Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the penis.

1639		J. Taylor Juniper Lecture 19: I will have a Husband that shall alwayes be provided like a Souldier, never not with standing [...] with his Match lighted and cocked bolt upright, and ready to do execution.
1718		A. Ramsay Lucky Spence’s Last Advice [ballad] And gin he likes to light his Match / at your Spunk-Box, Ne'er stand to let the fumbling Wratch / een take the Pox.

2. (US) a prison.

1908

B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 104: I’d just like to know why it is [...] oily John can’t [...] put all troublesome judges in the match.

3. see matchbox n. (2)