When was the game introduced to the people of Fiji

Well to continue from where we left off......the Europeans arrived on our shores in 1874...and by 1878 the local people began playing the game...now one question that might arise..is whether they played the game cause they were forced to or simply because it was due to their curiosity and that they want to learn a new thing...???...well..too be frank i think its a combination of both...for starters they were colonized and with that new things came in...and probably due to that curiosity led them to the game of cricket...well that's what i think..how bout you..??..anywayz moving on....the first ever recorded game of cricket in Fiji was in January 1874.....it was round about this time that the Levuka Cricket Club was formed....straight after its formation an attempt to organize club games was made....however that attempt failed and the club did not get to play any game..."but" everything changed until February the same year...at round about this time the club got the chance to taste of international competition as a visiting navy ship from England by the name of HMS Pearl came to Fiji and thus a game between the Levuka Cricket Club and the visiting navy ship was organized....
The game was eventually played at the Vagadaci grounds in Levuka on the 21st of February 1874...the game was played at the ground despite the wicket being described as not the best and the other end of the pitch being described as very bumpy and the other being bad for longstops....despite the condition of the pitch the game went ahead as scheduled and....well...surprise surprise...!!!...the Levuka Cricket Club came out of the game victorious...this is despite the fact that the club was only formed at the beginning of that year...not bad for starters...really....!!!...in the memoir of the than Governor of Fiji by the name of Governor George William Des Vouex...who was a keen cricketer himself..he put down that the introduction of the game of cicket to the natives in Fiji was an achievement of his regime...and straight after that first and successful match the sport was than introduced to most parts of the Fiji Islands....since the first match between the Levuka Cricket Club and the visiting navy ship from England in the 1800's..the game of cricket in Fiji has grown to become a recognized sporting body in the Sports community of Fiji......