Result · Grand Final · Kookaburra Men's Premier Firsts · 2022/23 · Fri 31 Mar 2023 · Windy Hill, ESSENDON
Melbourne 236 (105.5 ov) & 151/3 (50 ov)
Carlton 184 (67.4 ov) & 207/7d (30 ov)
Melbourne won
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Match report

Melbourne beat Carlton. For the winners, Blake Thomson made a half-century (60 off 129) and KIERAN ELLIOTT took 4/74 from 20.4 overs. For Carlton, Mackenzie Harvey hit a century (106 off 86) and Cameron Stevenson took 4/72 from 30.5 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
KIERAN ELLIOTT (26)
Melbourne · 18 (57) & 7/169

Top performers

Melbourne
🏏 Blake Thomson (25) 67 (158)
🏏 Sam Harper (26) 58 (106)
🎯 KIERAN ELLIOTT (26) 7/169 (35.4)
🎯 Fergus O'Neill (22) 4/107 (31)
Carlton
🏏 Mackenzie Harvey (22) 107 (99)
🏏 Nicholas Ross (31) 70 (107)
🎯 Cameron Stevenson (30) 4/104 (45.5)
🎯 Eddy O'Sullivan 3/34 (22)
Carlton · 1st Innings - Carlton 184 (67.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Mackenzie Harvey (22) c: B Thomson b: K Elliott 1 13 0 0 7.00
Tom Smyth (30) c: J Harper b: F O'Neill 6 29 1 0 20.00
Harrison Smyth (28) c: S Harper b: K Elliott 24 88 2 0 27.00
Nicholas Ross (31) c: B Thomson b: J Prestwidge 68 102 9 0 66.00
Evan Gulbis (c) (37) c: C Lill b: F O'Neill 2 8 0 0 25.00
Jai Lemire (wk) (19) lbw: J Prestwidge 17 46 4 0 36.00
Connor Rutland (22) c: S Harper b: G Hannah 4 8 1 0 50.00
Xavier Crone (25) c: J Harper b: K Elliott 0 22 0 0 0.00
Mac Short (31) not out 40* 53 5 1 75.00
Cameron Stevenson (30) lbw: F O'Neill 7 31 1 0 22.00
Eddy O'Sullivan c: S Harper b: K Elliott 9 9 2 0 100.00
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 3, pen 0) 6
Total 67.4 Ov (RR 2.72) 184
Did not bat: Kavisan Thavarajah (24)
Fall of wickets: 3-85 (Harrison Smyth), 5-118 (Nicholas Ross)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Fergus O'Neill (22) 23 5 53 3 2.30 0 3
KIERAN ELLIOTT (26) 20.4 4 74 4 3.63 0 0
Glenn Hannah (26) 10 6 25 1 2.50 0 0
Jack Prestwidge (27) 11 5 15 2 1.36 0 0
Kyle Williamson 3 0 14 0 4.67 0 0
Melbourne · 1st Innings - Melbourne 236 (105.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Blake Thomson (c) (25) c: J Lemire b: C Stevenson 7 29 1 0 24.00
Charles Lill (27) lbw: X Crone 4 30 0 0 13.00
Zane Keighran (21) b: C Stevenson 4 7 1 0 57.00
Will Pucovski (25) c: J Lemire b: E Gulbis 2 7 0 0 28.00
Sam Harper (wk) (26) c: M Harvey b: E O'Sullivan 56 92 7 0 60.00
Jack Harper (28) c: C Rutland b: C Stevenson 56 156 6 0 35.00
Jack Prestwidge (27) st: J Lemire b: T Smyth 34 111 2 0 30.00
Fergus O'Neill (22) c: M Short b: X Crone 25 19 2 1 131.00
KIERAN ELLIOTT (26) lbw: T Smyth 18 57 3 0 31.00
Kyle Williamson b: C Stevenson 15 84 2 0 17.00
Glenn Hannah (26) not out 5* 43 1 0 11.00
Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 0, pen 0) 10
Total 105.5 Ov (RR 2.23) 236
Did not bat: Darcy Munro (19)
Fall of wickets: 5-99 (Sam Harper), 6-160 (Jack Harper), 7-190 (Fergus O'Neill)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Xavier Crone (25) 28 11 63 2 2.25 1 0
