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In 1979, under the steady hands of Kim Millstead, Chris Carmody and Rod Daws, the Swan-Helena Veterans Cricket Association was formed.  Four teams from the Swan Valley region comprised the first year's competition with one team, Harlequins, still in the competition today. Later the competition was renamed the Metropolitan Veterans Cricket Association as teams from across the metropolitan area joined.

Team numbers have ebbed and flowed over the last 45 years, with a minimum of four teams, and as at 2023 the MVCA has eight teams. It has been a unique competition, as it's always been self managed and organised around good-will and common sense. Cricket is played in good spirit and comradeship.

The following yarn epitomises the culture and the nature of the MVCA and it's essence should never be ignored

"Many ask why each innings constitutes 33 overs. At the onset of the competition, it was deemed the games would commence at 1pm, so that junior sport could be attended to Saturday mornings. The next important factor was deemed the Swan Valley Sportsmens club opened at 5pm . The rest of the equation was purely a mathematical one. How many overs could be bowled in 4 hours with a 20 minute tea break?"

The rest is history!

The Metropolitan Veterans Cricket Association has provided wonderful cricket experiences to so many and hopefully, will do so long into the future.