Wellington 2nd XI scored a really good win on the road at Weston Super Mare 3rd XI over the Bank Holiday weekend as they came away with a four wicket win, 35 points and a chance of securing a finishing position in Division Five of the Somerset League that may see them survive at this level for 2020 given that the two divisions directly above them are light on teams through withdrawals and resignations. Mid table Weston Super Mare decided
Wellington need three points to be mathematically safe in the Somerset Division of the West of England Premier League and so compete at this level in 2020 despite this agonising one run loss to Wembdon at home over the Bank Holiday weekend. Despite the result the Red and Blacks still collected ten points and this has seen them go a long way to securing another season in WEPL. With Yeovil having 178 points Wellington are 20 clear of this total
Des Campbell (Capt), Richard Henwood, Jacob Hurry (Wkt), David Derrick, Ben Evett, Connor Wickenden, Simon Burrough, Tom Shannon, Alex Derbridge, Ryan Henwood, Andy Hurry Meet at Pavilion at 12.30pm for a 1.30pm start… Details from Des Campbell/Richard Henwood…
Arron Campbell (Capt), Luke Desave, Aks Latifi (Wkt), Tom Chambers, Neil Hendy, Sam Whitefield, Jack Beal, Rob Moysey, Nathan Roberts, Ollie Wilkins, Macaulay Campbell Meet at Pavilion at 11.00am for a 12.30pm start… Details from Arron Campbell…
Alex Troake (Capt), Callum Hendy (Wkt), Trevor Brooks, Simon Burrough, Gus Steele, Ryan Henwood, Jake Nichol, Tom Shannon, Oli Beale, Tom Perry, Mark Salter Depart from Courtland Road Car Park at 11.00am for a 1.00pm start… Details from Rob Moysey…
Wellington Sunday XI top Division A of the Taunton and District Sunday League despite this eight run loss to fellow WEPL Somerset Division side Wembdon in a T20 match that was played on Monday evening as a replacement for the original match that was due to have been played on World Cup Final Day back in July. Wembdon decided to bat first on winning the toss and they started well as Rees and Sellick put on 36 opening wicket runs
Wellington Sunday XI recorded a fourth Taunton and District Sunday League win last weekend as they got past West Somerset League side Bagborough by two wickets in a 28 over per side game that saw some rain interruptions limit the overs available. Bagborough batted first and saw Tom Shannon take a wicket in his first over as B.Jones was bowled for a duck. Visiting skipper McKee with 60 and keeper Swinburne with 32 took Bagborough to 98-3 before Sam Whitefield
This was a more robust batting effort from Wellington 2nd XI in Division Five of the Somerset League, but the Red and Blacks second string lost by 32 runs to Horrington at home last weekend. On winning the toss the visitors were asked to bat first and a decent start was made when Trevor Brooks caught Fear off of Jake Nichol. That was the only success for some time as Draper and Wood added 109 for the second wicket. They
Wellington have a 29 point advantage in the West of England Premier League’s Somerset Division over the likely top part of the projected relegation zone following this fine win on the road to Taunton Deane 2nd XI last weekend and with two games to go the team will be looking to go out with a strong finish to end their 2019 campaign. Choosing to bat on winning the toss Wellington batted solidly in making 159 in 49.3 overs with Sam
Macaulay Campbell (Capt), Ben Evett (Wkt), Aks Latifi, Ollie Hunt, Arron Campbell, Jack Derrick, Tom Shannon, Jacob Hurry, Jack Beal, Alex Derbridge, Nathan Roberts Meet at Pavilion at 5.15pm for a 6.00pm prompt start… Details from Macaulay Campbell…