Wellington gave as good as they got in the quarter finals of the Baker Cup at Taunton Deane last Monday evening, but the WEPL Premier One side got over the line by six wickets with nine balls to spare in what was a good game of cup cricket. Paul Short opted to bat first and it was he and Michael Gill who added 72 for Wellington’s opening wicket in 12 overs – using the fielding restrictions they ran the ball around
Wellington Sunday XI made it three wins in three in Division B of the Taunton and District Sunday League by completing the double over Somerset League Division Three side North Curry at home last weekend by winning this match by 27 runs and taking 24 points overall. Paul Short opted to bat first on another good looking track and Wellington were dealt a blow early on as James Bath was forced to retire hurt with a hand injury in the
Wellington 2nd XI continued their unbeaten start to the 2010 season in Division Two of the Somerset League’s Reserves Competition when they returned from another long away trip with full points and have now won as many as they did in the whole of last season already and have dropped only one point in the process. Temple Cloud opted to bat first and did not really use this to their advantage as their innings subsided to 126 all out in 35.2
Wellington lost for the first time in Division One of the Somerset League this season when they went down by just eighteen runs at home to old rivals Westlands last weekend as a peach of a batting track produced well over 500 runs in the day. Westlands opted to bat first and through Davis and Harper they showed what a good track it was as they added 59 opening wicket runs for the Yeovil side – this was broken when
Paul Short (Capt), Mark Salter, James Bath, Neil Hendy, Rob Moysey, Michael Gill, Adrian Lee, Tom Baycock, Alex Sparks, Max Capaldi and Aks Latifi (Wkt). Meet at Pavilion at 12.35pm for a 1.45pm start. Contact Paul Short for details.
Kian Gardner, Brad Rowlandson, Callum Vernon, Jacob Evans, Tom Doyle, Joe Fox, Sam Ogilvy and Jake Haskell. Meet at Courtland Road Car Park at 5.00pm. Contact Mark Salter for details.
Division B P W L Pts Wellington 2 2 0 48 Taunton St Andrews 1 1 0 25 North Petherton 2 0 2 23 North Curry 1 0 1 13 North Newton 0 0 0 0
Division A P W L Pts Bridgwater 2 1 1 35 Chard 2 1 1 31 Street 2 1 1 30 Wembdon 2 1 1 27 Minehead 0 0 0 0
Wellington Sunday XI added to the good start to the season the Club is enjoying in 2010 with a second win in two matches in Division B of the Taunton and District Sunday League at home last weekend when they beat North Petherton by 43 runs to secure a full 25 points from the game. A quirk of the fixture list saw that Petherton played at Wellington twice in 24 hours with the respective 1st XIs having played the
Wellington are the only unbeaten side in Division One of the Somerset League following their third win in a row when they despatched North Petherton by a margin of 39 runs at home last weekend to collect 33 points and set up a 19 point gap over Taunton Outcasts. Paul Short opted to bat first and it was he and Michael Gill who added a fine 71 run opening stand for Wellington’s first wicket as the pair latched on to some