Ryan Steede said he is unsure about his future as St George’s coach after his team’s heavy Cup Match loss.

St George’s suffered their worst Classic defeat for 70 years on Friday, losing by an innings and 34 runs at Somerset Cricket Club, with Steede set to meet with the club’s executive to discuss his position.

The East Enders have continued to struggle at Cup Match since his appointment in 2015, with the 42-year-old overseeing two draws and two defeats.

“I’ll be sitting down with the club’s executives and committee and then make a decision from there,” Steede said. “We’ll have to wait and see how things go, and I can’t really say at this stage.”

Steede said he is hurting from the humiliating defeat, but believes that young players such as bowlers Chare Smith and Charles Trott will grow from their chastening experiences.

“It’s never a good feeling to lose, especially Cup Match,” said Steede, who led the St George’s league side to promotion in 2017. “This is what people live for.

“I’m going to try and stay positive, and hopefully these players can go back to the drawing board and grow from there.

“If we’re not winning but we can see that the performances and the process is improving, that’s a plus for me. But if we’re losing and not showing any progress, that’s just horrible.

“I can see things are getting better and it’s just going to take time, a lot of hard work and dedication.”

It seemed as though the die was cast for St George’s from the first over of the match when Somerset opener Chris Douglas dispatched nervous debutant Smith for 16 runs.

“Our opening bowlers didn’t give us the start that we wanted,” Steede said. “We had a young colt who opened the bowling and it’s a bit unfortunate the way things worked out.

“We’ve got a young team and we will have to build with what we’ve got and hopefully things will get better in time.”

Steede praised Onias Bascome for his gutsy century, which almost salvaged a draw for St George’s, but believes some of their frontline batsmen let the team down.

“There some bright points from the match,” said Steede, a former Bermuda seam bowler.

“Onias batted exceptionally well; he also bowled extremely well in the second session on the first day, took a few wickets and gave us hope. At one point it looked like Somerset were going to post a massive total of over 400 but our bowlers stuck in there. We only scored 121 in the first innings after Somerset had posted 378. We were on the back foot right from there.”