1961 - Present Day More New Clubs, Amalgamations and Name Changes from 1961 onwards The expanding metropolitan area saw clubs in several newer, more populated, areas applying for admission to the competition. To accommodate this expansions, in 1957-58 two new clubs, Scarborough and Melville, entered teams in the Second and Third Grades. In 1959-60, Floreat Park was permitted, on application, to do likewise. This situation continued, with minor exceptions, through until the 1968-69 season. At this point, the number of teams in First Grade was increased to 14, with the promotion of Scarborough and Melville. In 1961-62, the Bassendean club had altered its name to Bassendean-Bayswater, in keeping with its district. In 1977-78 the Subiaco and Floreat clubs amalgamated and all 14 clubs fielded teams in each of the four grades.In 1979-80, the rapidly expanding north suburban district of Wanneroo, which spawned the Wanneroo Cricket Club, applied for entry into the competition. They were allowed to enter four teams, two in each of Second and Fourth Grades. Then in 1981-82, the Bassendean-Bayswater club altered its name again - this time to Bayswater-Morley.In 1987-88, the southeast metropolitan corridor suburbs warranted representation in the WACA competition. The large catchment district of Gosnells was successful and the competition then encompassed 16 teams, and four grades. In 1989-90, the Claremont-Cottesloe and neighbouring Nedlands amalgamated. This reduced the size of the competition back to 15 teams and created the unwanted bye. There was significant residential development south of Fremantle - and it came as no surprise when a cricket team from that area sought admission to the competition. After much negotiation, Rockingham-Mandurah was admitted to the competition on a restricted basis in 1995-96, fielding teams in Second and Third Grades, and they added a Fourth Grade team in 1997-98. The Cricket Council accorded Rockingham-Mandurah First Grade status in 2000-01. This made it a 16-team competition which remains today and eliminated the need for a bye. In the same season the once powerhouse club of the competition, North Perth, moved to the northern central coastal suburb of Iluka and change its name to Joondalup Districts. In 2014-15 the District Cricket Competition re-branded as WA Premier Cricket as part of a move align all District/Grade Competitions across Australia. However, in a historic move at the beginning of the 2015-16 season, the WADCC decided to remove District Boundaries from senior competitions, this moving to open cricket and implementing a Player Points Cap in First Grade only. SEASON FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE THIRD GRADE C GRADE 1959-60 South Perth South Perth Fremantle Claremont-Cottesloe 1960-61 University University No. 1 South Perth University 1961-62 Nedlands South Perth West Perth University 1962-63 Nedlands South Perth West Perth Fremantle 1963-64 University South Perth Fremantle Nedlands 1964-65 Claremont-Cottesloe Mt Lawley Subiaco Nedlands 1965-66 University Mt Lawley Claremont-Cottesloe Nedlands 1966-67 Fremantle University University Scarborough No. 1 1967-68 University Nedlands West Perth University FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE THIRD GRADE FOURTH GRADE 1968-69 Midland-Guildford Nedlands Melville University 1969-70 Midland-Guildford South Perth University Scarborough 1970-71 West Perth University No. 1 Mt Lawley Floreat Park No. 2 1971-72 Subiaco Subiaco University Nedlands 1972-73 Claremont-Cottesloe Floreat Park No. 1 University Mt Lawley 1973-74 Subiaco Mt Lawley & University Mt Lawley Bassendean-Bayswater 1974-75 University South Perth Claremont-Cottesloe South Perth 1975-76 Fremantle West Perth Fremantle Subiaco 1976-77 Scarborough Floreat Park No. 1 Floreat University 1977-78 North Perth Subiaco-Floreat Fremantle Subiaco-Floreat 1978-79 Fremantle Perth South Perth Perth 1979-80 Melville Midland Guildford North Perth Perth 1980-81 Fremantle Subiaco-Floreat South Perth South Perth 1981-82 Mt Lawley Nedlands Fremantle University 1982-83 Mt Lawley Wanneroo Mt Lawley Subiaco-Floreat 1983-84 South Perth North Perth Midland-Guildford Subiaco-Floreat 1984-85 Mt Lawley Bayswater-Morley Nedlands Subiaco Floreat 1985-86 Bayswater-Morley Fremantle Fremantle Midland-Guildford 1986-87 Mt Lawley Scarborough Subiaco-Floreat Mt Lawley 1987-88 Subiaco-Floreat Fremantle Mt Lawley Wanneroo 1988-89 Midland-Guildford Melville North Perth Gosnells 1989-90 Claremont-Nedlands Melville Melville Melville 1990-91 Fremantle Subiaco-Floreat Claremont-Nedlands Subiaco-Floreat 1991-92 Scarborough Melville Wanneroo Midland-Guildford 1992-93 Mt Lawley Midland Guildford Perth Midland-Guildford 1993-94 Midland-Guildford Subiaco-Floreat Midland-Guildford Wanneroo 1994-95 Scarborough Fremantle Bayswater-Morley Subiaco Floreat 1995-96 Bayswater-Morley Perth Midland-Guildford South Perth 1996-97 South Perth Melville Perth Gosnells 1997-98 Scarborough Bayswater-Morley Perth Scarborough 1998-99 Bayswater-Morley Perth Claremont-Nedlands Mt Lawley 1999-00 Scarborough Melville Fremantle North Perth 2000-01 Subiaco-Floreat Melville Bayswater-Morley Subiaco-Floreat 2001-02 Subiaco-Floreat Perth Subiaco-Floreat Mt Lawley 2002-03 Subiaco-Floreat Fremantle Perth University 2003-04 Melville Perth Gosnells Wanneroo 2004-05 Melville Willetton Wanneroo Mt Lawley 2005-06 Claremont-Nedlands Wanneroo Fremantle Bayswater-Morley 2006-07 Scarborough Claremont-Nedlands Fremantle Mt Lawley 2007-08 Scarborough Melville Perth Bayswater-Morley 2008-09 Scarborough Bayswater-Morley Bayswater-Morley Joondalup 2009-10 Scarborough Bayswater-Morley Subiaco-Floreat South Perth 2010-11 Subiaco Floreat South Perth Bayswater-Morley Bayswater-Morley 2011-12 Wanneroo South Perth South Perth Joondalup 2012-13 Joondalup Claremont-Nedlands Subiaco Floreat South Perth 2013-14 Wanneroo Willetton Claremont Nedlands Perth 2014-15 Joondalup Joondalup Wanneroo Perth 2015-16 Rockingham-Mandurah Willetton Joondalup Claremont-Nedlands 2016-17 Subiaco Floreat Willetton Wanneroo Claremont-Nedlands 2017-18 Claremont-Nedlands Bayswater-Morley Melville South Perth 2018-19 Claremont-Nedlands Perth Perth Joondalup 2019-20 Claremont-Nedlands Bayswater-Morley Subiaco-Floreat Joondalup 2020-21 Wanneroo Bayswater-Morley Joondalup Bayswater-Morley 2021-22 Subiaco-Floreat Bayswater-Morley Melville Willetton 2022-23 Perth Willetton Willetton Subiaco-Floreat 2023-24 Perth Subiaco-Floreat Willetton University *Highest Ranked Team was awarded the Premiership after Elimination Final Round in 2019-20 due to COVID-19 Pandemic *Where a premier is listed as 'X & Y', joint premiers were declared either through a tie or a washout
