Garrick was formed in October 1866, holding its first practice match at East Bank on the 27th.

In the first, the Youdan Cup of 1867,[4] Garrick lost by one goal and one rouge to nothing against the Mackenzie club at the Orphanage ground on London Road.

[5] The following year it entered the Cromwell Cup[6] and after beating Wellington (apparently borrowing seven players from Heeley to ensure victory), it met the newly formed Wednesday in the final at Bramall Lane.

[7] Garrick then withdrew from playing the more popular local teams, instead taking on the minor teams and playing the occasional out-of-town match (including one of Sheffield's first rugby matches against Manchester Free Wanderers).

in December that year;[8] a one-off match in 1886 against the local pantomime actors seems to have been a scratch team using the name as a pun, as the contemporary Garrick Cricket Club was also made up of actors.