Result · Round 13 · 04. Ballarat Groundworks Championship Division 2 · 2025/26 · Sat 14 Feb 2026 · Ballarat High School, BALLARAT WEST
VRI Delacombe 1st XI 174/4d (44 ov)
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI 113 (72.2 ov) & 72/2 (32 ov)
VRI Delacombe 1st XI won by 6 wickets
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Match report

VRI Delacombe 1st XI beat Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI by 6 wickets. For the winners, Gavan Hicks made a half-century (79 off 79) and Jeromy Johnston took 3/5 from 11 overs. For Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI, Robert Mosby top-scored with 28 off 71 and Matthew Messemaker took 2/34 from 9 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Jeromy Johnston
VRI Delacombe 1st XI · 45* (100) & 3/5

Top performers

VRI Delacombe 1st XI
🏏 Gavan Hicks 79 (79)
🏏 Jeromy Johnston 45* (100)
🎯 Jeromy Johnston 3/5 (11)
🎯 James Nichols 3/24 (14.2)
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI
🏏 Thomas Addison 42 (157)
🏏 Lachlan Storey 29 (153)
🎯 Matthew Messemaker 2/34 (9)
🎯 Thomas Addison 1/25 (3)
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI · 1st Innings - Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI 113 (72.2 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Jye-leigh Drinkwater c: R Isbister b: J Johnston 4 55 0 0 7.27
Lachlan Storey (vc) b: L Attard 9 63 1 0 14.28
Thomas Addison (c) c: R Isbister b: L Attard 20 101 2 0 19.80
Dwayne Hiscock (vc) (40) c: L Attard b: J Smyth 13 49 1 0 26.53
Zac Hunter (26) lbw: J Johnston 0 13 0 0 0.00
Matthew Clark c: A Hari b: J Johnston 0 2 0 0 0.00
Robert Mosby (wk) b: J Smyth 28 71 4 0 39.43
Matthew Messemaker b: L Attard 2 11 0 0 18.18
Garry Curtis not out 17* 64 1 0 26.56
Bradley House b: J Nichols 0 4 0 0 0.00
Marcus Elliott c: G Hicks b: J Nichols 5 5 1 0 100.00
Extras (b 8, lb 1, w 2, nb 4, pen 0) 15
Total 72.2 Ov (RR 1.56) 113
Did not bat: Kolby Haley (15)
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Jye-leigh Drinkwater), 2-20 (Lachlan Storey), 3-52 (Dwayne Hiscock), 4-56 (Zac Hunter), 5-56 (Matthew Clark), 6-58 (Thomas Addison), 7-64 (Matthew Messemaker), 8-106 (Robert Mosby), 9-107 (Bradley House), 10-113 (Marcus Elliott)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jaxon Smyth 10 4 16 2 1.60 1 1
Joshua Ryan 9 1 28 0 3.11 0 1
Jeromy Johnston 11 9 5 3 0.45 0 0
Logan Attard (17) 23 13 20 3 0.86 0 0
Amal Hari (17) 12 4 19 0 1.58 1 2
James Nichols 7.2 2 16 2 2.18 0 0
VRI Delacombe 1st XI · 1st Innings - VRI Delacombe 1st XI 174/4d (44 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Reece Isbister lbw: M Messemaker 7 17 0 0 41.17
Amal Hari (17) b: M Messemaker 0 9 0 0 0.00
Alex Wallis c: M Clark b: T Addison 21 45 3 0 46.66
Gavan Hicks c: R Mosby b: L Storey 79 79 11 2 100.00
Jeromy Johnston not out 45* 100 5 0 45.00
Logan Attard (vc) (17) not out 15* 17 3 0 88.23
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 3, pen 0) 7
Total 44 Ov (RR 3.95) 174/4d
Did not bat: Michael Knight, Matt Paterson, Jaxon Smyth, Joshua Ryan, James Nichols
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Amal Hari), 2-17 (Reece Isbister), 3-84 (Alex Wallis), 4-127 (Gavan Hicks)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Matthew Messemaker 9 0 34 2 3.77 0 1
Bradley House 7 0 27 0 3.85 0 1
Lachlan Storey 11 5 30 1 2.72 1 0
Thomas Addison 3 0 25 1 8.33 0 1
Dwayne Hiscock (40) 10 1 33 0 3.30 0 0
Kolby Haley (15) 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 0
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI · 2nd Innings - Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI 72/2 (32 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Lachlan Storey (vc) c: G Hicks b: A Hari 20 90 3 0 22.22
Jye-leigh Drinkwater lbw: J Nichols 4 22 0 0 18.18
Thomas Addison (c) not out 22* 56 3 0 39.28
Zac Hunter (26) not out 8* 27 1 0 29.62
Extras (b 12, lb 2, w 1, nb 3, pen 0) 18
Total 32 Ov (RR 2.25) 72/2
Did not bat: Robert Mosby, Bradley House, Dwayne Hiscock (40), Garry Curtis, Marcus Elliott, Matthew Clark, Kolby Haley (15), Matthew Messemaker
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Jye-leigh Drinkwater), 2-51 (Lachlan Storey)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jaxon Smyth 4 1 6 0 1.50 0 2
Joshua Ryan 2 1 1 0 0.50 0 1
Logan Attard (17) 7 3 10 0 1.42 0 0
James Nichols 7 5 8 1 1.14 0 0
Alex Wallis 3 0 9 0 3.00 1 0
Matt Paterson 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 0
Amal Hari (17) 6 1 15 1 2.50 0 0

VRI Delacombe 1st XI

Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI 113 (72.2 ov) 1.56 10 0 15 Robert Mosby 28
VRI Delacombe 1st XI 174/4d (44 ov) 3.95 22 2 7 Gavan Hicks 79
Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI 72/2 (32 ov) 2.25 7 0 18 Thomas Addison 22*

Partnerships · Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI

  • 1st wkt 20
  • 2nd wkt 0
  • 3rd wkt 32
  • 4th wkt 4
  • 5th wkt 0
  • 6th wkt 2
  • 7th wkt 6
  • 8th wkt 42
  • 9th wkt 1
  • 10th wkt 6

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

Partnerships · VRI Delacombe 1st XI

  • 1st wkt 3
  • 2nd wkt 14
  • 3rd wkt 67
  • 4th wkt 43
  • 5th wkt 47*

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

Partnerships · Ballarat Fire Brigade 1st XI

  • 1st wkt 14
  • 2nd wkt 37
  • 3rd wkt 21*

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