Wellington Cricket Club

After bowling Peasedown St John out for 38 the week before Wellington were on the receiving end this time as Ilton posted the second highest ever league score conceded by the Red and Blacks first team, just one run short of the all-time record of 276-6 by Bishops Lydeard back in 1993.
Wellington opted to put Ilton into bat and early inroads were made as Thom Trott and Kevin Symons prized out three of the visitors top four, but Wellington were in for a nasty surprise as Mason clubbed 134 from his position at the top of the order.
Aided and abetted by Tarr’s 64 the ball went to all parts and Wellington were struggling to keep up with the tempo that Ilton were batting at.
To their credit Wellington stuck to their task and Julian Smit’s analysis of 12-2-37-1 was outstanding in the circumstances.
There were two wickets apiece for Kevin Symons, Rob Moysey, Gary Tillett and Paul Short.

In all when it came to Wellington’s turn to bat they were not looking at the 276 required to win, but to ensure that they made it to 200 and thus collected a full set of batting points to go with their full haul of bowling points.
This was done with no hassle or fuss as Wellington totalled a more than respectable 220-6 in their 45 overs and thus made sure of 20 points from the match.
Rob Moysey with 38 and Mark Salter with 31 gave their team a solid base to go on from and Matt Colman continued this work by making 23 before he was run out.
Paul Short made a league best of 61 in a knock that was pleasing to watch.
Julian Smit and Mark Saunders ensured that 200 was passed and Smit was at the crease with Kevin Symons when the match came to an end with Wellington having restricted Ilton to only eleven more points out of the game despite their recording a 55 run win.
Wellington are fourth on 417 points and end their season with a trip to relegation haunted Butleigh.
They are the only side who can do the double over Rob Moysey’s charges and they will be keen to avoid conceding such a statistic for the first time in two seasons.

The match ball for this fixture was sponsored by Misterton Garage (01460 72997), the club are most grateful.