The last shot had barely been fired before cricket was in full swing in the Fremantle area.Two very fine cricket stalwarts in Albert West and Jack Knox-Peden joined forces to get things underway. West, formerly of the Essandee Club, and Knox-Peden , formerly of the Navy Club, were responsible for reforming the Spartan Club, re-constituting the F&DMCA and founding The West Australian Cricket Union.The latter was a union of all the district competitions in the Metropolitan areas and provided the frame work for inter-association matches and state games at that level against Victorian and New South Wales sub-district associations.

Albert West served as F&DMCA Secretary from 1919 until 1956 as well as being secretary of Essandee from 1919 to 1942 and President of Spartans from 1945 to 1959.He kept all the records of the association, Essandee Cricket Club and the early post war years of Spartans in a tin trunk but unfortunately when the trunk was presented to Brian Waterer in 1965it was discovered that termites had destroyed the contents.

The church was no longer involved in the club's organisation and this naturally led to a change in outlook and personnel. However there were a few of the pre-war faces on hand to help get Spartans re-established. Ian McClumpha resumed as captain and in all his reign as club leader lasted from 1931 to 1948. He resigned from Spartans at the end of the 1947-48 to accept the position of Captain- Coach of the newly formed Hilton Park Cricket Club.George Prince was still there to lead the attack where he received considerable assistance from another pre-war player in Tom Langlands who had been an outstanding all-rounder in country cricket, and young demon fast bowler Tolly Chalmers. Other newcomers included Jim Fletcher, who later joined Scots Cricket Club where he captained the club, served a term as President and was awarded a Life Membership; Joe Rayner, who played with Spartans for 21 years before resigning to accept the post of Captain-Coach of the newly formed Medina Cricket Club and Bob and Keith Jeffries. The side looked strong on paper but the playing results did not match the promise and so the years from 1945 to 1949 were not all that successful with the club permanently in sixth place.

1949-50 was a little better and the club tasted its first post-war success by reaching the semi-finals only to lose to an old pre-war rival in East Fremantle. This was despite the efforts of KeithJeffries who took 7 for 39 in the match including a hat-trick. Off-spinner Jim Fletcher had a great season capturing 81 wickets.1950-51 was a disappointing anti-climax as the club slumped to an eighth placing in a nine team competition.The other clubs at this stage were W.W.F ( or Lumpers ), Scots, East Fremantle, CBC Old Boys, Hilton Park, Park, South Fremantle and Wanderers.

The next few seasons continued to be lean ones with the club never really threatening to be a force in the competition. In 1954-55 two major developments took place in the F&DMCA with two day cricket being introduced and the competition being split into two grades. Spartans were placed in the second grade which enabled the club to introduce some young players and rebuild the side.

This reshaping of the team's personnel met with almost immediate success and was in fact the foundation of a quarter of a century of high achievement by the club. In 1955-56 Bill Morcom led the side to a Minor Premiership and then in 1956 -57 Eric Dumble led them to the Second Grade Premiership. The Premiership team was Eric Dumble a leg spinning all-rounder,Lew Read ranked by many as the club's greatest batsmen as well as being a fine wicket-keeper, batsman Alan Johnstone who later transferred to CBC and captained that club to a First Grade Premiership, George Pluske a great fast bowling all-rounder who took 70 wickets for the season, Jeff Newbold, Joe Rayner, Alf Dyer a courageous opening bat who also served the Association as secretary for many years, Bill Morcom, Colin Crompton who gave great service as a captain in First and Second Grade, Tom Langlands and Colin Hyde.

The results of the 1957-58 season surprised even the most avid of the club's supporters. Promoted to the First Grade as a reward for winning the Second Grade Title they carrried all before them to reach the Grand Final against another pre-war rival in South Fremantle.South at this stage were a very strong combination indeed and at this stage Spartans lacked the ability or experience to beat them.

Despite the shrewd leadership of Colin Crompton the next season or two were somewhat of an anti-climax as the club didn't really go close to achieving a place in the finals.Despite the success of the first year in the top grade the side lacked balance, the attack was hostile and accurate, the fielding was sound but the batting was extremely brittle and lacked the ability to grind out runs under pressure.

