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It was Thursday, July 30, 1914. The twelfth year after Cup Match began. Somerset Cricket Club (captain H. Knight) versus St George’s Cricket Club (captain A.C. Smith). The match was played at the Royal Garrison Field in St George’s. There were 3,000 ...

Few would argue that when it comes to sport, whether it be prowling the attacking third in the autumn and winter as an opportunistic, goalscoring maestro or roaming the island’s cricket pitches as a veritable three-point stud during the spring and su...

Clay Smith, the St George’s coach, says his players owe their fans a “good performance” as they bid to wrest the cup away from champions Somerset. The challengers suffered a crushing ten-wicket defeat at Wellington Oval last year, having done just en...

It’s Cup Match time in Bermuda and this year has the makings of something special. and maybe, just maybe, St George’s will have the ingredients to bring the cup back east after 11 largely frustrating years. An added dynamic to this year’s Classic is ...

They are the largely unseen, unheralded and so often taken for granted. But as the players are presented in their gleaming whites and most attendees appear in their best dressed form, these are the ones garbed in soil and stained gear of lesser appea...

Cup Match cricket clubs Somerset and St George’s were given a total of $75,000 today to help cover the costs of the annual event. A cheque for $25,000 was presented to St George’s Cricket Club this afternoon to help cover its Cup Match costs, while ...

Those happening upon Somerset Cricket Club grounds in the build-up to Cup Match would have borne witness to an active construction site, with the associated noise of hammers clanging on metal, torque drivers whirring while workers affixed sheets of p...

Sponsor Bermuda Healthcare Services has announced that the Calvin “Bummy” Symonds Safe Hands Award returns to the annual Cup Match classic this year after a two-year absence because of the global pandemic. The prestigious award is presented to the pl...

Randy Horton believes it is imperative to commemorate the historical values of Cup Match in order to safeguard the legacy of what makes it such a significant event. With the Annual Classic days away, excitement is building for the much loved event, w...

Janita Burke wrote Just Believe after Somerset’s resounding ten-wicket victory over St George’s last Cup Match. A dedicated supporter of the West End team, she meant it to be a gentle poke at St George’s fans. Her hope is that it’s played at the fiel...

“Benjamin’s owners disfigured his face with a knife to discourage him from running away, and others from kidnapping him, then branded his shoulder as an additional identifier. Both marks he bore for the rest of his life.” — Andrew G. Welch, th...