A MEMORIAL match for the late Chris Cooper is being held at Mistley Rugby Club, on Sunday.

Cooper, known as Gnomey, was a stalwart of Mistley and previously Colchester and the contest will be between those sides, starting at 11am.

Mistley president William Meston said: “I’m very much looking forward to the game, as a fitting tribute to Chris.

“It will be a day of celebration and a thank you for all he achieved and did in the rugby world.

“We will also be raising money to enable a bench in his honour to be erected at the club’s ground.”

The match will take place at the Furze Hill playing fields, in Mistley.