The club only finished in sixth position in the 1960-61 season but there were many signs that the players were increasing in maturity:-
** Alf "Dunga' Dyer and Neville Langlands shared a seventh wicket partnership of 109 against YCW.
** George Pluske revealed some of his outstanding all-round skill in scoring 69 against Palmyra as well as capturing 6 for 20 against Tally Clerks; ** Medium pacer Harold Bell Took 6 for 62 and 4 for 10 against Palmyra to return match figures of 10 for 72 and set up an outright win for Spartans.In fact during the years to come his some-what deceptive medium paced bowling was to bring about the downfall of many highly rated batting sides.
** Brian Waterer played the first of his many anchor innings that were to give the side stability but also make him somewhat notorious as the greatest stonewaller in the history of the F&DMCA. On this occasion he carried his bat for 5 not out out of a total of 62 against CBC -- and he occupied the crease for three hours while doing so !!

The appointment of George Pluske as Captain Coach in 1961-62 brought a far more dedicated approach to the game and thanks to his clever leadership and brilliant individual efforts the club became the most competitive it had been in its history...some forty three years to this point.The batting still lacked depth although it was developing, the bowling was excellent while the fielding was superb.
They fought their way through to a showdown against CBC in the Grand Final only to lose by a mere twenty runs.The loss was hard to take as they had the agony of seeing CBC's Tom Hegarty bowled around his legs for no score by Joe Rayner only to be given not out by both umpires. Hegarty went on to make 39 which was the highest individual score in the game.The umpire at the bowler's end thought that the wicket-keeper may have interfered with the stumps while the square leg umpire wasn't watching at the time. Spartans Grand Final star was medium pacer Ron Stanton who bowled with great determination to take 6 for 30 and 6 for 42 to finish with 12 for 72 for the match.Stanton finished the season with 48 wickets with his best haul being 8 for 39 against Scots.

1962-63 saw the club capture the first of many Minor Premierships following another season of improved performances the principal ones being:-
** Joe Rayner slammed 105 against Scots in just over an hour and with the support of Lew Read added 135 for the fifth wicket.
** In the same game George Pluske captured 7 for 46 and 4 for 41... match figures of 11 for 87.
** Ron Stanton captured 7 for 65 against North Fremantle.
** Alf Dyer and Brian Waterer shared an opening stand of 107 in 90 minutes against CBC.

Under the rules of the Association at this time the teams finishing first and second on the premiership table played off the Grand Final while the teams finishing third and fourth played off for the Minor Premiership.

1963-64...In the Grand Final again.... against CBC again...and the loser by a narrow margin again with the difference this time being 50 runs.The side was becoming better balanced season by season with some of the players developing into class performers.Some of the outstanding efforts:- ** George Pluske enjoyed a magnificent season to finish with 70 wickets, with his pace and accuracy being almost frightening at times.
** A superb all-round performance by state golf champion Denis Bell who amassed 420 runs at an average of 35 and took 49 wickets at 11.2.He had two devastating spells of 7 for 10 and 5 for 11 against Tally Clerks.He too bowled very fast with great accuracy.
** Harold Bell and Lew Read both recorded centuries as they slaughtered the Scots bowling to the tune of a 180 run partnership which took just 75 minutes.
** Joe Rayner displayed his customary aggression with a pair of lightning innings.. 94 against Palmyra and 88 in the Grand Final.... with each innings lasting 60 minutes.

1964-65.... and another Minor Premiership. Wicket-keeper batsmen Doug Stewart who had scored 233 against Spartans in the previous seasons Grand Final, crossed over from CBC and supported by his experience and expertise many of the Spartan batsmen improved considerably.

** Stewart scored 577 runs at an average of 52 for Spartans, and a further 505 runs for the WACU and the Association side..a total of 1082 runs for the season.For Spartans he scored 103 in an opening stand of 125 with Brian Waterer and 105 in a sixth wicket partnership of 157 with Harold Bell.His finest innings was when he carried his bat against South Fremantle to record 53 not out in a total of 84.
** Palmyra had great difficulty in coping with the Spartan pace attack and they were skittled by Ron Stanton with 8 for 65 and by George Pluske with 7 for 36 in the return game.

Lew Read had taken over as Captain Coach but the result was very much the same....another Minor Premiership for the First Grade. The better performances :-
** Scores of 99, 86 not out and 60 by opener Frank Ellis who later enjoyed a successful career as a trotting reinsman.
** Scores of 86 and 82 by Doug Stewart who left the club at Christmas time when he moved to Victoria to live.
** John Spencer made a superb 119 against Tally-Clerks.
** 7 for 11 by Harold Bell against Scots and 8 for 33 by his brother Denis against Tally-Clerks were the pick of the bowling performances.

