Butleigh opted to take first knock on a green wicket and were aided by some wayward Wellington bowling as 16 wides were delivered – this had a major effect on the outcome of the game as it turned out.
Thom Trott removed Gibbs for a duck that took 23 balls and 42 minutes to ‘compile’ to make the first breakthrough.
Smith looked like he meant business before John Paine got him with one that never really got up and he was LBW for 10.
Metcalfe joined Price and they looked set before Price was run out on a misfield and he had gone for 42.
Paul Short and Richard Das Neves had joined the attack by now and in combination they reduced Butleigh to 125-6 and Wellington were looking on top, but Shepperd and Durston added 47 for the seventh wicket in a stand that really dented Wellington’s confidence.
Kevin Symons eventually broke the stand, but the damage had been done you felt.
Thom Trott returned to the attack and ended up with 2-26 in 11 overs and Symons 1-45 in 11 as Butleigh closed on 191-8 in 45 overs at tea.

Rob Moysey and Mark Salter added a patient 46 runs at the top of the Wellington order as they saw off the initial burst from Hicks and Say.

But the introduction of the teasing left-arm spin of Shepperd had Wellington in a spin as the score dipped to 53-3.
Thom Trott made a pleasant knock of 24 that saw him hit over the top very well indeed, but Shepperd snared him too, well caught by Metcalfe on the boundary.
At 103-6 Wellington were in a spot of bother, but Marc Holloway was a man for the moment and he crafted an excellent 54no in 76 balls that held things together for the Red and Blacks.
Alec Short added 45 with Holloway and this raised Wellington’s score nicely, but they were never truly in danger of overhauling the 192 needed to win.
Short was run out as too was his elder brother Richard as Wellington chased quick runs and it was left to Holloway and Sam Cook to see time out for Wellington who made it to 166-8 in their 45 overs and sixteen points to Butleigh’s 32.
A record of only one home defeat coupled with only one away win sees that Wellington will finish fifth in Division One of the Somerset League this season. The away record needs to be improved on for next season and if it can then the team could really be in the hunt for honours.