History of Cricket in The West Indies To 1918 - 1865 To 1890

1865 To 1890

Inter-Colonial matches were sporadic in the early years of West Indian cricket, mainly because of travel difficulties between the islands and there were only 10 such matches up to 1890, involving Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad. These 10 games are generally regarded as major cricket matches.

The British Guiana team was often referred to as Demerara and the two names seem to have been interchangeable at first. British Guiana is used here throughout until the country was renamed as Guyana.