#cape colony

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Cricket in South Africa — The Cape Colony Game Grows, 1860s

Cape Colony cricket clubs

1862-01-01

Cricket in the Cape Colony of South Africa developed significantly through the 1860s, driven by the British garrison, an expanding settler community and the game's adoption by the English-speaking merchant class of Cape Town. The Western Province Cricket Club, founded in the 1860s, became the organising centre of South African cricket, and the grounds at Cape Town and Paarl hosted matches of improving quality that set the stage for the first English touring side's visit in 1888–89.

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s

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Cricket in South Africa — The Cape Colony Grounds and the Western Province Club, 1850s

Cape Town CC and garrison sides

1854-01-01

Cricket had been played in the Cape Colony since at least 1808, but the 1850s saw the first organised club competition beyond the garrison, with civilian clubs establishing grounds in Cape Town and the surrounding farming districts. The Western Province Cricket Club, formed in 1864 from this earlier infrastructure, would produce South Africa's first Test players — but the competitive club culture of the 1850s was its direct antecedent.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s