Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
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The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CC&FC) located in Ballygunge
, South Kolkata, is a cricket
and association football
club
with rugby
, hockey
, swimming
and tennis
sections as well in Kolkata
(formerly Calcutta), West Bengal
, India
. Founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club by British
expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company
it is known to be in existence by 1792.
Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.
Ballygunge
Ballygunge is an upmarket and elite locality in South Kolkata, India. It is flanked by Park Circus in the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, Dhakuria and the Lakes in the south, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Lansdowne in the west...
, South Kolkata, is a cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and association football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
with rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
sections as well in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
(formerly Calcutta), West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
it is known to be in existence by 1792.
History
The Calcutta Cricket Club merged with the Calcutta Football Club and the BallygungeBallygunge
Ballygunge is an upmarket and elite locality in South Kolkata, India. It is flanked by Park Circus in the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, Dhakuria and the Lakes in the south, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Lansdowne in the west...
Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.
Football
- Chuni GoswamiChuni GoswamiSubimal Goswami commonly known by his nickname Chuni Goswami is an Indian international footballer and first class cricketer. He was born in Kishoreganj District of undivided Bengal . As a striker, he played 50 international matches representing India...
- Subhas Bhowmick
- S.Bhattacharjee
- Pradip Choudhury
- P.Ganguly
- Santo Mitra
- Shyam Thapa
Cricket
- Punya B. Datta http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html
- Dilip DoshiDilip DoshiDilip Rasiklal Doshi is a former Indian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1979 to 1983....
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html - A.Gandotra http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html
- Devang GandhiDevang GandhiDevang Jayant Gandhi is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a very occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html - Sourav GangulySourav GangulySourav Chandidas Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times. He started his...
- Saba KarimSaba KarimSaba Karim is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper.Karim has a long history with professional cricket, having started his career in 1982–83 immediately after finishing his schooling from St. Xavier's High School, Patna...
- Arun LalArun LalJagdishlal Arun Lal is a retired Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator....
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html - Pranab RoyPranab RoyPranab Roy is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1982.Roy's father, Pankaj also played for India....
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html - Biswajit Bhowmick