An official Cup Match company has still not been established, said the president of Somerset Cricket Club.

A year ago, Richard Scott told The Royal Gazette a company could be up and running by this year.

However, this week, Mr Scott said: “That has not been finalised yet. We are still seeking legal advice on how to go about doing this.”

He said the company had been in the works for a while and would allow the respective teams to profit from the use of their club names and crests on Cup Match-related items.

“It has been a lengthy process,” Mr Scott said. “It is one we are endeavouring to bring to a close. We are really making sure we are going about this the right way to be beneficial to both clubs.”

Last year, Mr Scott approached several T-shirt designers and warned them that with the company coming online they would no longer be allowed to use the name of the club, or the club crest on merchandise, without express permission.

This week, Mr Scott said T-shirts were not his focus right now.

“We are more concerned with just getting the company going,” he said. “Several things that will come under the umbrella of having the company established.”

Some Cup Match merchandise vendors were choosing to stick with the rules, even without the Cup Match company being operational.

“I do not have the name of the clubs or crests on my Cup Match T-shirts,” said Donna Grant, of DMG Liv Golden.

Sales of Cup Match-related goods are reportedly very good right now.

“People really love celebrating their teams through their team T-shirts,” Ms Grant said.

Kennette Burgess, of DisTinct Apparel, orders even numbers of Somerset and St George’s T-shirts each year and usually sells an equal amount of both.

Her secret is to make the merchandise evenly available at either end of the island.

“I sell more St George’s T-shirts at Surprise in St George’s,” she said. “I sell more red and blue things at Caesar’s Pharmacy in Sandys, and I sell equal numbers of both at Brown & Co in Hamilton.”

She sees some people requesting orders for both teams or T-shirts that reflect both teams.

“I am going to be focusing more on that next year,” she said. “Some tourists just want to get into the spirit of Cup Match but do not really want to pick a team.”

Amir Ebbin, who runs Oceanicoptions with Jean-Pierre Lucas, sells 300 to 400 Cup Match T-shirts each season as well as hats.

“Everything is going well,” he said. “We have had a good reception to this year’s T-shirts. We can’t complain. Right now, I am on my way back home from delivering some shirts.”

He was also seeing evenly matched sales but said that could change by next week.

Ms Burgess said cricket fans loved buying the work of local designers.

“They also love the history behind the holiday,” she said. “This year I am embracing that and trying to fuse some of the history and excitement into my designs.”

Mishael Paynter, president of St George’s Cricket Club, declined to comment.