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== History ==
== History ==
The Club was founded as the ''[[Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers]]'' by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[expatriates]] who had come over with the [[British East India Company]]. It is known to have been in existence by 1792.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html [[Rowland Bowen]], ''Some dates in [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]] history'', [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]]. Recent ''Wisdens'' have neither endorsed nor rejected this.]</ref> Later it was merged with the Calcutta Football Club and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club. Run by the British, Calcutta Football Club was once one of the leading football teams and had a great rivalry specially with [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]. Other rivals were [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]], [[Techno Aryan F.C.|Aryan]], [[Dalhousie FC|Dalhousie]] etc.
The Club was founded as the ''[[Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers]]'' by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[expatriates]] who had come over with the [[British East India Company]].{{ref-needed|date=May 2017}} It is known to have been in existence by 1792.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html [[Rowland Bowen]], ''Some dates in [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]] history'', [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]]. Recent ''Wisdens'' have neither endorsed nor rejected this.]</ref> Later it was merged with the Calcutta Football Club and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club. Run by the British, Calcutta Football Club was once one of the leading football teams and had a great rivalry specially with [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]. Other rivals were [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]], [[Techno Aryan F.C.|Aryan]], [[Dalhousie FC|Dalhousie]] etc.


Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CCFC) has won the Calcutta Football League and the prestigious IFA Shield on several occasions – CFL: 8 times, IFA Shield: 9 times.
Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CCFC) has won the Calcutta Football League and the prestigious IFA Shield on several occasions – CFL: 8 times, IFA Shield: 9 times.


== Famous members ==
== Famous members ==
A large number of luminaries are associated with the club
A large number of luminaries are associated with the club, including:


'''Football''': [[Chuni Goswami]], [[Subhas Bhowmick]], S. Bhattacharjee, Pradip Choudhury, P. Ganguly, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa.
*'''Football''': [[Chuni Goswami]], [[Subhas Bhowmick]], S. Bhattacharjee, Pradip Choudhury, P. Ganguly, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa.
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* '''Hockey''': Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh, [[Vece Paes|Dr. Vece Paes]], Anand Mandapaka.

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* '''Cricket''': Punya B. Datta,<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html</ref> [[Dilip Doshi]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html</ref> A. Gandotra<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html]</ref> [[Devang Gandhi]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html</ref> [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Saba Karim]], [[Arun Lal]],<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html]</ref> [[Pranab Roy]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html</ref> Biswajit Bhowmick.
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'''Hockey''': Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh, [[Vece Paes|Dr. Vece Paes]], Anand Mandapaka.
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* '''Tennis''': Chiradip Mukerjea, Enrico Piperno, [[Leander Paes]].

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'''Cricket''': Punya B. Datta,<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html</ref> [[Dilip Doshi]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html</ref> A. Gandotra<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html]</ref> [[Devang Gandhi]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html</ref> [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Saba Karim]], [[Arun Lal]],<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html]</ref> [[Pranab Roy]],<ref>http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html</ref> Biswajit Bhowmick.

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'''Tennis''': Chiradip Mukerjea, Enrico Piperno, [[Leander Paes]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:20, 30 May 2017

Calcutta Cricket & Football Club
Short nameCC&FC
Founded1792; 234 years ago (1792)
Websitehttp://www.ccfc1792.com

The Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CC&FC) is a sports club based in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1792, and is one of the oldest sports clubs in the world.[citation needed] The club is associated with sports such as cricket, football, rugby, hockey, swimming, tennis and Cycle Polo. At present, it is playing in the 2nd Division of the Calcutta Football League.[citation needed]

History

The Club was founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company.[citation needed] It is known to have been in existence by 1792.[1] Later it was merged with the Calcutta Football Club and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club. Run by the British, Calcutta Football Club was once one of the leading football teams and had a great rivalry specially with Mohun Bagan. Other rivals were Mohammedan Sporting, Aryan, Dalhousie etc.

Calcutta Cricket & Football Club (CCFC) has won the Calcutta Football League and the prestigious IFA Shield on several occasions – CFL: 8 times, IFA Shield: 9 times.

Famous members

A large number of luminaries are associated with the club, including:

References

  1. ^ Rowland Bowen, Some dates in Indian cricket history, Wisden 1967. Recent Wisdens have neither endorsed nor rejected this.
  2. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html
  3. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html


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