On winning the toss Wellington elected to bat first and through a new opening partnership comprising of Mark Salter and Rupert Green they forged a stand in the twenties of runs before Green was removed for six.
Salter was cutting and pulling the ball well and had advance to 22 before getting an LBW shout go against him.
Richard das Neves amassed 13 in 17 balls and was looking in good touch before a direct throw from Phil Parsons saw him short of his ground and Staplegrove had a gift of a wicket. At 51-4 Wellington were looking down the barrel somewhat.
Stuart Currall, with his best innings of the season so far, and skipper Rob Moysey righted the Wellington innings with a fifth wicket stand of 81 that gave hope of a real total to bowl at.
Currall worked the ball around well and had totalled 40 by the end of his knock. Moysey made a more than useful 45, but one wicket brought two and Wellington had to build again on the departure of this pair.
Mark Saunders injected good late tempo into the Wellington innings and with 30no in 15 balls he ensured that Wellington had something to bowl at.

Wellington reduced Staplegrove to 56-3 with Kevin Symons bowling delightfully in his role as opening seamer with John Paine.
He delivered 12 overs for minimum cost and got rid of Dave Penny for only 11, ensuring that he had no chance of repeating his 157no in this fixture last August.
But this was to be Wellington’s last real look-in in this match as Rowley Craddock (97no) and John Hodge (34no) held firm and swept their side to a massive seven wicket victory with time to spare. Both these batsmen gave little in the way of chances and ultimately took the game away from Wellington.
Staplegrove took 32 points and Wellington 11, thus leaving the Red and Blacks one off the bottom of Somerset League Division One and looking forward to a visit from bottom side Evercreech this Saturday, neither side has won so far this season so something has to give, Wellington just hope it is in their favour.