The expected rain arrived around 4.00pm as forecast and washed away Wellington 2nd XI’s Somerset League Reserves Competition Division One match at Staplegrove last weekend with the Red and Blacks second string taking a useful twenty points from the game to the host’s sixteen.

Wellington arrived at Manor Road and were greeted with a shower on arrival, but a prompt start was made nonetheless and Wellington were put into bat on losing the toss and found it hard going against a decent home attack early on, but Trevor Brooks and Liam Kubicki held firm and added 55 first wicket runs for Wellington at a rate of 4 an over with the Staplegrove attack been blunted and with dropped catches also occurring this made Wellington more robust.

Kubicki was eventually out for 10 to White (3-20 in 8.3 overs) – he was the pick of the ‘Grove attack.

Trevor Brooks made a capital 82no with 15 fours as he batted for the whole of the 37.3 overs that were possible – with square cuts and pulls been at the forefront of his innings, he played a fine knock.

Richard Short with 52 added 90 for the second wicket with Brooks as the clouds gathered and looked more ominous – this was Short’s maiden league half-century and he too played the cut and pull well as he hit nine fours.

Wellington’s innings went from 153-2 to 162-4 before the rain became too heavy to continue playing in and an early tea was taken, but it carried on pouring down and the two captains shook hands at 5.00pm and the match was formally abandoned as a draw.