Monthly Archives: August 2009

Ilton 250-8 Wellington 211

Wellington are faced with a one match season scenario following this 39 run defeat at champions elect Ilton last weekend in Division One of the Somerset League when they collected eighteen points, but with Temple Cloud and Staplegrove both recording big wins Wellington find themselves in ninth spot with one round of matches left. Wellington entertain North Petherton, Temple Cloud visit Ilton and Staplegrove visit North Newton, so meaning the Red and Blacks need 35 points and for them to

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Taunton Deane Sunday XI 235-8 Wellington Sunday XI 227

Wellington narrowly lost out to WEPL Premier Two side Taunton Deane at home last Sunday in an entertaining match when the visitors just had enough to hang on by eight runs. Taunton Deane opted to bat on winning the toss and Wellington found this to their liking as Adrian Lee and Jake Nicol got good purchase in their opening spell as the ball swung well in the cloudy conditions with Lee taking 2-17 in 7 good overs and Nicol 2-25 in five.

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Frome 2nd XI v Wellington 2nd XI

Due to operational and logistical concerns Wellington were forced to concede their Somerset League Reserves Competition Division One match at Frome last weekend. With a combination of factors seeing that players had other commitments on the same day and the knock-on effect of this a decision was taken midweek to have to concede the match, despite all avenues to resolve having been explored. The effect of this is that the team loses thirty points and with it is relegated to

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Wellington 167-9 Temple Cloud 117

Wellington won when it mattered most and this fine fifty run win over Temple Cloud in Division One of the Somerset League raised the Red and Blacks two places to seventh in the table and they now have their destiny in their own hands with two matches to go. The side hold a fifteen point advantage over Staplegrove and a three point one over Temple Cloud and a visit to champions-elect Ilton and a home match with North Petherton are

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2nd XI v Frome 2nd XI (a) – Saturday 15th August

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THIS MATCH It is with regret that – following discussions with the Chairman and others – it has been decided that we will not be able to fulfil this match in Division One of the Somerset League’s Reserves Competition for operational and logistical reasons. Through a number of senior players all having other commitments on the day it has not been possible to find someone to run the side on the day and this situation also

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Wellington Midweek XI 123-7 Berkhamsted 67-9

Wellington Midweek XI closed their 2009 season with a 56 run win over Hertfordshire touring side Berkhamsted last Monday evening in a match that saw the Club’s first hat-trick of the campaign. Steve Symons opted to bat first and saw Marc Holloway and James Dyke get 14 on the board first up before Aks Latifi launched some big shots on his way to 23 before he was run out with the score on 47, another wicket was lost on the

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Butleigh Sunday XI 191 Wellington Sunday XI 166

Wellington Sunday XI threw away a great position to win their friendly match at WEPL (Somerset Division) side Butleigh last weekend when a position of some dominance was blown away by some incisive bowling in the last ten overs by the home side. David Derrick won the toss and asked the home side to bat first and although Rowan Varkevisser and George Hooper bowled well Durston and Ballack got away to a good 56 run opening spell, but Varkevisser struck

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Wellington 2nd XI 156 Wembdon 2nd XI 121

Wellington 2nd XI won for the first time in two months and thus completed the double over their Wembdon counterparts in the process in Division One of the Somerset League’s Reserves competition. Wellington were put into bat for the fourth successive match and were given a three figure opening stand by Trevor Brooks with 38 and Rob Moysey with 49 as they added 102 in 24 overs as they mixed accrual of singles and twos with boundaries when possible, but

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