Goodrich Cricket Club will face Ruardean Hill in the Forest of Dean Hundred Plate final at Monmouth Sports Ground this Sunday (19 July) at 1pm.
The competition uses the popular 100-ball format, with each side's innings capped at 100 deliveries per team.
The Herefordshire villagers reached the final after a six-wicket win at Aston Ingham.
Jack Lewis (81 not out) and Jack Waldis (4-25) shone for Goodrich in their Plate semi-final last Wednesday.
Angus Bartlett (94) led Aston to 183-6 but Lewis' match-winning knock from just 38 balls, and 55 from Harry Porter swept Goodrich to the target with just four deliveries remaining.
Goodrich—nicknamed the Bison and founded in 1909—are one of the cross-border sides that give this Forest of Dean competition its distinctive border-country character.
Ruardean Hill booked their Plate final berth with a 46-run triumph at Parkend.
The Forest of Dean side has been playing cricket at the highest point of the forest for over 130 years.
Adam Underwood (61), Sam Skelton (44) and Finley Jones (35 not out) propelled Ruardean to 170-3 from their 100 balls.
Parkend skipper Robbie Jones then hit 59, but tight bowling and sharp fielding from Ruardean kept the hosts to 124-7.
Former Marches League champions Monmouth will host Lydney in the Forest Hundred Championship final at 4pm.
Monmouth are three-time double winners of the Marches League and cup, and play their home matches at Chippenham Fields on Blestium Street—a well-established multi-sport venue in the heart of the town.
Monmouth sealed their place in the main final after a 53-run win at neighbouring Penallt & Redbrook last week.
Harry Hughes (32), Ben Lander (26), Matthew Jones (26), Osian Jones (21 not out) and captain Ben Pilot (19) all contributed to lift Monmouth to a challenging 160-5 from their 100 balls.
The impressive Sam Uttley (3-16) was Monmouth's most successful bowler as last year's runners-up restricted Penallt, who once enjoyed a stint in the Marches League, to 107-7 from their 100 deliveries.
Reigning champions Cinderford, one of the Forest's oldest clubs having been founded in 1880, topped the ladder stage this term but crashed to a five-wicket home defeat to Lydney in their semi-final.
After posting 121-7 from 100 balls, Cinderford battled hard but Lydney reached the target with 29 deliveries to spare.
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