelled to New Norcia, winning a match against the team by a narrow margin.
Western Australian Cricket Association
The Western Australian Cricket Association is the governing body for cricket in Western Australia.-History:The WACA was formed on 5 November 1885...
was formed on 25 November 1885, with Magistrate John James
John Charles Horsey James
John Charles Horsey James was a magistrate in Western Australia and the inaugural president of the Western Australian Cricket Association from 1885....
named as the inaugural president of the association. In 1889, James secured a grant of 28 acres from Governor
Governor of Western Australia
The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:* presiding over the Executive Council;...
Frederick Broome
Frederick Broome
Sir Frederick Napier Broome KCMG was a colonial administrator in the British Empire.He was born in Canada, but was living in England in 1865, when he married Mary Anne Barker...
on the foreshore at East Perth
East Perth, Western Australia
East Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located next to the Perth CBD.Primarily an industrial area in the early twentieth century, it was the location of the East Perth gas works, East Perth Power Station , the East Perth railway yard, and East Perth engine sheds.A considerable...
, with a 999-year lease
999-year lease
A 999-year lease is, under historic common law, essentially a nominal lease of property for life. The lease locations are mainly in Britain, her former colonies and Commonwealth. The longest possible term of a lease of real property is legally a 99-year lease....
. Frederic North
Frederic North
Frederic Dudley North, CMG , was an England-born Australian public servant and cricketer.-Early life:...
was named as the first secretary of the association.
The Western Australia cricket team played their opening matches on a tour of the Eastern states
Eastern states of Australia
In Australia, the term eastern states refers to the states adjoining the east coast of Australia. These are the mainland states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory, while not states, are also included. The term usually includes the...
during the 1892–93 season, playing two games - against South Australia
Southern Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...
at the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
, losing by 10 wickets, and against Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
at the MCG
McG
Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....
, losing by an innings and 243 runs. The team was captained by Herbert Orr
Herbert Orr
Herbert Richard Orr was an English cricketer who played four matches for Cambridge University and Western Australia between 1886 and 1892. He attended Bedford School in Bedford. He played for Cambridge University in The University Match in 1886 and 1887...
.
A team organised by George Giffen
George Giffen
George Giffen was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. An all-rounder who batted in the middle order and often opened the bowling with medium-paced off-spin, Giffen captained Australia during the 1894–95 Ashes series and was the first Australian to score 10,000 runs and...
toured Western Australia in 1896, playing five matches at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie, Fremantle
Fremantle Oval
Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football...
, Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
and Northam
Northam, Western Australia
Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about north-east of Perth in the Avon Valley. At the 2006 census, Northam had a population of 6,009. Northam is the largest town in the Avon region...
.
The WACA Ground
WACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
was opened in November 1893, with the first curator being William Duffy, who also played two matches for Western Australia. A grandstand was built at the ground in 1895, seating approximately 500 people and incorporating dressing rooms, members' rooms and a bar. The initial first-class match played on the ground was between Western Australia and South Australia in April 1899, with South Australia winning by four wickets. Further sides visited the state before the start of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, with South Australia touring in 1905–06 and 1908–09, New South Wales
New South Wales Blues
The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
touring in 1906–07, the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
touring in 1907–08 and Victoria touring in 1909–10. Matches were played both at the WACA Ground and at Fremantle Oval
Fremantle Oval
Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football...
. Western Australia managed to win two of these matches, against South Australia in January 1906, by 103 runs, and against New South Wales in March 1907, by 5 runs. The first century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
scored for Western Australia was by Ernie Parker
Ernie Parker
Ernie F. Parker was a former Australian male tennis player and cricketer....
, who scored 116 against South Australia in 1906.
Western Australia was invited to send a representative to the Board of Control
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket...
in 1913.
The WACA recruited several well-known interstate cricketers to play for Western Australia during the early part of the 20th century, including Ernie Jones
Ernie Jones
Ernest Jones was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football....
, Arthur Richardson and Ernest Bromley
Ernest Bromley (cricketer)
Ernest Harvey Bromley was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1933 to 1934....
, who all played Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for Australia.
Post-World War I
Several cricketers from Western Australia fought in World War I, including Ernie ParkerErnie Parker
Ernie F. Parker was a former Australian male tennis player and cricketer....
