🏏Cup Match Cricket Facts
The year Somerset Cricket Club was formed.
1902
This historic event inspired the celebrations that eventually became Cup Match.
What is Emancipation (the abolition of slavery in Bermuda)?
Many Bermudians proudly wear these to show their Cup Match allegiance.
What are team colors?
Wendell and Clay Smith both represented this Cup Match team.
What is St. George's?
What year was slavery abolished in Bermuda?
When is 1834?
The year St. Geroge's Cricket Club was formed.
1892
This year marks the introduction of the first official Cup Match trophy.
What is 1902?
Families pitch these for days at beaches and parks, making them a signature part of the Cup Match holiday.
What is camping?
The all-time leading run scorer in Cup Match.
Who is Janeiro Tucker?
The team whose flag quotes "Semper Paratus".
What is Somerset?
Before Bermudians had legitimate cricket bats, we carved bats from this instead.
What is Oleander Tree?
These organizations originally competed before Cup Match became an official annual event.
What are the Friendly Societies (or Lodges)?
This is the time of year when Bermuda celebrates Cup Match.
What is the Thursday and Friday closest to August 1?
The blue and blue legend would go on to be the first person to score 1,000 runs in Cup Match, finishing his career in 2009 with a then-record 1,354 runs.
Who is Charlie Marshall?
Inspired by the colors of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Walter Darrell selected these colors for this Cup Match team.
What is St. George's Cricket Club?
The year the first-ever cricket game was played in Bermuda.
When is 1846?
This was the original name of Bermuda's Emancipation Day before it was renamed in 1999.
What is Cup Match Day?
This Bermuda cocktail, made with rum, fruit juices, and falernum, is often enjoyed during Cup Match celebrations.
What is a Rum Swizzle?
This Cup Match Legend wrote a book "Bermuda Cricket Reminiscences" about the history of cricket in Bermuda from 1902-1943, which was first published and sold at Cup Match 1944.
Who is Arthur Simons?
'Champ' Hunt's first name.
What is Alma?
The name of the first all-Bermudian cricket team that was formed in 1890.
Bermuda Militia Artillery
This year saw the creation of Bermuda's official two-day Cup Match public holiday.
What is 1947?
This game of chance has become a signature part of Cup Match festivities.
What is Crown & Anchor?
The first player in Cup Match to record 100 wickets.
Who is Alec ‘Cocky’ Steede?
The original host ground for Somerset Cricket Club?
What is Royal Naval Field?