Wellington thrashed a hapless Peasedown St John side in Division One of the Somerset League last Saturday by eight wickets in a match that was done and dusted by 4.15pm.
Peasedown, who prop up the division and are now without a win from the fifteen matches they have actually played so far this season (one match cancelled due to rain)having lost the lot, were asked to bat by Rob Moysey who had no hesitation whatsoever in taking first use of a pitch that looked good to bowl on and so it proved as Thom Trott and Kevin Symons dismantled the Bath based side in 21.5 overs of top quality seam bowling.
Trott took 7-27 in 11 overs and Symons was unplayable to the tune of 3-9 in 10.5 overs as PSJ simply did not have the technique to cope with the only bowlers that Wellington had to employ on the day.
Only Wilkinson with 19 made it into double figures.
Excellent catching aided and abetted Trott and Symons and five catches behind the wicket for Tom Carson was the highlight – this equals Simon Rudd’s club record for the most dismissals by a single player in a match for the Red and Blacks – Rudd took five catches as an outfielder against Chew Magna in 1999.
PSJ’s 38 was the third lowest total ever made against Wellington 1st XI at league level

Tea was not ready at the end of the PSJ innings and Rob Moysey and Mark Salter got things going for Wellington, but both fell to PSJ’s Indian import Sil and this denied Wellington full points.
Alex Sparks and Julian Smit saw the game to a conclusion and Wellington to 34 points to PSJ’s three.

If they lose one more match then PSJ will have equalled Kilve’s 2003 ‘record’ of losing sixteen matches in a SCL season, should they lose at home to both Evercreech and Staplegrove then they will have surely recorded the worst season in SCL history.

Wellington have a tough match at home to Ilton over the Bank Holiday weekend and have gone down one place due to Ilton having won their back match with Wembdon last Sunday – a match that was postponed due to the Football World Cup. If Wellington wish to claim third place from Ilton they will need to win this and probably their last match at Butleigh on Saturday 2nd September.

The ball for this match was kindly sponsored by Misterton Garage (01460 72997) and the club are very grateful to them for their support in this respect.