List of NSW Central Coast Cricket First Grade Premiers

This is a list of the winners of First Grade Cricket Premiership competitions held on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. In the seasons when a final, final series or grand final was held, the major premiers are listed.

The current competition is conducted under the auspices of the Central Coast Cricket Association, an affiliate of Country Cricket New South Wales and Cricket NSW.

Whilst cricket was played in the region, now known as the Central Coast, from 1858 through the remainder of the 19th Century, the first organised competition was held in the 1899-1900 season. Matches were played in a single afternoon on alternate Saturdays. This allowed clubs to continue to receive visits from clubs in Sydney and play social matches. The final of this inaugural "Badge" competition was held over four Saturdays, March 10, 17, 24 and 31. Wyong 147 and 147, were defeated by Ourimbah 101 and 7-196.

In the following season, 1900–01, one round of matches was played before the competition was abandoned. In 1903-04, a competition called "Smith" was underway. Unfortunately, however, there are no subsequent articles in the local newspapers of early 1904. The local newspaper from this period, The Gosford Times is not available from January 1908 to June 1911. This absence of original sources in some seasons is not isolated. Consequently, the premiers of some competitions are not known.

A competition was held in 1906-07 under the name the "Brisbane Water District Cricket Association". In 1911-12, strengthened by a few players who had previously played at other clubs, Narara entered the Newcastle District Cricket Association Senior Grade competition and won it. They were less successful in 1912-13, which is also the season that the Wyong District Cricket Association was formed. The Gosford District Cricket Association was formed after the First World War. The two associations ran in parallel for most of the next fifty years, before a drop in player numbers lead to amalgamation. The association was renamed in 2003.

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