, Lionel Gouly and Jim Everett
Jim Everett (Australian footballer)
James Seabrook "Jim" Everett was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the West Australian Football League ....
.
Admission to the Sheffield Shield
Western Australia was admitted to the Sheffield Shield for the 1947–48 season. Keith CarmodyKeith Carmody
Douglas Keith Carmody was an Australian first class cricketer who played during the 1940s and 1950s.He was Western Australia's captain when they won their first ever Sheffield Shield and is credited as being the inventor of the 'umbrella field'.Born in Mosman, Carmody started his career with New...
was recruited from New South Wales to lead the inaugural side. Although playing a shortened schedule of matches compared to the other teams, playing each team only once instead of twice, Western Australia won the competition in the first year.
Notable cricketers from the first few years of Western Australia's Sheffield Shield competition include Carmody, Allan Edwards, Wally Langdon, Laurie Sawle
Laurie Sawle
Lawrence Michael "Laurie" Sawle is a former first-class cricketer from Western Australia....
, Jack Rutherford, Ken Meuleman
Ken Meuleman
Kenneth Douglas Meuleman was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1946....
, John Munro
John Munro (sportsman)
John Knox Ewing Munro is a former Australian sportsman who represented Western Australia in both first-class cricket and Australian rules football...
and Basil Rigg
Basil Rigg
Basil Augustus Rigg was an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield.During the 1940s, Rigg also played Australian rules football and was the leading goal-kicker for WANFL club Perth in 1943. The following year he enlisted in the Australian Army and served...
. When selected for Australia's tour of India in 1956, Rutherford became the first Western Australian selected for an overseas tour, and the first to play a Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
.
From the 1956–57 season, Western Australia played a full schedule of matches against other states. This coincided with a drop in success of the team, although several more players made their Australian debuts, including Meuleman, Ron Gaunt
Ron Gaunt
Ronald Arthur Gaunt is an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1958 to 1964....
, Barry Shepherd
Barry Shepherd
Barry Kenneth Shepherd was an Australian cricketer who played in 9 Tests from 1963 to 1965....
, Des Hoare
Des Hoare
Desmond Edward Hoare is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1961. He also played Australian rules football for East Fremantle in the West Australian National Football League ....
and Keith Slater
Keith Slater
Keith Nichol Slater is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player....
. Bob Simpson
Bob Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Baddeley Simpson AO is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team...
was recruited to the state from New South Wales for the 1956–57 season, and had an immediate impact. He currently holds the Western Australian record for the highest first-class batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
, scoring 2,470 runs from 24 matches at an average of 79.67. His average for the 1959–60 season was 300.66, an Australian record.
"Golden Era"
Western Australia won seven Shield titles during the period from 1967–68 to 1980–81, which coincided with the international debuts of players such as Bruce LairdBruce Laird
Bruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Tests and 23 ODIs. He also starred in World Series Cricket.-Early career:...
, Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
, Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh
Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...
, Bob Massie
Bob Massie
Robert Arnold Lockyer Massie is a former Australian cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1972 to 1973.A swing bowler, he had a relatively short international career but is remembered for a Test debut in 1972 at Lord's where he took eight wickets in each innings, with figures of 16/137...
, Bruce Yardley
Bruce Yardley
Bruce Yardley is a former Australian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 7 ODIs from 1978 to 1983...
and Kim Hughes
Kim Hughes
Kimberley John Hughes is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Tests between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a "rebel" Australian team in a tour of South Africa, who at the time were subject to a sporting boycott.A right-handed...
. In 1979 Hughes became the first Western Australia to captain the national side. Several international players were recruited to Western Australia during this period, including Tony Lock
Tony Lock
Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in forty nine Tests for England taking 174 wickets at 25.58 each.-Life and career:...
from England, Wayne Daniel
Wayne Daniel
Wayne Wendell Daniel played 10 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies.A hostile and muscular fast bowler, Daniel seemed assured of a long and potent test career when he, in partnership with the lithe Michael Holding and the brooding Andy Roberts, battered England into submission...
from Barbados and Ken McEwan
Ken McEwan
Kenneth Scott McEwan, born at Bedford, South Africa on 16 July 1952, was a cricketer who played principally for Eastern Province and Essex.A right-handed middle-order batsman, McEwan's cricket career coincided almost exactly with the period in which South Africa was banished from international...
from South Africa.
