Cricket holds a curious place in Olympic history. The sport made its only appearance at the Games in Paris, 1900, when Great Britain faced France at the Vélodrome de Vincennes. Spread over two days, August 19–20, the match remains a fascinating trivia nugget for sports fans.

The game itself was far from typical. Instead of 22 players, there were 24 on the field. None were official internationals, even though England had been playing Test cricket since 1877. Across four innings, just 366 runs were scored, with Great Britain clinching victory and the gold medal, while France settled for silver. The match still managed to feature two fifties and two five-wicket hauls, but it was not given first-class status because it was only a two-day, 12-a-side affair.

Interestingly, this was the only international cricket match played anywhere in the world that year. Originally, the competition was meant to feature Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, but the latter two withdrew. That left just Britain and France to contest what turned out to be cricket’s first—and so far, last—Olympic final.

Over a century later, cricket’s brief brush with the Olympics stands out as one of the most unique sporting stories from Paris 1900.