Venue: Gonville & Caius, Newnham Road

Date: Saturday 17 April 1999

Start Time: 1pm

Cambridge St Giles will be gearing themselves up for the new East Anglian Premier League this weekend, by taking on Kent Premier League side Bromley in a friendly game at Gonville & Caius on Saturday (17 April).

It will be the first test of their new line up, including Rob Lawson who arrived in the country this week fresh from seeing his side Otago reach the finals of the Shell Trophy in New Zealand earlier in the year, and paceman Darren Cousins, who joined St Giles from Essex.

Bromley will be no push over for St Giles, with 6 Kent Board players in their ranks and county players of the likes of Alan Wells and Ben Philips. As well as this, they are well established within the Kent League, taking the honours for three years in succession in the mid-90's.

This year the Kent League will be a testing ground for the new 2-day format favoured by the ECB for Premier Leagues. Bromley's Simon Williams explained ``The new format will be played over 2 consecutive weekends (Saturdays), and there will be 102 overs played each day on a 68/34 split.'' The new structure is similar to that currently played in Australia, and will be watched with interest by both Lords and the East Anglian Premier League.

St Giles have strong links with the Kent League. Ex-St Giles players Simon and Torban Williams play for Bromley and Blackheath respectively. Their 1st XI scorer and club Marketing Officer, Lesley Gunn, was with Sittingbourne side Gore Court for five years before moving to the Cambridge team three years ago.

Notes to Editors:

About Cambridge St Giles CC

St Giles Cricket Club are the reigning Vardy Continental Cambridgeshire League Champions and holders of the CCA Invitation Cup.

The 1st XI will be competing in the new East Anglian Premier League in 1999, playing home league matches at Fenner's, with the club base continuing in Dry Drayton.

For more information about Cambridge St Giles, please contact:

Tony Watts, Chairman
3 Summerfield, Cambridge
Tel: 01223 363686
Email: agwatts@dial.pipex.com

Lesley Gunn, Marketing & Publicity Officer
1 Brookdale, Bar Hill
Tel: 01954 200838 or 0468 633772
Email: lg@uk.psi.com