By-Laws

Updated: September 2021

Level Three Offences - Guidelines

Bringing the game into disrepute.

This may include failure to control a player, official or spectator behaviour resulting in loutish or anti-social behaviour, and which may cause the SMCA or the game of
cricket’s reputation to be tarnished in the eyes of the member clubs, the general public or WA Cricket as the governing body of cricket in Western Australia.


This is intended to include serious or repeated acts of cheating during play, consuming alcohol during play and playing whilst under suspension.
Vilification of a major nature. This includes but is not limited to racial, religious, colour, ethnic origin, cultural, disability, sexuality or severe personal nature.
Physical assault Physically assault a player, official, umpire or spectator.
Serious threatening or intimidating behaviour towards an umpire. This includes a fieldsman leaving his position in the field to approach an umpire for any reason. This rule does not prohibit the bowler involved in the decision or a team captain from respectfully asking the umpire to provide an explanation for a decision, or the captain from commenting respectfully on the umpires’ performance in their Captains’ Report.
Web participation by members of the SMCA. As defined in By-Law 1 Code of Conduct.
Harassment or bullying of members of the SMCA Executive. This can be by phone, email or other communication. This generally involves, but is not limited to, obscenities, derogatory and defamatory comments to Executive members for decisions that a member(s) may have made.

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