Somerset County Cricket Club have just announced that Championship opener at The County Ground against Yorkshire starting on May 8th has been nominated as the Golden Jubilee Match.

Chief Executive Peter Anderson told me, "Somerset are putting a proposal to the Taunton Deane Borough Council Queen's Golden Jubilee Committee that the match against the 2001 Champions Yorkshire should be the Jubilee Match."

The Chief continued, "To celebrate the Jubilee we are going to ask for nominations from clubs for people who have given their life to cricket on a continuos basis. We hope to have a silver medal designed by a local college to present during the course of the match."

The Jubilee match also coincides with the Somerset County Cricket Club Annual Church Service which will be held at St James's Church on Sunday May 19th, before the Norwich Union League match against Yorkshire Phoenix.

"We are hoping to get a famous ex cricketer to preach at the service in 2002," Mr Anderdson said.

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