A match was a object used to create fire.
After dropping the torch in the junkyard, Barbara suggested that Ian use a match instead. However, he did not have one. On prehistoric Earth, the First Doctor used matches to light his pipe. (TV: An Unearthly Child)
After they had been miniaturised, the First Doctor and Barbara Wright found a giant match. (TV: Planet of Giants)
When the First Doctor and his companions were captured by Ixa, he escaped by using his matches to set fire to the room. (COMIC: The Therovian Quest)
The First Doctor, by many accounts, had carried everlasting matches, potentially an invention of his own. (COMIC: Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks, AUDIO: The Time Machine, et al.)
Rory Williams used Brightwell & Hyman matches to view the Weeping Angels in Grayle's basement. (TV: The Angels Take Manhattan)