Wellington Cricket Club

Wellington Midweek XI made it two evening wins in two when they beat Kent touring side Newington last Friday by 12 runs in what was another good game of 20/20 cricket that went down to the wire.

Marc Holloway opted to bat first and saw that Rob Moysey and Tom Baycock got Wellington to a good position with an opening wicket stand of 54 that was ended when Baycock was stumped for 15.

Moysey continued to mould the Wellington innings as he made 59 and with Holloway and his 30no as well Wellington had a decent enough 135-6 to defend.

Newington were never really allowed to get away as they would have liked or needed to as Ross Brayley did great work for the Red and Blacks and got some good bounce and pace from the Tennis Courts end and a Max Capaldi catch behind the sticks gave him a wicket.

Aaron Chugg shared the opening bowling duties and he did a good job too.

Adrian Lee with 3-19 in 4 overs kept up the good work and when he made Clark’s middle peg go back it was a good sight to see.

Wickets for Michael Gill and Alex Troake continued Wellington’s good work with the ball despite Newington opener O’Donnell making 51.

Tom Baycock bowled well at the end and got good pace up too in taking 1-15 in 3 overs to seal a 12 run home win.

Tenacious batting by Wellington’s eighth wicket pair of Michael Gill and Rob Moysey saw that the Red and Blacks Midweek XI won with an over to spare in this evening friendly match last Thursday after their batting had subsided somewhat at a crucial stage.

Mallards won the toss and opted to bat and found George Hooper in fine form as he took 2-8 in 3 good overs and with two good catches too he was prominent in the field for Wellington, Ross Brayley also did good work for Wellington in his four overs.

Will Hinchcliffe with 2-27 had a hand in reducing Mallards to 45-5 and with Mark Saunders also bowling a great spell of 4-3-2-1 the visitors who play at Taunton Deane CC were in trouble, but from 76-7 they got to 119-8 all told as Gale cracked a fine 39no; Wellington skipper Marc Holloway got the last Mallards wicket to fall.

Adrian Lee and George Hooper got 26 on the board before Hooper was dismissed for a fine 22.

Julian Jones and Marc Holloway got Wellington towards the fifty mark, but then lost their way somewhat as Jones was caught for 22 and at 69-6 there was work to do, Paul Short batted with purpose, but was caught on the boundary and this made it look difficult to win for Wellington, but Michael Gill (26no) and Rob Moysey (12no) darted between the wickets to such good effect that they took their side over the line with one over to go in a thrilling end to a good evening match.

Thursday 27th May – Midweek XI v Mallards (H, 6.15pm, Skipper – Marc Holloway)

Friday 28th May – Midweek XI v Newington (H, 6.00pm, Skipper – Marc Holloway)

Saturday 29th May – 1st XI v Staplegrove (A, 1.45pm, Skipper – Paul Short)

Saturday 29th May – 2nd XI v Winscombe 2nd XI (H, 2.00pm, Skipper – Simon Rudd)

Sunday 30th May – Sunday XI v Axminster (A, 2.30pm, Skipper – Steve Symons)

Monday 31st May – Midweek XI v Sturry (H, 2.00pm, Skipper – Marc Holloway)

The Midweek XI will be playing an extra match when we host Norfolk tourists Spar Ramblers on Friday 13th August from 2.00pm.

This is an attractive fixture and complements well the welcome increase in touring sides that are playing at Courtland Road this season.

The outdoor nets are now ready for use and subject to the weather the first senior section practice session of the new season will take place on Wednesday 7th April from 6.15pm.

Junior section practices will commence soon and details are available from the relevant managers.

The Midweek XI will play Kent tourists Sturry CC on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st May, in a match that will begin at 2.30pm, this is likely to be the last senior fixture accepted for this season.

• Thursday 27th May – Mallards (h) (6.15pm)
• Thursday 17th June – Mallards (a) (6.15pm)

• Saturday 10th April – Sunday XI v Cranmore (a)
• Friday 23rd July – Midweek XI v St Andrews CC (Surrey) (h)

The Midweek XI has two more matches for next season as follows,

• Tuesday 22nd June – Nynehead (a) (20/20)
• Tuesday 27th July – Nynehead (h) (20/20)

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