Wellington Cricket Club

Wellington Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club in Wellington, near Telford in Shropshire. Their 1st XI play in the Birmingham and District Premier League Premier Division, which they won in 2003 and 2004. The side was relegated to Division 1 at the end of the 2007 season however was promoted again after finishing 2nd at the end of the 2009 season.[1]

For the New Zealand state side, see Wellington Firebirds.

They play their home games at Orleton Park in Wellington, which has also been used for one first-class match between the Minor Counties and the Indian tourists in 1979 and for Minor Counties and List A matches played by Shropshire County Cricket Club.[2]

Teams

Wellington CC has 6 senior Men's teams and a Ladies team aswell as a thriving junior section.

Executive Management Structure: President: Charles Bathurst, Chairman: Steven Oliver, General Secretary: David Ross, Cricket Committee Chairman: Simon Topper, Club Captain: Matt Stinson, Safeguarding Officer: Jennie Good

Senior Team Captains: Mens 1XI: Dan Lloyd - SCCL Premier Division, Mens 2XI: Matt Stinson - SCCL Division 1, Mens 3XI: Simon Topper - SCCL Division 2, Mens 4XI: David Morris - SCCL Division 5, Mens 5XI: Steven Oliver - SCCL Sunday Division 1, Mens 6XI: Paul Willis - (Friendly Fixtures), Ladies 1XI: Hannah Young

Notable players

References
  1. "Premier Diviusion 2007, Table". playcricket.com. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  2. "Orleton Park, Wellington". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  3. Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 38. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  4. "Pilot of crashed seaplane likely lost control after being exposed to gas". Shropshire Star. 4 July 2020. p. 12.Report by Dominic Robertson, on latest findings relating to accident in which he was killed, referencing his Shropshire connections.
  5. Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998, p.37.
  6. Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998, p.34.
  7. Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998, p.32.


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