Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is a cricket and football club in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was formerly known as Calcutta Clippers.
Location of Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is located in Ballygunge area, the southern part of Kolkata.
Administration of Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is also associated with other sport such as rugby, hockey, swimming and tennis. At present, it is played in the 2nd Division of the Calcutta Football League.
Establishment of Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company. It is known to have been in existence by 1792. 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 especially with Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Other rivals were Mohammedan Sporting, Aryan and Dalhousie.
Awards Received by Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC) has won the Calcutta Football League and the prestigious IFA Shield on several occasions - CFL: 8 times, IFA Shield: 9 times A large number of luminaries are associated with the club
Members of Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club has the honourable members like Chuni Goswami, Subhas Bhowmick, S. Bhattacharjee, Pradip Choudhury, P. Ganguly, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa, Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh, Dr. Vece Paes, Anand Mandapaka, Punya B. Datta, Dilip Doshi, A. Gandotra Devang Gandhi, Sourav Ganguly, Saba Karim, Arun Lal, Pranab Roy, Biswajit Bhowmick, Chiradip Mukerjea, Enrico Piperno and Leander Paes.
Events by Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club offers the members a wide and round the year convivial events. The Merchant`s Cup Nites at the end of every Merchant`s Cup tournaments and the New Year`s Eve dinner-dance are greatly sought after occasions in the city`s social calendar. It is a sports club that has remained in existence for over 210 years must have good roots and must have served a good purpose not just for its members but also for the games they play and other activities.
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