We have entered the following Knockout Cups in 2018… 1st XI – Baker Cup (to be drawn on Thursday 22nd March) 1st XI – Somerset Cricket Board Intermediate Cup (to be drawn during week commencing Monday 12th March) 2nd XI – Somerset Cricket Board Minor Cup (to be drawn during week commencing Monday 12th March)
The main outcome of the League’s AGM for 2017 as was held on the evening of Monday 11th December was that both propositions for ‘classic’ Overseas Players to be allowed in the SCL in 2018 were defeated; the opening proposal was for OS players (not the OP2 variety that are still allowed…) to be permitted to play at ALL levels and this was comfortably defeated. A complimentary proposal to allow OS players at the top two levels only was defeated by
05/05/2018 Huntspill & District 1 v Wellington 2 12/05/2018 Wellington 2 v Ilton 1 19/05/2018 South Petherton 1 v Wellington 2 26/05/2018 Wellington 2 v Uphill Castle 2 02/06/2018 Crewkerne 1 v Wellington 2 09/06/2018 Wellington 2 v Barrington 1 16/06/2018 North Perrott 2 v Wellington 2 23/06/2018 Wellington 2 v Kilmington & Stourton 1 30/06/2018 Peasedown St. John 1 v Wellington 2 07/07/2018 Wellington 2 v Huntspill & District 1 14/07/2018 Ilton 1 v Wellington 2 21/07/2018 Wellington 2
Saturday 5th May 1st XI v Taunton St Andrews 2 (h) 2nd XI v Huntspill and District (a) 3rd XI v Broadway and Horton 2 (a) Saturday 1st September 1st XI v Temple Cloud (a) 2nd XI v Peasedown St John (h) 3rd XI v Lydford 2 (a)
Barrington 1 Crewkerne 1 Huntspill and District 1 Ilton 1 Kilmington and Stourton 1 North Perrott 2 Peasedown St John 1 South Petherton 1 Uphill Castle 2 Wellington 2
And the season has ended! A win for the 2s and losses for the 1s and 3s ends the season, though all three teams scored relatively well in terms of fantasy team points. It has been a battle of the Sparks for the last month or so and in the end, Lewis comes out victorious by just 5 points. He also claims Manager of the Month for August/September. The battle at the bottom was even closer. Luke Desave dragged himself
Wellington 2nd XI secured a very decent third place in Division Four of the Somerset League as they signed off their 2017 season with an eight wicket home win over already relegated Castle Cary last weekend. The visitors chose to bat first and were indebted to their skipper J.Elsworth who made 59 from his position as opener as Atkins, Leach and Keirl with 29, 42 and 14 respectively saw that their side would very nearly gather full batting points. Jake
In the penultimate week, a high scoring week bodes well for Lewis Sparks as he stretches his lead to 23 points, while Arron Campbell slips into third place – though really it’s a two horse race for the win between the Sparks. Meanwhile, at the bottom Luke Desave has finally overtaken Chairman Mark Salter to scrape himself off the bottom – however, with just 2 points in it, that’ll still go to the wire. Team name Manager Overall Score Monthly
If you have one of the Club’s perpetual trophies that was presented at 2016’s Dinner and Awards Event then please can it be returned to Club President Duncan Short at Lulworth, 1 Pyles Thorne Road, Wellington, TA21 8DX by Friday 22nd September at the very latest and preferably earlier? If this message does involve you then please can a high priority be applied to actioning it… Thanks in advance.
Wellington 2nd XI put in a much better batting effort last weekend than they had in the previous two games and came away with 33 points from their trip to Ilton in Division Four of the Somerset League to stay third. However at 35-5 the alarm bells were ringing once more and it took Mark Salter, on his way to a fine 77, and Ryan Adams to pull matters round with a sixth wicket stand of 38, but with six