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.