[img_assist|fid=8|thumb=1|alt=Bob and Thom after their mighty partnership]

It was particularly apt on Father’s Day that Bob and Thom Trott grabbed the headlines in this stunning win for Wellington’s Sunday XI as they added an unbroken 184 runs for the second wicket in making personal club bests with the bat in terms of returning 84no and 101no respectively. No praise is too high for the way that they batted as they punched into the gaps well and hit the wayward ball for four. Trott jnr hit 13 fours in his maiden century and Trott snr was not that far behind with nine boundaries to his credit.

Bagborough – from Division Three of the Somerset League – had no answer to this monumental effort whose foundations had been laid after David Derrick had opted to put the visitors into bat.
Adrian Lee removed Hooper with the score on 13, but then Clarke with 50 and Minchin with 23 added 76 for the second wicket as Wellington rather went into auto-pilot mode in the field.

It took a good catch from Adrian Lee at short fine-leg off of Bob Trott to break the stand. Trott took 2-35 in 11 tidy overs of off-spin with son Thom obliging to remove dangerman Clarke.
Kevin Symons – making a welcome return to Sunday cricket – pounded away for 11 overs, taking 1-43 as Bob Trott accepted a rising chance at second slip.

Adrian Lee returned late on to end up with 4-45 in 11 overs and Chris Kitto found a breakthrough as Sam Cook stumped Bagborough skipper Martin. Cook kept well on his return to the side as Bagborough totalled 189-8 at tea.

Wellington lost Kevin Crout with the score at seven, but the Trott act then came on and added a massive stand that was a testament to Bob and Thom’s powers of resolve and application as well as sheer ability – congratulations to them both.

Despite their large stand this is not a club record as the unbroken 202 runs added by Mark Salter and James Clist against Cutcombe in 1993 still constitutes the club’s highest friendly second wicket stand, but this is a small detail!!