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Neither team was nationally selected. The British side was a touring club team, Devon & Somerset Wanderers. The French team consisted of Britons living in Paris , reportedly mostly members of the British Embassy . By Captain's agreement the game was played as a 12-a-side game, unlike the usual 11 in most cricket matches. The two-day game was played commencing on August 19 , 1900 . Great Britain batted first and scored 117. France were then bowled out for 78. Great Britain then scored 145 for 5 in their second innings, setting the hosts a target of 185, who were promptly bowled out for 26. This meant that Great Britain was convincingly the winner of the contest. The Great Britain team was awarded silver medals and the French team bronze medals, together with miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower . With the match billed as part of the 1900 Universal Exposition , neither side appears to have realised they were competing in the Olympics. The match was only retrospectively formally recognised as being an Olympic contest in 1912 , when the International Olympic Committee met to compile the definitive list of all events in the five modern Olympiads up to that point. Since then cricket has not appeared in an Olympic Games. Medal table These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal. Medal summary EVENTS Two-day 12-man ROSTERS Devon and Somerset Wanderers
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