04/03Result

26th Match, Sheffield Shield at Hobart, Mar 5-7 2026

VictoriaVictoriaVIC
222 & 193
TasmaniaTasmaniaTAS
91 & 254 (83.2 ov)

Victoria won by 70 runs

Player of the Match

Sam HarperVictoria

28dAAP

Perry, O'Neill end Tasmania's Shield final hopes

The home side were promisingly placed on 170 for 2 but suffered a middle order collapse which decided the game

Match Centre

Match Details

Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Series

Sheffield Shield 2025

Toss

Tasmania , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Sam Harper

Season

2025/26

Match days

5,6,7 March 2026 (4-day match)

Umpires

Phillip Gillespie

Troy Penman

Match Referee

Bob Parry

Points

Victoria 7.22, Tasmania 1

Scorecard Summary

Scorer: Manoj UM

83.2

O'Neill to Meredith, OUT,

RP Meredith b O'Neill 14 (38b 1x4 0x6) SR: 36.84

83.1

O'Neill to Meredith, no run,

END OF OVER:
83 | 8 Runs | TAS: 254/9

Gabe Bell11 (7b)
Riley Meredith14 (36b)

Mitchell Perry17-4-45-5
Fergus O'Neill20-5-61-2

82.6

Perry to Bell, FOUR,

82.5

Perry to Bell, no run,

82.4

Perry to Bell, no run,

82.3

Perry to Bell, no run,

Match Coverage

All Match News

Perry, O'Neill end Tasmania's Shield final hopes
The home side were promisingly placed on 170 for 2 but suffered a middle order collapse which decided the game
O'Neill stars with ball and bat but Tasmania bowlers given them a chance
O'Neill took 3 for 17 to bowl Tasmania out for 91 but then made 44 as Victoria folded for 193 with Tasmania finishing 47 for 0 at stumps needing a further 279 to win
Sam Harper shines to put Victoria on top on 14-wicket day
Harper continued his stunning form making 93 as Victoria posted 222, with Meredith taking 4 for 53, before Tasmania slumped to 52 for 4

Tasmania INNINGS		R	B
M Wright	caught wk	16	58
CP Jewell	caught wk	47	106
TP Ward	caught	66	116
CA Wakim	caught	32	59
JC Silk	caught	5	19
BJ Webster	caught wk	37	82
JR Doran	caught wk	0	2
MP Kuhnemann	bowled	0	6
JM Bird	caught	9	8
RP Meredith	bowled	14	38
GT Bell	not out	11	7
EXTRAS	(b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 1)
TOTAL	254 (all out; 83.2 ovs)

Victoria BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
F O'Neill	20.2	5	61	3	3
M Perry	17.0	4	45	5	2.64
W Sutherland	18.0	2	39	2	2.16	(1w)
SM Elliott	13.0	0	63	0	4.84	(1nb)
T Murphy	15.0	1	31	0	2.06

Tasmania 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	49	M Wright	CP Jewell
2nd	68	CP Jewell	TP Ward
3rd	53	CA Wakim	TP Ward
4th	6	JC Silk	TP Ward
5th	18	BJ Webster	JC Silk
6th	0	BJ Webster	JR Doran
7th	2	BJ Webster	MP Kuhnemann
8th	10	JM Bird	BJ Webster
9th	34	BJ Webster	RP Meredith
10th	14	GT Bell	RP Meredith

Sheffield Shield

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
VIC	10	7	2	1	60.86
SOA	10	4	2	4	44.81
QLD	10	3	4	3	37.38
TAS	10	4	4	2	36.23
NSW	10	2	4	4	31.54
WA	10	1	5	4	22.15

Bellerive Oval, Hobart

Series

Toss

Player Of The Match

Season

Match days

Umpires

Match Referee

Points

VICTORIA 222(64.5 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

TASMANIA 91(43.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS

VICTORIA 193(52.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

TASMANIA 254(83.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:83 | 8 Runs | TAS: 254/9

Perry, O'Neill end Tasmania's Shield final hopes

O'Neill stars with ball and bat but Tasmania bowlers given them a chance

Sam Harper shines to put Victoria on top on 14-wicket day

VICTORIA 222(64.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

TASMANIA 91(43.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

VICTORIA 193(52.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

TASMANIA 254(83.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

END OF OVER:
83 | 8 Runs | TAS: 254/9