Wellington Cricket Club

Steve Symons (Capt), Michael Gill, Marc Holloway, Paul Short, Aks Latifi (Wkt), Adrian Lee, Rob Moysey, Jake Nichol, James Bath, Sam Murdock and George Hooper

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

Wellington XI to play Trull on Saturday 17 April.  Meet at Courtland Road Car Park at 1pm sharp.

Simon Rudd (capt), Richard Short, Liam Kubicki, James Bath, Trevor Brooks, Graham Sparks, Alex Sparks, Kevin Crout, Steve Symons, Michael Gill, Ross Brayley.

• April 11 – Bishops Lydeard (a)
• April 17 – Trull (a)
• April 18 – Burnham-on-Sea (a)
• April 24 – Brixham (a)
• April 25 – Castle Cary (a)
• May 2 – Street (a)
• May 9 – Sidmouth (a)
• May 16 – North Petherton (h) (League)
• May 23 – North Curry (h) (League)
• May 30 – Axminster (a)
• June 6 – Stoke Fleming (a)
• June 13 – Seaton (a)
• June 20 – Chard (h)
• June 27 – Taunton St Andrews (h) (League)
• July 4 – North Newton (h) (League)
• July 11 – Street (h)
• July 18 – CLUB DAY
• July 25 – North Petherton (a) (League)
• August 1 – Trull (h)
• August 8 – Ashbrittle (h)
• August 15 – Minehead (a)
• August 22 – Taunton St Andrews (a) (League)
• August 29 – North Curry (a) (League)
• September 5 – Chard (a)
• September 12 – North Newton (a) (League)
• September 19 – Langport (a)

Outdoor net sessions will commence from the week after the Easter holiday (see note on Good Friday’s Ground Works session) and will conform to the following schedule,

Monday – Under 15s

Tuesday – Under 11s

Wednesday – Seniors

Thursday – Under 13s

Friday – Seniors Extra

All these sessions will commence at 6.15pm.

Seniors should contact Paul Short in the first instance and juniors their Team Manager (Under 15s Mark Salter, Under 13s Richard Short and Under 11s Martin Ellacott).

Saturday 1st XI

Somerset Cricket League Division One

May
2 – North Newton (h)
9 – Staplegrove (a)
16 – Belvedere (h)
23 – Westlands (h)
30 – Purnells (a)

June
6 – Taunton Outcasts (h)
13 – Temple Cloud (a)
20 – Ilton (h)
27 – North Petherton (a)

July
4 – North Newton (a)
11 – Staplegrove (h)
18 – Belvedere (a)
25 – Westlands (a)

August
1 – Purnells (h)
8 – Taunton Outcasts (a)
15 – Temple Cloud (h) (1.15pm)
22 – Ilton (a) (1.15pm)
29 – North Petherton (h) (1.15pm)

All matches commence at 1.45pm, except where shown.

Saturday 2nd XI

Somerset Cricket League Reserves Competition Division One

May
2 – Glastonbury 3 (a)
9 – Staplegrove 2 (h)
16 – Bishops Lydeard 2 (a)
23 – Chard 2 (a)
30 – Street 2 (h)

June
6 – Wembdon 2 (a)
13 – Frome 2 (h)
20 – Cheddar 2 (a)
27 – Bridgwater 3 (h)

July
4 – Glastonbury 3 (h)
11 – Staplegrove 2 (a)
18 – Bishops Lydeard 2 (h)
25 – Chard 2 (h)

August
1 – Street 2 (a)
8 – Wembdon 2 (h)
15 – Frome 2 (a) (1.30pm)
22 – Cheddar 2 (h) (1.30pm)
29 – Bridgwater 3 (a) (1.30pm)

All matches commence at 2.00pm, except where shown.

Sunday XI

Friendly Fixtures

April
18 – Bishops Lydeard (a) (2.00pm)
19 – Burnham-on-Sea (a) (2.00pm)
25 – Castle Cary (a) (2.00pm)
26 – Brixham (a) (2.00pm)

May
3 – Street (a) (2.00pm)
10 – Sidmouth (a)
17 – South Petherton (h)
24 – Taunton Deane (a)
25 – North Curry (a)
31 – Bridgwater (a) (2.00pm)

June
7 – Winscombe (h)
14 – Seaton (a) (2.00pm)
21 – Chard (h)
28 – Taunton St Andrews (h)

July
5 – Axminster (a)
12 – Street (h)
19 – CLUB DAY
26 – Taunton (a) (2.00pm)

August
2 – South Petherton (a)
9 – Butleigh (a)
16 – Taunton Deane (h)
23 – Taunton St Andrews (a)
30 – Winscombe (a) (2.00pm)
31 – North Curry (h) (2.00pm)

September
6 – Chard (a) (1.30pm)
13 – Langport (a) (1.00pm)

All matches commence at 2.30pm, except where shown.

Midweek XI

Friendly Fixtures

May
Fri 22 – Newington (h) (6.15pm)

June
Tue 9 – Linden Park (h)
Thu 11 – Ashbrittle (h) (6.15pm)
Thu 18 – Ashbrittle (a) (6.15pm)
Thu 25 – Mallards (a) (6.15pm)

July
Fri 3 – Holmbush Park (h)
Mon 27 – The Journeymen (h)

All matches commence at 2.30pm, except where shown.

