The Royal Artillery Cricket Club was founded well before the end of the 18th century.  The earliest record of a match, so far discovered, is 1765 and by 1818 it was a going concern of some stature and influence, for in June of that year it was granted a fixture against MCC at Lord's.  For that to have happened, the RACC must have been a well-established and prominent club.

It was originally formed by officers at Woolwich as a private club and only became an official, properly constituted Regimental club in 1906.  Although it was an officers' club, soldiers of the required standard were permitted to play in important matches, and several appeared with distinction in matches against MCC and later against the Royal Engineers, who were first played in 1864.  The annual, 3 day, Gunner-Sapper Match is now the highlight of the cricket calendar.

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