As had been the case at Wellington back in May Westlands did not slice through the Wellington line up, but made run scoring very hard for Wellington throughout as 143-6 was the final Red and Blacks second string score after winning the toss and opting to bat.

Julian Jones with 52 top scored for Wellington and had made more than half the runs when he was out with the score on 100; Kevin Crout with 25, Richard Henwood with 25no and Sam Murdock with 17no were the other batting highlights for Wellington.

Higgins with 2-29 in 12 overs demonstrated the nature of the Westlands accurate bowling.

Adrian Lee got rid of Millard in the opening over of the Westlands innings, but that was the sole success that Wellington enjoyed as Hallam with 94no and Ewens with 42no added 147 runs for the second Westlands wicket and took their side to 31 points and so pulled further ahead in the race for the divisional title.

Wellington entertain relegation threatened side North Perrott 2nd XI this weekend and will be looking to do the double.