Wellington is mourning the death of one of its best-known sporting heroes this week.

Cricketing legend Tom Windsor, of Bulford, passed away peacefully at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital on Saturday, aged 95.

His friend and fellow sportsman, Keith Colman, said: "This is a very sad loss to Wellington Cricket Club.

"Tommy was an extremely well-known man in cricketing circles and throughout the town. He was an absolute gentleman."

Mr Windsor began his cricketing career before the Second World War, joining Wellington Athletic Union.

Between 1926 and 1929 he played for the Wellington Home Team, topping the batting averages in 1926 and 1928 and captaining the first XI in 1934 and 1935. He joined Tonedale Cricket Club in the post war years, playing for the side until it folded in 1968.

Dennis Fullstone first played with Mr Windsor in 1949. He shared his memories of a time when his friend almost made a century.

"Tommy was a very cautious player and never threw his wicket away - he played the ball on its merit and didn't take chances, which made him very difficult to dislodge.

"We were at Milverton once and he was on 99 not out at 5pm.

"It was tea-time and the home captain said they would bowl one more over but in those six balls he didn't hit a scoring shot. If he didn't think the ball was good enough to score off, he wouldn't play it."