Result · Round 5 · 12 - G2 Grade · 2025/26 · Sat 15 Nov 2025 · Eltham College, RESEARCH
Lower Plenty 5th XI 142 (31.3 ov)
Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI 140/9 (35 ov)
Lower Plenty 5th XI won by 2 runs
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Match report

Lower Plenty 5th XI made 142 (31.3 ov) and defended it, holding Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI to 140/9 (35 ov) to win by 2 runs. For the winners, Lucas Merlo made a half-century (51* off 62) and Ian Chesser took 2/8 from 5 overs. For Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI, Charlie Greenwood top-scored with 24* off 47 and Josh Jackman took 2/11 from 2 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Lucas Merlo
Lower Plenty 5th XI · 51* (62) & 2/17

Top performers

Lower Plenty 5th XI
🏏 Lucas Merlo 51* (62)
Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI
Lower Plenty 5th XI · 1st Innings - Lower Plenty 5th XI 142 (31.3 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Greg Arnott c: O Goeby b: J Downs 24 31 4 0 77.41
Ethan Arnott (15) b: B Lawler 2 14 0 0 14.28
Lucas Merlo not out 51* 62 7 1 82.25
Caleb Schriever (16) b: T Thorne 4 12 0 0 33.33
Patrick Weinstein run out (T Thorne) 1 3 0 0 33.33
Ian Chesser (c) b: S Horn 1 7 0 0 14.28
Fox Scotney (19) b: S Horn 0 1 0 0 0.00
Daniel Robertson b: J Jackman 9 31 1 0 29.03
Geoffrey MacIsaac (wk) c: O Goeby b: B Lawler 35 23 2 3 152.17
Jake Pulcifer (15) b: J Jackman 0 1 0 0 0.00
Pierre Scotney (19) b: Z Jackman 0 9 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 6, nb 5, pen 0) 15
Total 31.3 Ov (RR 4.51) 142
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Ethan Arnott), 2-52 (Greg Arnott), 3-57 (Caleb Schriever), 4-73 (Patrick Weinstein), 5-80 (Ian Chesser), 6-80 (Fox Scotney), 7-116 (Daniel Robertson), 8-116 (Jake Pulcifer), 9-137 (Pierre Scotney), 10-142 (Geoffrey MacIsaac)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Baylan Lawler (16) 5.3 3 16 2 2.90 0 1
Zac Jackman (13) 5 0 30 1 6.00 1 0
Tom Thorne (17) 5 0 24 1 4.80 1 1
Jack Downs (13) 4 1 20 1 5.00 3 2
Stephen Horn 6 0 21 2 3.50 1 0
Clyde Askwith (13) 4 0 16 0 4.00 0 1
Josh Jackman 2 1 11 2 5.50 0 0
Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI · 1st Innings - Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI 140/9 (35 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Tom Thorne (17) b: E Arnott 1 9 0 0 11.11
Baylan Lawler (16) c: F Scotney b: E Arnott 16 19 3 0 84.21
Ocea Goeby (19) c: F Scotney b: D Robertson 17 63 3 0 26.98
Jack Downs (13) b: P Scotney 4 6 1 0 66.66
Clyde Askwith (13) c: G Arnott b: I Chesser 13 24 1 0 54.16
Wayne Askwith (c) b: I Chesser 14 18 3 0 77.77
Charlie Greenwood (wk) (13) not out 24* 47 1 0 51.06
Zac Jackman (13) b: L Merlo 14 24 2 0 58.33
Josh Jackman b: P Weinstein 1 3 0 0 33.33
Stephen Horn b: L Merlo 1 4 0 0 25.00
Nick Allison not out 1* 4 0 0 25.00
Extras (b 6, lb 1, w 16, nb 11, pen 0) 34
Total 35 Ov (RR 4.00) 140/9
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tom Thorne), 2-30 (Baylan Lawler), 3-41 (Jack Downs), 4-72 (Clyde Askwith), 5-72 (Ocea Goeby), 6-88 (Wayne Askwith), 7-118 (Zac Jackman), 8-121 (Josh Jackman), 9-124 (Stephen Horn)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Caleb Schriever (16) 3 0 8 0 2.66 2 5
Ethan Arnott (15) 4 1 16 2 4.00 0 0
Patrick Weinstein 7 0 31 1 4.42 7 2
Pierre Scotney (19) 3 0 28 1 9.33 3 3
Jake Pulcifer (15) 4 1 10 0 2.50 1 0
Daniel Robertson 5 2 15 1 3.00 1 0
Ian Chesser 5 1 8 2 1.60 1 1
Lucas Merlo 4 0 17 2 4.25 1 0

Lower Plenty 5th XI

Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Lower Plenty 5th XI 142 (31.3 ov) 4.51 14 4 15 Lucas Merlo 51*
Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI 140/9 (35 ov) 4.00 14 0 34 Charlie Greenwood 24*

Partnerships · Lower Plenty 5th XI

  • 1st wkt 6
  • 2nd wkt 46
  • 3rd wkt 5
  • 4th wkt 16
  • 5th wkt 7
  • 6th wkt 0
  • 7th wkt 36
  • 8th wkt 0
  • 9th wkt 21
  • 10th wkt 5

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Research Eltham Collegians 5th XI

  • 1st wkt 5
  • 2nd wkt 25
  • 3rd wkt 11
  • 4th wkt 31
  • 5th wkt 0
  • 6th wkt 16
  • 7th wkt 30
  • 8th wkt 3
  • 9th wkt 3
  • 10th wkt 16*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.