History

The club commenced in a Church run competition around 1923 which was situated next to the Bicton Primary School and after a few years the club was taken over and run by teachers from the school through to the war.

During the war, the local schools participated in games between themselves and the club then resumed in 1946 under the guidance of the school until the late 1950’s.

By 1960 other clubs were formed and a local competition was developed, the Melville Junior District competition.

Bill Raitt was President of the club until 1969 when his son had completed playing at the junior level and left the club.

Several volunteers then played their part in continuing the club in either a Coaching or Committee capacity including Steve Harper, Ian Spence, Val Steenholdt, Phil Lindsay and Colin Jaszczuck.

When the club was on the verge of dissolving in 1993 and had one active team, Val Steenholdt took over the reins and with his wife Lorraine built the club up to thirteen teams before they both retired from the club in 2007.

The Steenholdt family have played a huge part in the history of the club with all three sons of the family, Trent, Shayne and Chad’e playing for the club.

Bicton JCC was the first club in Western Australia to have the coloured playing shirts and along with Riverton commenced the Have-A-Go program in Australia which is now a major part of a junior cricketer’s developmental introduction to the game.

Bicton JCC has many players playing in junior district representative teams and has a history of players who have gone on to play A grade senior district cricket.

Bicton JCC was also at the forefront of the on ground demonstrations at the WACA when they commenced during the lunch and tea breaks for Test, One Day International and Domestic Fixtures.

The 2018/19 season saw BJCC have its first girls teams taking part in the competition. In 2022/23 our U11 girls team played in the South West competition which meant that Bicton had teams in all age girls groups for the first time. Since 2018, 12 of our girls have gone on to represent WA in under age state competitions which is great recognition to a fantastic girls program.

In both the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, BJCC was awarded the WA Community Cricket Junior Cricket Club of the Year. Receiving this award in consecutive years is a tremendous achievement and reflects the hard work, commitment and passion of everyone involved in our club. 

During the most recent season, the club fielded 33 teams and over 320 players (both boys and girls teams) which up to this time is the most teams in a season for the Club during our rich history.