It's official: Cup Match is near and together with HSBC Bermuda, we're celebrating the history and culture behind our annual cricketing holiday. In the lead up to the game, we're reflecting on what it means to be Bermudian and the…
Cup Match 2022
The History of Cup Match
There is nothing like Cup Match in Bermuda. Nothing like it in the world. Nowhere else in the cricketing world, not England where the great game was invented nor in the cricket-crazy Caribbean does a whole COUNTRY celebrate a cricket…
July 4, 2022
Cup Match 2022
Celebrating Emancipation Day & Mary Prince Day
Cup Match is about cricket and celebrating all things Bermudian, but there's a very serious side to our annual holiday too. The first day of Cup Match is Emancipation Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in Bermuda, declared on…
July 4, 2022
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VIDEO: Cup Match Then & Now
Feeling nostalgic, so are we! Read more from HSBC Bermuda's Cup Match series, HERE! HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited 37 Front Street, Hamilton (441) 295-4000 www.hsbc.bm
July 4, 2022
Cup Match 2022
10 Ways to Celebrate Cup Match
It's official: Cup Match is near and together with HSBC Bermuda, we're celebrating the history and culture behind our annual cricketing holiday. In the lead up to the game, we're reflecting on what it means to be Bermudian and the…
July 4, 2022
Cup Match 2022
Cup Matches of Yesteryear
For generations, Bermudians have been coming together to share in the culture of Cup Match. Since 1902, Cup Match has been the cause of much feteing, celebration and traditional customs: From festive attire (in Cup Match colours, of course!) to…
July 4, 2022
Cup Match 2022
Alma “Champ” Hunt: King Cricket
This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the May 1976 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. In 1933 the only way to get from Bermuda to Jamaica was by sea,…
July 4, 2022
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Enjoy Bermuda Cricket Culture at this Year’s Eastern Counties Annual Classic
In additional to Cup Match, Bermudians also enjoy annual county cricket games. Enjoyed on a smaller-scale, county games include the same food, fun and festivities as Cup Match, and yes, that includes Crown & Anchor too! Here’s everything you need…
July 4, 2022
Cup Match 2022
Betting on Crown & Anchor
Crown and Anchor is as important to Cup Match as the game of cricket itself. I must have been near six years old when I was properly introduced to the game. My father coached me as he dragged me along…
July 4, 2022
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July 4, 2022