Wellington Cricket Club

Richard Henwood (Capt), Kevin Crout (Wkt), Trevor Brooks, Mark Salter, Neil Hendy, Charlie Davies, Sam Cook, George Hooper, Adrian Lee, Darren Davis, Aaron Chugg.

Meet at Pavilion at 12.30pm for a 2.00pm start.

Details from Richard Henwood.

Richard Henwood won the toss and asked Frome – who had not played a game previously this season due to the weather – to bat and the home side were shot out for 97 in 40 overs as Wellington controlled things from first to last.

Adrian Lee and Neil Hendy let nothing go as they took 2-23 in 12 overs and 4-17 in 10 overs respectively – Hendy removed Frome skipper Cantrell for a duck; one of three catches for Sam Cook as his accurate medium pace was not mastered by Frome.

Lee was accurate too and he and Hendy formed a formidable opening attack.

They gave way to George Hooper who worked up good pace in taking 2-27 in seven good overs and Richard Henwood with 2-24 in 11 overs was miserly too as no Frome player made over 17.

Wellington’s fielding was top quality with George Hooper, Aaron Chugg and Arron Campbell all doing sterling work for their side.

The game was sealed by a 38 run opening stand that was shared by Trevor Brooks who made 41no and Kevin Crout with 13.

Charlie Davies joined Brooks to take the score to 75 when he was trapped LBW for a good 23 and Neil Hendy completed the job with 10no as Wellington took 35 points from an eight wicket win.

The team take on 1st XI opposition in Kilve next week at home.

Richard Henwood (Capt), Kevin Crout (Wkt), Charlie Davies, Neil Hendy, Trevor Brooks, Sam Cook, George Hooper, Scott Davey, Aaron Chugg, Adrian Lee and Arron Campbell.

Meet at Courtland Road Car Park at 10.45am for a prompt 11.00am leave; match starts at 2.00pm.

Details from Richard Henwood.

Wellington 2nd XI edged home by 33 runs to an opening Somerset League Division Four win last weekend when their first ever points encounter against a first team went their way.

Having been put into bat it was skipper Richard Henwood who top scored for a second week running as he made 27 at the top of the order.

Mark Salter with 20 played a steady hand as did Darren Davis with 15, but the four wickets each for Phillips and S.Bellringer saw that Wellington were despatched for 121 in 41 overs with Neil Hendy’s 19no about to take on a big part in the game.

Adrian Lee was superb with 4-6 in 8 overs as he and Scott Davey (2-38) reduced last season’s Division Five champions to 21-6 and in all sorts of bother although their skipper R.Bellringer with 32 was playing well.

Tom Baycock and Darren Davis dislodged and thus ended a 38 run seventh wicket stand that had brought Fitzhead back into the game – 29 more runs came, but so did the end of Fitzhead’s innings with 17.1 overs left and that they lost by just 33 runs shows that they were close to victory and so this must go down as a fine win for Wellington 2nd XI.

The team face the long trek to Frome this weekend.

Richard Henwood (Capt), Kevin Crout (Wkt), Neil Hendy, Mark Salter, Tom Baycock, Arron Campbell, Darren Davis, Scott Davey, Aaron Chugg, Adrian Lee, Will Hinchcliffe

Meet at Pavilion at 12.30pm for a 2.00pm start.

Wellington 2nd XI will feel they let this Somerset League Division Four match slip away somewhat as they had Wembdon 2nd XI at 16-3 and a big chance to lock down the game having made a good total of their own batting first.

Skipper Richard Henwood carried his bat for a capital 79no with three sixes in it as he was well supported by others; he added 26 first up with Marc Holloway and 24 with Sam Cook to bring up the team’s half century with the telling stands been 54 for the fourth wicket with Tom Baycock (25) and the same for the fifth with George Hooper (29no) as Wellington closed on 174-4 in their 45 overs.

Adrian Lee and George Hooper raced Wellington into the ascendancy in the game as they reduced Wembdon to 16-3 with three of their top four making ducks, but the powerful batting of Trunks with 70no and the steady play of Bingham (43no) saved the day for the home side as they pulled the game back in their favour to win by three wickets and take 29 points to Wellington’s 15.

There are things to work on for Wellington and they will get them in order for the visit of Fitzhead next weekend which is a first for the side as it will be the first time in 40 years competing in the Somerset League that they will have played a Club first team in a league match.

Richard Henwood (Capt), Marc Holloway, Darren Davis, Tom Baycock, Simon Rudd, Will Hinchcliffe, George Hooper, Sam Cook (Wkt), Aaron Chugg, Scott Davey and Adrian Lee.

Depart from Courtland Road Car Park at 12.30pm for a 2.00pm start.

Details from Richard Henwood.

On a cold and breezy day Trull asked Wellington to bat first and found Trevor Brooks and Kevin Crout in great fettle as they added 89 in 17 overs for the first wicket with Brooks playing well to the third man area with a series of glided glances – he made 32 when he was caught behind by Hedges off of the impressive Ward who took 1-14 in seven pacy overs.

Leo Goodman-Jones joined Crout and added 27 further runs before he was done by a full toss for 12.

Skipper Richard Henwood battled to 17 as the cold conditions affected the whole game, but it was Crout with his capital 74 that was the foundation for the Wellington total of 204-6 – he was out to the penultimate ball of the innings having hit nine fours.

Max Capaldi with 18 including two sixes saw the 200 was passed and Trull would need 205 to record a first win over Wellington in five attempts.

Adrian Lee and Sam Murdock offered Trull no quarter with the opening overs of the home side’s innings as Murdock bowled with good pace and line and trapped E.Barrett LBW with a ball that would have removed middle and leg stumps.

The run out of Ward was a bonus and at 50-3 in 20 overs Trull were behind the rate, but Lake with 33 and White with 32 doubled their score as Wellington did not build on the first half of their time in the field, although Robin Davies with 3-55 in 8 overs of left arm chinaman bowled delightfully and kept going despite conceding one expensive over; good boundary catches from Max Capaldi and Adrian Lee gave him reward.

Coatsdale and Trull skipper Parsons added 70 for the sixth wicket and this took their side to within an ace of the win, but Lee Nichol with 1-26 in 5 and Adrian Lee who came back for a second spell removed them and Sam Murdock kept his nerve when delivering the last over to see Wellington home by six runs and to a good victory.

We commence pre-season training at Court Fields Community School’s Sports Hall on Wednesday 29th February until Wednesday 11th April.

These sessions will be evening based ones running from 7.00pm – 8.30pm and more details are available from Club Captain Paul Short.