On 12 September 1829 a cricket match was played at St John's, Newfoundland, between officers of the garrison and a civilian side — the earliest documented cricket fixture in Newfoundland and one of the earliest in North America outside Halifax. The match is reported in the Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser of 19 September 1829.
St John's had been a British colonial outpost since the seventeenth century. By the 1820s it had a small garrison and a permanent civilian population of British origin. The September 1829 match — held on the open ground above the harbour — is the earliest documented cricket in the colony. The Officers won 41 to 27 in a single-innings match.
12 Sep 1829
First documented cricket at St John's, Newfoundland
An early entry in the geography of British North American cricket.
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1811-07-04
The 1811 Lord's season was the leanest of the Middle Ground years. With the Napoleonic blockade at its tightest, willow scarce, professionals diverted to militia service and the betting public's purses thin, only fourteen major matches were played at Lord's all summer. The 1811 season is the clearest measure of cricket's wartime contraction.
Officers vs Civilians
1812-12-15
By the close of 1812 cricket was being played regularly in both Madras and Bombay — the earliest documented fixtures in either Presidency. Garrison officers and civilian East India Company servants ran the matches; the Madras Gazette and Bombay Courier preserved the earliest scoresheets. The Calcutta game (documented 1804) had been joined by all three Presidency capitals.
Kent vs MCC
1813-09-09
On 9-10 September 1813 Kent played the MCC at the Vine, Sevenoaks — the first post-war major match at the historic Kent ground and the start of the Vine's revival as a regular major venue. The Vine had hosted little major cricket since 1808; the September 1813 fixture marked its return to the front rank.