Cameron Stevenson (30) 30.5 5 72 4 2.36 0 0
Evan Gulbis (37) 24 6 55 1 2.29 0 0
Eddy O'Sullivan 14 4 20 1 1.43 0 0
Connor Rutland (22) 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
Tom Smyth (30) 7 5 9 2 1.29 0 0
Carlton · 2nd Innings - Carlton 207/7d (30 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Evan Gulbis (c) (37) c: Z Keighran b: K Elliott 12 8 0 1 150.00
Mackenzie Harvey (22) c: S Harper b: G Hannah 106 86 7 0 123.00
Jai Lemire (wk) (19) c: S Harper b: K Elliott 24 30 1 0 80.00
Nicholas Ross (31) c: W Pucovski b: F O'Neill 2 5 0 0 40.00
Tom Smyth (30) run out (D Munro) 27 27 0 1 100.00
Connor Rutland (22) lbw: G Hannah 0 1 0 0 0.00
Harrison Smyth (28) not out 21* 22 0 0 95.00
Mac Short (31) c: C Lill b: K Elliott 2 3 0 0 66.00
Xavier Crone (25) not out 4* 1 1 0 400.00
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 2, nb 3, pen 0) 9
Total 30 Ov (RR 6.90) 207/7d
Did not bat: Cameron Stevenson (30), Eddy O'Sullivan, Kavisan Thavarajah (24)
Fall of wickets: 2-78 (Jai Lemire), 4-135 (Tom Smyth)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Fergus O'Neill (22) 8 0 54 1 6.75 1 2
KIERAN ELLIOTT (26) 15 0 95 3 6.33 1 0
Kyle Williamson 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
Glenn Hannah (26) 5 0 37 2 7.40 0 1
Melbourne · 2nd Innings - Melbourne 151/3 (50 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Blake Thomson (c) (25) c: M Harvey b: E O'Sullivan 60 129 7 0 46.00
Charles Lill (27) c: E O'Sullivan b: X Crone 41 106 6 1 38.00
Zane Keighran (21) c: M Harvey b: E O'Sullivan 26 23 3 1 113.00
Will Pucovski (25) not out 15* 29 2 0 51.00
Sam Harper (wk) (26) not out 2* 14 0 0 14.00
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 2, nb 1, pen 0) 7
Total 50 Ov (RR 3.02) 151/3
Did not bat: KIERAN ELLIOTT (26), Fergus O'Neill (22), Glenn Hannah (26), Jack Prestwidge (27), Jack Harper (28), Darcy Munro (19), Kyle Williamson
Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Blake Thomson), 3-142 (Zane Keighran)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Xavier Crone (25) 13 3 55 1 4.23 1 0
Cameron Stevenson (30) 15 7 32 0 2.13 1 1
Evan Gulbis (37) 7 2 27 0 3.86 0 0
Tom Smyth (30) 2 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
Connor Rutland (22) 5 1 18 0 3.60 0 0
Eddy O'Sullivan 8 5 14 2 1.75 0 0

Melbourne

Carlton

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Carlton 184 (67.4 ov) 2.72 25 1 6 Nicholas Ross 68
Melbourne 236 (105.5 ov) 2.23 25 1 10 Sam Harper 56
Carlton 207/7d (30 ov) 6.90 9 2 9 Mackenzie Harvey 106
Melbourne 151/3 (50 ov) 3.02 18 2 7 Blake Thomson 60

Partnerships · Carlton

  • 3rd wkt 85
  • 5th wkt 33

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Partnerships · Melbourne

  • 5th wkt 99
  • 6th wkt 61
  • 7th wkt 30

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Partnerships · Carlton

  • 2nd wkt 78
  • 4th wkt 57
  • 3rd wkt 72*

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Partnerships · Melbourne

  • 1st wkt 104
  • 3rd wkt 38
  • 3rd wkt 9*

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