The Second Grade was led by the veteran Colin Crompton with their only win coming in the very last game of the season. More importantly some very promising juniors had been introduced into the club's ranks. The better efforts were :-
** Bevan "Wacka" James took 6 for 48 against Hamilton which was the first of many occasions on which he was to rout that particular club. James bowled a variety of spinners with great bounce and he developed into a superb all-round player being a very sound batsman and a magnificent gully fieldsman.
** A consistent performance by wicket-keeper Bernie Maher who took 14 catches and made 8 stumpings. Unfortunately this was his one and only season with the club as he enlisted in the army and left the state.

1966-67

In 1967-68 the F&DMCA adopted the WACA system of finals with the team finishing on top at the end of the qualifying round being awarded the Minor Premiership. The semi-finals were played between first and fourth on the ladder and the other between the second and third placed sides. The semi-final winners then played off for the Premiership.
And Spartans greeted this change by winning the Minor Premiership......in both grades!
Club Officials.

This particular First Grade side would have to rank as one of the finest in the club's history. The side lost narrowly to South Fremantle in the semi-final after a very dour struggle. In batting order the side was :-
* Harold Bell a brilliant right hand bat, a very capable medium pace swing bowler and rated by many as the finest fieldsman in the history of the F&DMCA.
* Brian Waterer a determined and dour right hand bat, a very capable close-to-the -wicket fieldsman , an off-spin bowler and a safe wicket-keeper.
* Denis Bell a fine right hand bat, a bowler of express pace and a very safe fieldsman.
* Lew Read would be a contender for the title of the club's greatest batsman as well as being one of its greatest captains, an outstanding fieldsman and an above average wicket-keeper.
* Ron Caporn at this stage an outstanding junior being a brilliant right hand bat and a brilliant fieldsman.
* Sam Hume a dogged and high scoring left hand bat, a very good fieldsman, a capable wicket- keeper and - at times- a dangerous leg spin bowler.
* Joe Rayner a big hitting right hand bat, a steady leg spin bowler and a very fine fieldsman.
* Les Reynolds A steady right hand bat, an outstanding off-spin bowler as well as being a safe and reliable fieldsman.
* George Pluske in all probability the greatest player in the club's history to this point.A great right hand fast bowler, a very good batsman and a magnificent fieldsman in any position.
* Ron Stanton a very fine right hand fast-medium paced bowler, a punishing batsman and a great fieldsman.
* Roy Gough a determined right hand bat, a steady top spin bowler, a very safe fieldsman and a reliable wicket-keeper.
Every player in the side was capable of big scores, in fact seven of them scored centuries for the club, the bowling had everything - pace,swing, off and leg spin --and was supported by what was regarded by Association officials as the finest fielding side to play in the competition in the period from 1945 to 1968. The leading performances :-
** Denis Bell destroyed Tally-Clerks batting with 7 for 54 and did likewise to CBC with 5 for 21.
** Other top bowling hauls were 6 for 39 by Reynolds, 5 for 10 by Pluske, 5 for 33 by Rayner and 5 for 37 by Stanton.
** Most of the batsmen scored at least one half century but of greater value was the increasing number of sound partnerships that led to many big team totals.

Second Grade
The team went through the qualifying rounds undefeated, defeated CBC in the semi-final but couldn't quite go all the way and lost the Grand Final to East Fremantle.There were some great performances:- ** Ron Caporn, in a brilliant debut, scored 134 against Rockingham.
** Colin Crompton, still leading from the front, knocked up scores of 97, 95 and 53.
** Bevan James continued to torment Hamilton with returns of 5 for 12 and 5 for 17 in the first match - for match figures of 10 for 32 - and 5 for 79 in the return match. He also recorded a career best of 98 not out against East Fremantle.
** Left hand medium pacer Pat Miller returned match figures of 10 for 127 in the Grand Final.

1968-69

1969-70

1970-71

1971-72

1973-74

First Grade. The side held a place in the four for most of the season and was lying in third spot at the end of the qualifying round. Unfortunately an abysmal performance in the semi-final saw them lose to Hilton Park by 150 runs.
Peter Kynaston, in his last season with the club before transferring to Swanbourne C.C. in the Suburban Turf Association, played brilliantly. He made 395 runs with a top score of 101 and took 30 wickets with 6 for 24 being his best effort with the ball.He also won the Association Team's batting trophy as well as being adjudged best player for the WACU in the series against Victoria.
Second Grade. On paper this looked to be a better side than we had fielded at this level for a while but it didn't quite fulfill that promise. They scraped into the four only to lose their place due to another side being unfinancial and forfeiting the points for the last game of the season to the club just behind Spartans on the ladder. Harold Bell and John Spencer each totalled 212 runs for the season to share the batting while Rodney Maher with 21 wickets was the leading bowler.
Third Grade.