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Old Etonians v Calcutta — The Earliest Documented Match in British India, January 1804
Old Etonians vs Calcutta
1804-01-15
In January 1804 a side of Old Etonian East India Company officers played a representative Calcutta XI on the Old Course in Calcutta — the earliest match for which a substantial scoresheet survives in British India. The Calcutta Cricket Club had been founded in 1792, but the 1804 fixture is the oldest with a recorded individual scorecard. It is the foundational document of Indian cricket history.
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