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The West Perth Cricket Club was a foundation member of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA), established in 1889. In 1984 the West Perth Cricket Club transferred to the Willetton area and became the Willetton District Cricket Club.
 

Willetton District Cricket Club’s aim is to promote cricket within the community, from juniors through to seniors, providing the opportunity to play cricket at the highest level available in Western Australia, within the team environment and the traditions of cricket. Willetton District Cricket Club has elite coaches and outstanding facilities to nurture young cricketers and provide them with the best available pathway to play First Class cricket. Recent examples of this are local products Matthew Johnston and Cameron Bancroft, both holding State contracts (Tasmania and W.A), Brad Hogg is probably our best known current player still turning out for Willetton, Australia in T-20, the Peth Scorchers and the Rajisthan Royals in the IPL.
 

Our club coach Aaron Harwood was named A Grade coach of the year in 2005/06 and 2009/10 and is a level 3 coach, this puts him in the top echelon of coaches in Australia; he is also a former A Grade all-rounder at the club. He has been appointed on the WACA under 17’s State coaching panel for the last 3 years winning 2 national championships. Langley Angel is our A Grade coach, another highly rated young Coach with plenty of A grade and overseas experience.
 

Our Board consists of successful businessmen and ex-players, keen to see the club continue its development of local talent, through the junior ranks and into Senior, State and International cricket.
 

Current and past players active in the WDCC 

• Brad Hogg 
  Australia and WA State player and two- times World Cup winning team member, 4500 runs and 150 wickets for Willetton playing 105 games, Brad came out of retirement in 2010 playing our Grand Final side at the WACA and more recently played a major role for the Scorchers in the Big Bash and the Rajisthan Royals in the IPL. Brad remains a true Dragons Legend and will play on in 2012/13 season.  
• Kris Elliott 
  WA Country Captain, WA second X1, Australian Country X1, Club Captain, Kris has scored  5,236 A Grade runs for the club in A Grade and is a regular member of the A grade Pennant team of the year selected by the cricket media. Kris is very unlucky not to have been selected for the Warriors after consistently being one of the top 5 batman in the competition. Kris is one of the most respected players in the competition and has stayed loyal to the club for over 10 years as a player.  
• Reece O'Connell 
  WA 2nd X1 2009/10, Winner of the competition A Grade batting average 2010/11, and selected in A grade team of the year 2010 with 894 runs with 3 hundreds as well as taking 31 wickets for the season. Last season Reece became a leader within the A Grade group and has now scored over 2000 runs and taken 94 wickets for Willetton since arriving in 2008. 
• Aaron Harwood
  Current Overall Club Coach and State 17’s assistant coach , A former A Grade all-rounder scoring over 1000 A grade runs and 50 A Grade wickets in 65 games before the age of 22. Aarons Aaron’s cricket career was cut short pursuing a teaching career. He has been involved at Willetton coaching A Grade for 11 years and holds a level 3 certificate putting him in the highest echelon of cricket coaches in Australia. Aaron has actively been involved with the club for over 20 years as a player and coach and is a true club legend.  
• Gavin Brown 
  The Willetton and Derbyshire all-rounder played an injury interrupted 77 Games of A grade for the club over 11 years scoring 1175 runs and taking 164 wickets. Gavin is currently Director of senior cricket, Chairman of selectors and bowling coach at the club. He has been involved for over 17 years in a combined playing, board and coaching role at the club.
• Chris Lagana 
  Willetton’s reigning WDCC Cricketer of the year adding to his 2008/9 award and the WACA A-grade Bowling Aggregate winner. After missing almost 2 season Chris has become the 4th leading wicket taker in the clubs history taking 189 wickets for the club and 665 runs in 90 A Grade games.
• Tom Hansell
  Surrey, North Perth – over 5000 A Grade runs in Australia. Tom has been involved at the club for over 20 years in various coaching roles and board positions. As a mark of respect to his time spent at Willetton the practice facilities were named after him and opened by the mayor of Canning. 
• Ian Bycroft
  Former Melville and University A Grade wicket-keeper, scored over 3000 A Grade runs and over 400 catches. Ian role at the club is Director of Juniors and also is heavily involved in the State Schoolboys 15’s team.
• Mark Hindle
  Mark was a top order batsman and played for over 10 years at from 1989 – 1998 Willetton amassing 1,122 runs in A Grade. Mark has been involved in district junior coaching now for the past 2 years and coaches the under 13’s Inverarity shield squad. Mark is yet another former A grade player putting his expertise and time back into the club.
• Brad Kent
  Brad joined Willetton in 2000 and recently played his 100 game of A grade with the club. Brad and Chris Lagana have become a formidable combination using their experience. Brad has taken over 161 wickets from 102 games for the club and is a mentor for the young quicks coming through the system.
• Cameron Bancroft
  Cameron is one of Willetton’s recent success stories coming through from our junior district system. Cam has scored over 1400 runs in A grade and was recently player of the series captaining the Australian under 19’s in Dubai scoring hundreds against the West Indies and India. Cam made his debut for the Warriors last season playing 3 Ryobi cup games. After a very successful 19's world cup scoring a big hundred and top scoring in the Semi Final win over favourites South Africa Cameron has been offered a rookie contract with the Warriors for the 2012/13 season.
• Langley Angel
  Langley returned to the club in 2011/12 as assistant club coach impressing everyone with his enthusiasm and knowledge of the game. He is a past player with Willetton and also had a long playing career at South Perth playing over 100 A Grade games. He scored 3 A grade hundreds and holds the record opening partnership of 255 vs Scarborough scoring 168 for South Perth. Langley Played 7 yrs overseas as a professional / coach / captain  in various leagues which included Kent Premier League, Beckenham and Holland for Roodenwit. Langley was a true fighter on field and brings these qualities to the club. Langley has been appointed A grade coach for the 2012/13 season working with Senior club coach Aaron Harwood.