Cricket at The 1900 Summer Olympics - Aftermath

Aftermath

The Devon and Somerset Wanderers played two further matches during their tour of France, both one-day contests, and won them both. They were not impressed by the French, whom a journalist at the time described as "too excitable to enjoy the game".

Neither of the teams realised that they had competed in the Olympic Games, with the match advertised as part of the world's fair. The event was retrospectively recognised as an Olympic contest by the International Olympic Committee in 1912, and the medals won by the teams were upgraded to Gold for Great Britain and Silver for France. The scheduled competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics, held in St Louis, was cancelled at short notice due to a lack of facilities, and the sport has not been included in the Olympic Games since.

The match does not have first-class status.