Alfred Maybury, the Somerset Cricket Club president, has praised the quick actions of those responsible for preventing a potentially nasty incident from escalating at his club ground on Sunday.

After the match between Somerset Trojans and Devonshire Cougars, Christian Albouy, the visiting team’s striker, vented his frustration over the officiating and had to be restrained by his team-mates and security personnel.

According to observers, it is alleged that the player may have wielded a bladed article in the heat of the moment.

There was a heavy police presence on hand. But no arrests were made as the matter was quickly quashed.

“At the end of the game there was some bit of a kerfuffle primarily because of things that happened on the field that got carried off the field,” Maybury said. “But to the credit of the security, as well as the Cougars organisation, the incident was dealt with before anything went crazy.

“So while we had a player that felt disgruntled about what happened on the field, both organisations made sure that it did not carry on beyond anywhere that it needed to. It was recognised, was addressed and it was dealt with, and I give all credit to Cougars and Somerset for their role in making sure everything stayed under control.

“I give great credit to the management and all of those of the Cougars organisation because after it happened their coach [Omar Butterfield] took his team down into the changing room and had a conversation with them and clearly he was able to bring them back around.”

Having away teams accompanied by their own security personnel is a concept that came about as a result of ongoing consultations between presidents of the island’s football and cricket clubs, Maybury revealed.

“Cougars came with their own security, which was a help to us,” he said. “That was one of things that the presidents had discussed a while back, that we all bring four or five from each club so then you have strength. They did it [on Sunday] and it worked very well.

“That’s something that came from the presidents in meeting because to hire security is an expensive venture. So one of the things we discussed was having stewards and if we can have five or four from each club then at least you know your fans and I know my fans and once we come together then we can keep calm and make sure things happen in an orderly manner — and that’s exactly what happened yesterday. There are some social things that are coming into it [football] that we need to make sure we keep them at bay, and the only way that can happen is if things that happened [on Sunday] continue to happen, where both clubs that are playing are involved in making sure that everything stays on key.

“I am more than certain that going forward we are going to see more of that because as Cougars departed one of my people on management said to me that we need to make sure that when we go to away games we do the same thing, in that we are supporting the other club with security and things like that.

“That’s something we are looking at because this is our tradition and something for most of us that was a major part of our development, playing football or cricket for our community club. So we have to protect the interest of it and talk to players.”

Nadine Henry, the Devonshire Recreation Club president, could not be reached for comment.

David Sabir, the Bermuda Football Association general secretary, said that the BFA will review the match commissioner’s report from Sunday’s match and “assess whatever has taken place and deal with it appropriately thereafter”.