World Series Cricket
Gloucester ParkGloucester Park
Gloucester Park is a harness racing course in Perth, Western Australia. In the suburb of East Perth, the oval course is adjacent to the WACA Ground...
, a trotting track in Perth, hosted seven World Series International Cup
World Series Cricket Results
World Series Cricket Results are the results of the main games played in the now defunct World Series Cricket competition. World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979, organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, the Nine...
matches and one SuperTest in 1978 as part of the World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
(WSC) competition organised by Kerry Packer
Kerry Packer
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC was an Australian media tycoon. The son of Sir Frank Packer and Gretel Bullmore, the Packer family company owned controlling interest in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later...
. The Western Australian cricketers who signed with
World Series Cricket Squads
Every player to appear in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket is listed below along with their appearance records. Four teams would take part in the various WSC competitions, Australia, West Indies, World XI and the Cavaliers.-WSC Australian XI:...
WSC were Ross Edwards
Ross Edwards
Ross Edwards is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer.Edwards played in 20 Tests for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals including the 1975 Cricket World Cup series...
, Bruce Laird
Bruce Laird
Bruce Malcolm Laird is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. He was an opening batsmen who played in 21 Tests and 23 ODIs. He also starred in World Series Cricket.-Early career:...
, Rob Langer
Rob Langer
Robert Samuel Langer is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Langer's first-class career extended from 1973–1974 until 1981–1982...
, Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...
, Mick Malone
Mick Malone
Michael Francis Malone is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and 10 ODIs from 1977 to 1982. Malone played in only one Test prior to joining World Series Cricket. In English county cricket he had a period with Lancashire...
, Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh
Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...
and Dennis Yagmich
Dennis Yagmich
Dennis Brian Yagmich is a former Western Australian and South Australian cricketer.Yagmich played in 24 first-class matches in a career spanning 1972/73 and 1976/77...
. These cricketers were barred from playing cricket for Western Australia for the time they were signed with WSC, but most returned to state cricket after WSC collapsed in 1979.
Recent years
The Perth ScorchersPerth Scorchers
The Perth Scorchers is a franchise in the Big Bash League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket of Australia.. The Scorchers will wear an orange kit. The Scorchers' inaugural captain is Marcus North. Mickey Arthur was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season after he...
were formed in 2011 to represent the state in the Big Bash League
Big Bash League
The KFC t20 Big Bash League is the Australian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament. The Big Bash League replaces the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash and will feature city-based franchises instead of the state teams which had participated previously. The inaugural season will begin...
for the 2011–12 season
2011–12 Big Bash League season
The 2011–12 Big Bash League season will be the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaces the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which was run every season from 2005–06 to 2010–11.-Teams:...
.
Venues
The WACA GroundWACA Ground
The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....
in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Fremantle Oval
Fremantle Oval
Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football...
in Fremantle
Fremantle
Freemantle is a suburb of Southampton in England.Fremantle or Freemantle may also refer to:- Places :* Fremantle, the port city to the capital Perth, Western Australia...
and Hands Oval
Hands Oval
JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for cricket and football matches, but has also hosted soccer and rugby union games.-Australian rules football:...
in Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
are the only grounds to have hosted major cricket matches in Western Australia. Fremantle Oval is no longer used for cricket.
Gloucester Park
Gloucester Park
Gloucester Park is a harness racing course in Perth, Western Australia. In the suburb of East Perth, the oval course is adjacent to the WACA Ground...
, a racecourse in Perth, was used for World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
matches from 1977–79.
Lilac Hill
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....
in Midland
Midland, Western Australia
Midland is a suburb in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, as well as the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. It is situated at the intersection of Great Eastern Highway and Great Northern...
hosted the annual Lilac Hill Match from 1990–2008, and also hosted a women's one-day international match between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.
Teams
- Western WarriorsWestern WarriorsThe Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
(first-class and List A) - Perth ScorchersPerth ScorchersThe Perth Scorchers is a franchise in the Big Bash League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket of Australia.. The Scorchers will wear an orange kit. The Scorchers' inaugural captain is Marcus North. Mickey Arthur was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season after he...
(Twenty20) - Western FuryWestern FuryThe Western Fury is the representative women's cricket team of Western Australia and is based in Perth, Western Australia. Their home ground is the WACA Ground, although from 2011/2012 they will also play games at Murdoch University....
(women's)