From having been top of the pile in Division Two of the Somerset League’s Reserves competition only a month ago they now find themselves seventh and with this division having the unique feature that four teams are relegated the Red and Blacks second string will want to get back to how they were playing in May sooner rather than later.
James Dyke again won the toss and elected to bat, but the collective effort served up was on a parallel with that which unfolded at Chew Magna the week before in that a good looking batting line-up did not deliver and Wellington 2nd XI were soon reeling at 73-7.
Julian Jones had made the highest score amongst those who had batted by this point with 20.
This week, however, there was a kick in the Wellington tail as Phil Nicholls and Martin Short added 70 runs for the eighth wicket that gave Wellington 2nd XI some real hope for the chance of a decent total to bowl at.
Nicholls lashed 55no with two sixes and Short 34 – both easily their highest Wellington scores. The fun was ended when Short was run out. Nicholls and Ben Green added 12 more runs before the end of the Wellington innings and 155-8 represented a fine recovery by Wellington 2nd XI.
For Wembdon 2nd XI R.Pigden with 5-10 in 12 overs had done much of the early damage.

Martin Short got in on the act early by removing Powell and at 16-1 Wellington had made the initial breakthrough, but Wembdon skipper S.Pigden and Hughes consolidated and a series of solid contributions down the spine of the batting order did the job for Wembdon 2nd XI.
Simon Spalding was again in fine fettle with the ball sending down 12 overs for only 25 runs and claiming 3 wickets in the process.
S.Pigden played the innings that glued his side’s innings together and he was the last Wembdon wicket to fall with five needed by the home side and these runs came with 9.4 overs to spare.

Wembdon 2nd XI took 33 points to Wellington 2nd XI’s 13.

The team now have two very important matches at home against teams lying very close to them as Taunton 3rd XI and Ilton 2nd XI come calling, recording a couple of wins is imperative.