Mount Lawley District Cricket Club is one of the clubs playing in the Western Australian Grade Cricket

Western Australian Grade Cricket

Grade Cricket in Western Australia refers to the semi-professional cricket league played at a level below the first-class Western Warriors and colts teams. The competition is administered by the Western Australian Cricket Association...

 competition. The club joined the Western Australian Cricket Association

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....

 "A" grade district competition as the Maylands-Mount Lawley Cricket Club in 1924-25 after having applied for entry two years earlier. The name was changed to Mount Lawley Cricket Club in 1927-28.

The club's first home ground was Maylands Oval, which later became known as Shearn Park. This was granted in 1923. In 1947-48 senior matches moved to Inglewood Oval and in 1973-74 the club moved to Hamer Park. Its most recent move was to Cornwall Reserve in 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...

 in October 1978. In 1982-83 the ground was renamed to Breckler Park.

Notable players

Chris Matthews

Christopher Matthews (cricketer)

Christopher Darrell "Chris" Matthews is a former Australian cricketer, who played for the Australian cricket team, the Western Warriors, Lancashire County Cricket Club, and the Tasmanian Tigers....

 was the first homegrown Mount Lawley player to join the Australian team. Other notable Mount Lawley players include Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

, Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...

, Tony Mann

Tony Mann (cricketer)

Anthony Longford Mann is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests from 1977 to 1978....

, Colin Milburn

Colin Milburn

Colin Milburn was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement....

, Geoff Marsh

Geoff Marsh

Geoffrey Robert Marsh is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman...

, Dermot Reeve

Dermot Reeve

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, Ravi Ratnayeke

Ravi Ratnayeke

Joseph Ravindran 'Ravi' Ratnayeke is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled medium pace. Ratnayeke played 22 Tests and 78 ODIs from 1982 to 1990, his Test best bowling performance of eight wickets for 83 runs at Jinnah Stadium Pakistan was a Sri Lankan Test record at the...

, Gehan Mendis

Gehan Mendis

Gehan Dixon Mendis was an opening batsman for Sussex County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club ....

 and Mike Veletta

Mike Veletta

Michael Robert John Veletta is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer.He played in 8 Tests and 20 One Day International matches between 1987 and 1990...

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