On a damp pitch, but in hot conditions Stogumber won the toss and asked Wellington to bat first and Paul Short and Alex Sparks reacted to this by adding 54 in 10 overs first up as their opening bowlers were all over the shop with a mixed bag of no balls, wides, half volleys and long hops that were despatched; Short was trapped LBW by C.Weetch to end the stand for 21.

Charlie Davies played a mature knock that guided the Wellington innings to the near 200 run value it was finally worth; he worked the ball around the large playing area for 39 excellent runs – Aks Latifi with a powerful 20 saw Wellington towards 150, but a flurry of wickets from Rexworthy (5-46 in 12 overs) reduced Wellington to 166-8 and they were in trouble of not seeing their overs through, but Rob Moysey – back after a month out with a finger injury – made 20no and Ali Bunce’s 11 saw 30 ninth wicket runs added and this just pepped up Wellington’s final total that was 198-9 at tea.

Stogumber were one down for no score as early as the seventh ball of their innings as George Hooper got C.Weetch to chip one to Max Capaldi at mid off.

Watts and Stogumber skipper J.Weetch replied to this matter by adding 67 for the visitors second wicket as both played well and made 29 apiece; they gave Wellington cause for some concern as they played both seam and spin well, but through consistently applying pressure Wellington got them both as Rob Moysey spun them both out.

Gilbert with 45 threatened to do the job one handed and Wellington were always nervous bearing in mind their defeat at Stogumber back in May, but the second spell from skipper Paul Short removed any doubts of an away win as he took 5-40 all told in 11.5 overs with four LBW shouts going his way to show how accurately he bowled.

Ali Bunce with 2-26 in 10 overs was also an important cog in the Wellington attack and the job was done with one ball left and brought Wellington 34 points to Stogumber’s 17 and they now fall into the relegation zone.

Wellington visit bottom side North Perrott this weekend and they are well adrift of safety and nothing less than 35 points is on the menu.