Wellington Cricket Club is an amateur

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club in

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, near

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. Their 1st XI play in the

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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. They play their home games at Orleton Park in Wellington, which has also been used for one first-class match between the

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and the Indian tourists in 1979 and for Minor Counties and

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matches played by

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Teams

Wellington CC has 5 teams. 1st team captain is Wendell Wagner, 2nd team Alex Taylor, 3rd team Simon Topper, 4th team Patrick Howells and 5th team Steven Oliver. Wellington also have an Under 19 squad which is captained by Luke Goring. Matthew Stinson is the club captain with Steven Oliver being the club chairman.

Notable players

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- represented

at Minor Counties level 1968-88 *

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, businessman - played for club 2nd XI in late 1980s and sometime club committee chairman. * Tony Parton – represented Shropshire 1988–2004 * Guy Home''Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998'', p.34. – represented Shropshire 1991–2006 *

Adam Byram Adam Bramley Byram (born 17 March 1971) is a former English cricketer. Byram was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Wellington, Shropshire and educated at Shrewsbury College.Published under Association of ...

''Shropshire Cricketers 1844–1998'', p.32. – represented Shropshire 1989–2002 and

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2003 * Gavin Byram, his brother – represented Shropshire 1992–2002

References

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