#first class cricket

The Currie Cup — South Africa's First-Class Foundation, 1889

Sir Donald Currie, the Scottish-born shipping magnate who funded England's 1888-89 tour of South Africa, donated a trophy at the end of the trip for an inter-colonial cricket competition. The first Currie Cup was contested in 1889-90 — a single-match competition won by Kimberley over Transvaal. It became the foundational competition of South African first-class cricket.