A young and vibrant Wellington Midweek XI recorded a good win over The Journeymen at home last Monday when the edged home by a margin of 18 runs in this 40 overs a side friendly that was played in further hot and steamy conditions.

Alec Short won the toss and opted to bat first to avoid having to bowl in the heat of the day and saw George Coate – promoted up the order make a quick 16 with a big six to boot, but Wellington’s openers had been dismissed for 27 and the home side needed to consolidate, that it did through James Dyke and Max Capaldi who added 56 for the third wicket as Dyke made a composed 29 and Capaldi went through to his first Wellington half-century with a fine 61.

Great high-tempo knocks from Paul Short (29) and Richard Short (38no) saw that Wellington had posted a fine 226-6 at tea.

Jake Nicol made a useful 11no too.
For The Journeymen Tuffill with 2-38 in 10 overs and Chalke with 2-52 were their most successful bowlers.

Bloch (72) and Keenlyside (33) added 84 for The Journeymen’s first wicket, but it took time and although the visitors had wickets on their side, the overs were diminishing.

Jake Nicol and Lee Nicol opened up for Wellington and bowled well – quick and straight.
Alex Troake – on senior debut – bowled a nice variety as his leg-spin obtained two victims and he enjoyed an 8 over spell that went for only 41 runs.

By the time Max Capaldi had joined the attack the overs were seriously running out on The Journeymen and they had to attack, but this gave Capaldi two wickets and James Dyke was on a hat-trick as the game ended with the visitors some 19 short of victory.

Wellington had done a good job in the field and thanks go to Alec Short and James Dyke for overseeing this one.

The quality of the surface at Gipsy Lane was underlined for all to see as this match between the winners of the respective Baker Cup competitions produced a feast of runs and hard toil for the bowlers as Wellington ran out winners by 69 runs.

David Derrick opted to bat first on winning the toss and through Rob Moysey and Matt Daniel the runs flowed as they racked up 173 runs in no time with Daniel cracking five sixes on his way to a retired out 101.

The quality of the batting surface at the WEPL (Bristol and Somerset) division club is well known on the circuit and so it proved once more with full value been gained for shots on both sides of the wicket.

Moysey was joined by Alex Sparks and the runs flowed further as Sparks cracked a quick fifty for his side and then chose to retire too.

Moysey was in sight of a ton too when he was the only player to fall in the Wellington innings as he was caught on the boundary for 97.

Thom Trott and James Dyke finished the innings off for Wellington and the Red and Blacks had posted an almighty 291-1 at tea.

Taunton had toiled hard in hot, steamy conditions, but only Barrett with 1-60 had anything to show for his efforts.

Although Taunton weren’t going to chase down the 292 they needed they gave a good display and were only 70 short in the end as they batted with ease.

Adrian Lee with 0-16 in 5 overs kept a lid on matters early on and Paul Short bowled better than figures of 1-48 in 10 overs show.

Max Capaldi was Wellington’s most successful bowler on the day as he took 4-43 in 10 good overs of off-spin.
Good safe catching by James Dyke was a highlight for Wellington in the field.
The bowling personnel was changed often and there were wickets for Lee Nicol, Rob Moysey and David Derrick as the game drifted to a close with Shaikh playing some outrageous shots on his way to 47no.

Wellington Sunday XI ensured that it was a hat-trick of wins for the Red and Blacks senior sides over the weekend when they saw off Somerset League Division Three side for the eighth time in eleven friendly meetings by 130 runs as all who played made an impression.
With James Dyke becoming the third player to captain the side this season with David Derrick still out and Alex Sparks on the injury list as well, he won the toss and elected to bat first.
A wicket was lost early before Dyke and Rob Moysey added 153 for the second wicket as Dyke drove powerfully on his way to a capital 68.
All the time Moysey was accumulating runs at a pace and he made his third century in this fixture, eventually been out for 107 – another classic knock from a player who loves batting for the Sunday XI.
Matt Daniel with 45no and Thom Trott with 24 raised Wellington over the 250 mark and Max Capaldi closed the innings in the grand manner with a six to get Wellington to 273-5 at tea.

Through Powell and Strang Langport made a steady reply to the large total that they faced, but they got to 41 before Powell was well caught and bowled by James Webber who bowled well in his 8 overs.
Jake Nicol bowled well too, but without reward.
There was a wicket on senior debut for Aaron Chugg as James Webber held on to a chance from Strang.
He did well on his first outing and 1-42 in 5 overs was a good effort from a bowler who was not afraid to pitch the ball up.
Grimstead with a powerful 30 and Edwards with 16no saw that Langport nearly saw out their allocation, but their innings was ended by Thom Trott and Rob Moysey as Wellington’s good Sunday record carried on.

Wellington Sunday XI lost their second match of the Bank Holiday weekend to the weather when heavy rain swamped Courtland Road on the morning of the match leaving numerous puddles on the square and the outfield.
Their match with Somerset League Division Three side North Curry went the way of the local derby the previous day.

The local derby was scuppered for the second successive season as morning rain on the day of the match prompted the fixture to be cancelled. Courtland Road was awash after ten hours rain and the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled at 11.00am.
Sampford Arundel, who play in Division Five of the Somerset League, visit for a 20/20 match on Wednesday 4th June when conditions will be more favourable hopefully.