Result · Finals Round 1 · O55 National Masters Cricket Championship Division 1 · 2025/26 · Thu 20 Nov 2025 · Recreation Ground, BUNBURY
ACT 130 (31.1 ov)
WA Black Swans 209/8 (40 ov)
WA Black Swans won by 79 runs
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Match report

WA Black Swans made 209/8 (40 ov) and defended it, holding ACT to 130 (31.1 ov) to win by 79 runs. For the winners, Guy Thompson top-scored with 34 off 42 and Scott Fulcher took 5/28 from 7.1 overs. For ACT, Paul Bennett top-scored with 48 off 57 and Stephen Grimmett took 3/27 from 8 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Scott Fulcher
WA Black Swans · 30* (23) & 5/28

Top performers

ACT
🏏 Paul Bennett 48 (57)
🏏 Jamie Bennett 13 (17)
🎯 Stephen Grimmett 3/27 (8)
🎯 Miles McCann 2/21 (7)
WA Black Swans
🏏 Guy Thompson 34 (42)
🏏 Scott Fulcher 30* (23)
🎯 Scott Fulcher 5/28 (7.1)
🎯 Robert Diodato 2/35 (8)
WA Black Swans · 1st Innings - WA Black Swans 209/8 (40 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Rob Gray lbw: M McCann 22 48 4 0 45.83
Phil Hayman c: P Bennett b: S Grimmett 19 28 3 0 67.85
John Kuljis st: J Shepherd b: S Grimmett 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mark Hindle b: S Grimmett 17 24 2 0 70.83
Robert Diodato b: A Jalil 7 12 1 0 58.33
Ferdie Penheiro b: M McCann 7 28 0 0 25.00
Guy Thompson lbw: M Frost 34 42 2 1 80.95
Troy Short c&b: M Frost 26 21 4 0 123.80
Scott Fulcher not out 30* 23 3 0 130.43
Stephen Gollan not out 15* 15 1 0 100.00
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 25, nb 1, pen 0) 32
Total 40 Ov (RR 5.23) 209/8
Did not bat: Everard Murray, Domenic Crognale (17)
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Phil Hayman), 2-51 (John Kuljis), 3-70 (Mark Hindle), 4-77 (Rob Gray), 5-91 (Robert Diodato), 6-119 (Ferdie Penheiro), 7-160 (Troy Short), 8-161 (Guy Thompson)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Stephen Grimmett 8 1 27 3 3.37 4 0
Wal Murdoch 8 1 47 0 5.87 12 1
Ahsan Jalil 6 0 36 1 6.00 6 0
Miles McCann 7 0 21 2 3.00 3 0
Michael Frost 6 0 28 2 4.66 0 0
Simon Mann 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0
Paul Bennett 4 0 33 0 8.25 0 0
ACT · 1st Innings - ACT 130 (31.1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Michael Frost (c) c: R Diodato b: M Hindle 1 2 0 0 50.00
Wal Murdoch (vc) b: S Gollan 10 15 0 0 66.66
Paul Bennett c: M Hindle b: S Fulcher 48 57 8 0 84.21
Jamie Bennett b: T Short 13 17 1 1 76.47
Stephen Taylor c: F Penheiro b: S Fulcher 11 31 1 0 35.48
Boris Teodorowych (16) c: D Crognale b: S Fulcher 12 19 1 0 63.15
Peter Lee c: G Thompson b: S Fulcher 9 17 1 0 52.94
John Shepherd (vc, wk) c&b: R Diodato 0 7 0 0 0.00
Simon Mann c: M Hindle b: R Diodato 8 12 1 0 66.66
Ahsan Jalil c: S Gollan b: S Fulcher 6 9 1 0 66.66
Miles McCann not out 0* 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 10, nb 0, pen 0) 12
Total 31.1 Ov (RR 4.17) 130
Did not bat: Stephen Grimmett
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Michael Frost), 2-23 (Wal Murdoch), 3-43 (Jamie Bennett), 4-91 (Stephen Taylor), 5-94 (Paul Bennett), 6-113 (Peter Lee), 7-114 (Boris Teodorowych), 8-114 (John Shepherd), 9-130 (Simon Mann), 10-130 (Ahsan Jalil)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Stephen Gollan 8 1 25 1 3.12 0 0
Mark Hindle 2 0 9 1 4.50 0 0
Troy Short 6 0 31 1 5.16 6 0
Robert Diodato 8 0 35 2 4.37 2 0
Scott Fulcher 7.1 2 28 5 3.90 2 0

ACT

WA Black Swans

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
WA Black Swans 209/8 (40 ov) 5.23 20 1 32 Guy Thompson 34
ACT 130 (31.1 ov) 4.17 14 1 12 Paul Bennett 48

Partnerships · WA Black Swans

  • 1st wkt 41
  • 2nd wkt 10
  • 3rd wkt 19
  • 4th wkt 7
  • 5th wkt 14
  • 6th wkt 28
  • 7th wkt 41
  • 8th wkt 1
  • 9th wkt 48*

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

Partnerships · ACT

  • 1st wkt 3
  • 2nd wkt 20
  • 3rd wkt 20
  • 4th wkt 48
  • 5th wkt 3
  • 6th wkt 19
  • 7th wkt 1
  • 8th wkt 0
  • 9th wkt 16
  • 10th wkt 0

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