The roots of the present Cape Town Cricket Club extend back to the year 1857, making it one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa. The driving force behind the establishment of the club was one William Thomas Hancock Sherman.
An exceptional cricket player who became the first president of the club in that year. The club was re-organised in 1860 by cricketers resident in Cape Town and played on under various guises until 1888 when.
A significant re-organisation pertaining to the cricket circles of the Mother City took place, and Cape Town Cricket Club emerged as a force to be reckoned with.
The club founded in 1857 morphed in 1888 into a formidable organisation which was to challenge the cricket establishment of the Western Province in every way.
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