Cricket at Brighton Union
Registrations for the 2026/27 season are now open — juniors and seniors.
Whether you're eight and picking up a bat for the first time, or forty and coming back to the game after twenty years off, there's a team here for you. We've been at Hurlingham Park on Nepean Highway since 1907, and the club has always run on the same two things: good cricket and good people.
A club worth joining
Seventy-one club premierships, including the 2022–23 First XI flag. Four senior teams across the South East Cricket Association — two in the shield grades and two in the lower grades.
Our junior program has produced two Australian Test players, Julien Wiener and Simon Davis, along with former Victorian captain Nick Jewell and twenty First Eleven Premier Grade cricketers.
But the thing people actually stay for is the culture. Ask around and you'll hear the same thing: this is where you make mates for life.
"The community spirit here is unbeatable... At the end of the day, it's all about the kids. It's a place where they can build real cricket skills, make lifelong friends, and learn what good sportsmanship is all about." — Chauntel Scarr
"BUCC is a fantastic club — the junior program provides players with plenty of opportunities to have fun and improve. Come down, join in a training session — you will be made to feel welcome." — Leigh Elliot
Senior cricket
Four teams. Every standard covered.
Our two shield-grade sides play serious, high-level cricket against the best in the association — proper contests, strong coaching, and a real push for finals.
Our two lower-grade sides are where a lot of players find their home. Plenty are returning to the game after a long break, some have never played a full season of turf cricket, and some just want a hit on a Saturday with good people. You don't need a background in the game to walk in. You need to want to play.
Both ends of the club train together, drink together and back each other in. There's no separation between the ones and the fours here.
No experience? Come anyway. Turn up to a training session, have a bat, meet a few people. That's how most of our lower-grade players started.
From juniors to seniors
The two halves of this club are genuinely connected. Our strongest U14s, U16s and U18s get real opportunities in senior teams — managed carefully, at the right pace, and always with family input. Seniors help out at junior training. Juniors watch the ones on a Saturday and see exactly where they're headed.
We also run a senior side built around parent-and-child combinations, so mums and dads can play alongside their kids in the same XI.
Junior cricket
What your child gets
Every player bats, bowls and fields. Equal game time, every week. No exceptions.
Coaching that puts players first. Our coaches are highly qualified, with international coaching experience, and they understand how kids actually learn. Development comes before results.
A clear pathway. From Cricket Blast through to representative and senior cricket, your child always knows what's next.
A family club. Parents, volunteers and players all pitch in. That's what makes the culture here work.
The player pathway
Players can join at any stage — some arrive with zero experience, others are already playing rep cricket.
Cricket Blast (under 8s) — Two terms of action-packed, skills-based fun with soft balls and plastic bats. Term 4 2026 runs 8 weeks from 12 October; Term 1 2027 is 4 weeks of matches.