commences 1898–99 – Western Australia hosts its first intercolonial at the WACA Ground in Perth Teams Victoria The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) was formed in 1838, within three years of the establishment of the colony. Early Victorian teams were virtually MCC teams. In 1858 The Victorian Intercolonial Cricket Committee was formed by the leading clubs, to arrange and administer matches between the colonies. New South Wales In 1826 the Australian Cricket Club was formed. The first match between New South Wales and Victoria was played at the Outer Domain, Sydney on 26 March 1856. See also List of Australian intercolonial cricket matches History of Test cricket (to 1883) References http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/sa/sport/crimisc.htm http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingTraditions/1994/st1101/st1101o.pdf Cricketarchive list of first class seasons Cricinfo list of first class seasons Two Hundred Years of Australian Cricket. Ken Fin Books (1997) External links Early cricket in Australia - State Library of NSW Australian cricket in the 19th century