Kenilworth Cricket Club
It is a sports club based in Kolkata, India. It was founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, adding the football and rugby sections when it merged to Calcutta F.C. in 1965.[1]
Sports currently practised at CC&FC include cricket, field hockey, football, rugby, cycle polo and tennis. The football squad is currently playing in the 2nd Division of the Calcutta Football League.
History[edit]
The Club was founded as the "Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers" by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company.[2] It is known to have been in existence by 1792.[1][3]
During its first years of existence, the Calcutta Cricket Club played its home games near river Hooghly but it was not until 1841 when the institution got land to establish its venue. Later it was merged with the Calcutta Football Club (where both footballs, rugby and association were practised)[1] and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club" in 1965.[1]
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 and Dalhousie.
The squad had won the Calcutta Football League (CFL) 8 times[4] and the IFA Shield 9 times before merging to the Calcutta C.C.
Famous members[edit]
A large number of notable athletes are associated with the club, including:
- Football: Chuni Goswami, Subhas Bhowmick, S. Bhattacharjee, Pradip Choudhury, P. Ganguly, Santo Mitra, Shyam Thapa.
- Hockey: Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh, Dr. Vece Paes, Anand Mandapaka.
- Cricket: Punya B. Datta,[5][6] Ashok Gandotra[7] Devang Gandhi,[8] Sourav Ganguly, Saba Karim, Arun Lal,[9] Pranab Roy,[10] Biswajit Bhowmick.
- Tennis: Chiradip Mukerjea, Enrico Piperno, Leander Paes.
Honours[edit]
Football[edit]
- Calcutta Football League (8): 1899, 1907, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925 [4]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 History of the club on CC&FC website
- ↑ Timeline of Bangladesh Cricket on Bangladesh Cricket site (Archive, 11 Jun 2010)
- ↑ Some dates in Indian cricket history, Wisden 1967 on ESPN Crickinfo
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 List of champions of the Calcutta Football League 1898–2007
- ↑ Punya Datta on ESPN Crickinfo
- ↑ Dilip Doshi profile
- ↑ Ashok Gandotra profile
- ↑ Devang Gandhi profile
- ↑ Arun Lal profile
- ↑ Pranab Roy profile
