A mixed side travelled to Tiverton Heathcoat on the Saturday and came away with a well deserved seven wicket win over the former Devon League Premier Division side.Indeed this was the first time that this game had been played fully since it reverted to being a Saturday game in 2000, so poor had the weather in the intervening four years been.

Mark Salter opted to ask the home side to bat first on a pitch that was a little tacky, still showing the effects of the heavy rain that had fallen during the previous week.Heathcoat started solidly if unspectacularly as Cridland and Pengelly saw off the first seven overs without any alarms, but Adrian Lee prized open this partnership with what was his 100th wicket for Wellington as he got through Cridland’s defence. Lee later added a smart caught and bowled chance to end with the commendable figures of 2-6 in 5 overs.

Roy Hutchings opened his account for the season with a solid seven over spell that cost only 18 runs, a good James Dyke catch gave Hutchings his reward.
Simon Rudd served up a bag of tricks in his four over burst and gave the Heathcoat line up plenty to think about.
It was very pleasing to Guy Murray turning out for the senior side and adding to the promise he showed last season.
He delivered a useful seven over spell and, after his first over had cost 11, his next six went for only nine – a splendid effort.

Wellington’s spin triplet of Paul Short, Bob Trott and Rob Moysey spun the home side out as they collapsed from 80-5 to 91 all out, following the dismissal of Head for a painstaking 25.
Short took 2-6, Trott 3-17 and Moysey 2-7 as Wellington had a good day in the field.

A fifty run opening partnership was posted by Mark Salter (38) and Rob Moysey (23). Salter was in particularly good form as he pulled and cut to six fours in his 61 ball knock with Moysey helping himself to 3 boundaries.

Wellington lost two wickets for one run in the 80s, but Stuart Currall lashed 13no in 10 balls and ended the game with a perfectly straight six to give Wellington victory with a ton of time and overs to spare.