History

The club commenced in a Church run competition at the Bicton Primary School. It was originally started as School Cricket comp with Bicton PS, Palmyra PS, Richmond and East Freo PS, under the guidance of the Bicton Primary Headmaster, William Nicholson.  The teams were supported by the Bicton Presbyterian Church.  Games were played Friday afternoon at Bicton and Palmyra Primary schools.  In 1923 the games were taken over by a group of parents and moved the games to Saturday mornings, again playing at the school grounds.  One of the parents was Arthur Bodding who was the post master at Palmyra Post office and a parent at Bicton Primary School.

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. Val started at the Club when he was playing U12 at 1967, and joined the committee in 1994. He was involved with Attadale Primary school and brought a few of his contacts and formed 5-6 teams that year.  They chose team names that are used today, Bicton Jets, Mustangs and Spitfires.  Games were played on Saturday and Sunday mornings at Attadale Primary, Bicton Primary and Melville Reserve. By 2007, Val and Lorraine had built the club up to thirteen teams before they both retired . 

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.