The Western Suburbs Cricket Club in Maitland was founded in 1947. Legacy forms the foundation of a successful club into the future.

Western Suburbs Cricket Club Maitland | August 24, 2023

2021/22 marked the 75th Season of our great club. The Club celebrated the milestone with an anniversary event that saw the 1981/82 and 2011/12 1st Grade Premiership sides reuniting after 40 and 10 years respectively. Former Australian Cricket Captain, Steve Waugh, was a very special guest in an evening that will be remembered by many.

Rich in history and achievement, the Plovers are fortunate to have a strong foundation that will ensure success of our great Club for many years to come.

1947-1948: Western Suburbs Cricket Club is Born

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, local cricket competitions in the Maitland area were indefinitely suspended as the threat of World War II loomed ever closer to Australia. The local competitions would remain in recess until the end of the war years – not returning until the summer of 1947-48. However, with the Newcastle competition still running, Maitland would enter a combined team in the Newcastle competition for the remainder of the war years.

But with the end of World War II came the revival of local cricket in the Maitland area in 1947-48. As a part of that revival came the opportunity to breathe new life into the format of the competition – with a big part of that revival being the formation of new clubs … in particular the Western Suburbs Cricket Club.

Legend has it that 5 influential members of the local community: Robert “Bob” Brown, Eddie Hill, Pearce Ryan, Russell Dimmock and Robert “Bob” Conlin gathered under a street light in South Street, Telarah to discuss the formation of this new club. This famous “meeting under the lightpost” would become the first ever WSCC committee meeting – and a re-enactment of this famous meeting was put together for the WSCC 1st Grade Documentary, screened at the Old Boys Day Re-Union in 2014.