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{{Short description|Indian multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal}}
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| short name = CCFC
| short name = CCFC, CC&FC
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| ground     = CC&FC Ground, [[Ballygunge]]
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| capacity = 22,000
| chairman   =  
| chairman = Subrata Das
| mgrtitle   = Head coach
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| manager = [[Jamshid Nassiri]]
| league     = [[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division B]]
| league = [[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division]]
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The '''Calcutta Cricket & Football Club''' ('''CC&FC''') is a [[Multisports club]] based in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. It was founded in 1792 as a [[cricket]] institution,<ref>[https://www.prohor.in/india-s-first-cricket-club-is-situatied-in-kolkata India's first Cricket club is situated in Kolkata] ''www.prohor.in''. Retrieved 10 March 2021</ref> adding the [[association football|football]] and [[rugby union|rugby]] sections when it merged with '''Calcutta F.C.''' in 1965.<ref name=history/>
'''Calcutta Cricket & Football Club''' (incorporated as '''Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers'''), popularly known by its abbreviations '''CC&FC''' or '''CCFC''', is an Indian [[multi-sports club]] based in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. Founded in 1792 as a [[cricket]] institution,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prohor.in/india-s-first-cricket-club-is-situatied-in-kolkata|title=২৩০ বছর পেরিয়ে, কেমন আছে 'ক্যালকাটা ক্রিকেট ক্লাব'?|trans-title=India's first Cricket club is situated in Kolkata|website=prohor.in|publisher=Prohor|first=Aritra|last=Some|date=12 October 2020|access-date=10 March 2021|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031155229/https://www.prohor.in/india-s-first-cricket-club-is-situatied-in-kolkata|archive-date=31 October 2020}}</ref> the [[association football|football]] and [[rugby union|rugby]] sections were added when it merged with '''Calcutta Football Club''' ([[Oldest football clubs|oldest football club]] in [[Asia]], founded in 1872) in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianlink.com.au/travel/the-city-of-wonders/# |date=2010 |first1=Sandip |last1=Hor |website=indianlink.com.au |title=Indian Link — The City of Wonders |access-date=28 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404061736/http://www.indianlink.com.au/travel/the-city-of-wonders/# |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


Sports currently practised at CC&FC include cricket, [[field hockey]], football, rugby, [[cycle polo]] and [[tennis]]. The football squad is currently competes in the Premier Division B of the [[Calcutta Football League]].
Rugby section of the club made CC&FC the oldest rugby institution founded outside the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]].<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Rugby's great split: class, culture and the origins of rugby league football|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Rugby_s_Great_Split.html?id=dr6FLNcLsgIC|author=Tony Collins|pages=|chapter=Schism 1893–1895|edition=2nd|publisher=Routlage|year=2006|isbn=0-415-39616-6|archive-date=3 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503170700/https://books.google.com/books/about/Rugby_s_Great_Split.html?id=dr6FLNcLsgIC}}</ref> Club's football section competes in the premier division of [[Calcutta Football League]], fourth tier of the [[Indian football league system]].<ref name="IFA 2023"/> CC&FC is headquartered in [[Ballygunge]], on 19/1 [[Gurusaday Dutt Road]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/deepankar-nandi-on-leading-ccfc-from-the-front/cid/1837791|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|title=Deepankar Nandi on leading CC&FC from the front|first=Saionee|last=Chakraborty|date=8 November 2021|access-date=28 August 2022|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610143637/https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/deepankar-nandi-on-leading-ccfc-from-the-front/cid/1837791|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/calcutta-fc/62349/|title=India — Calcutta Cricket and Football Club — Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos.|website=int.soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=9 July 2023|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709140043/https://us.soccerway.com/teams/india/calcutta-fc/62349/}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Early years (1792–1950s)===
[[File:Calcutta cfc logo.png|thumb|Shield of CC&FC]]
The history of CC&FC dates back to 1792, when the club was established by the name of '''Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers''', predominantly as a [[cricket]] institution in the [[Company rule in India|East India Company rule in India]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBf5MgEACAAJ|title=Seventeen Ninety Two: A History of the Calcutta Cricket & Football Club|first=Sujoy|last=Gupta|location=Kolkata|publisher=Calcutta Cricket & Football Club|date=1 January 2002|pages=180|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815181808/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Seventeen_Ninety_Two.html?id=JBf5MgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|archive-date=15 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/|title=Kick, Score, Scream! The History of Football in Dhaka|first=Dhrubo|last=Alam|location=Dhaka|date=16 July 2018|publisher=Ice Today|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101015051/http://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/}}</ref><ref name="HISTORY">{{Cite web|title=BCCI: Cricket in India — History|url=https://www.bcci.tv/about#:~:text=The%20establishment%20of%20the%20Calcutta,after%20the%20MCC%20(1787).|website=bcci.tv|publisher=[[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815080651/https://www.bcci.tv/about}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-the-pioneers/|title=Legends Of Indian Football: The Pioneers|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|date=24 April 2012|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026053626/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-the-pioneers/|archive-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> It was founded as one of the earliest known European gentlemen's clubs in [[Calcutta]], then capital of [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.123india.com/alokghosh/Heritage/Our%20Sportsmen.htm|title=OUR SPORTSMEN|website=123india.com|access-date=27 September 2007|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210527/http://home.123india.com/alokghosh/Heritage/Our%20Sportsmen.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal 1911–1980 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |publisher=University of Calcutta |website=[[Shodhganga]] |page=35 |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Kausik |date=2008 |hdl=10603/174532 |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174156/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Majumdar |first1=Boria |author-link=Boria Majumdar |title=Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians: The On and Off the Field Story of Cricket in India and Beyond |date=2018 |publisher=Simon & Schuster India |location=Noida |isbn=9789386797186}}</ref> While incepted in 1872, Calcutta FC introduced rugby in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mahaneebas.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/230/|title=আমাদের ফুটবলের বেলা অবেলা কালবে‍লা|trans-title=Days and moments of our football|location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|date=7 July 2013|first=Mahabubul|last=Hassan Niru|access-date=3 November 2022|language=bn|website=mahaneebas.wordpress.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406201501/http://mahaneebas.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/230/|archive-date=6 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-lines/2020/may/16/future-hope-rugby-club-kolkata-street-children|title=The rugby club in Kolkata that has given hope to 3,500 street children|website=thegurdian.com|publisher=The Guardian|location=London|date=16 May 2020|access-date=5 October 2023|first1=Jonathan|last1=Drennan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806015854/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-lines/2020/may/16/future-hope-rugby-club-kolkata-street-children|archive-date=6 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Majumdar, Boria |first=Bandyopadhyay, Kausik |date=1 February 2006 |title=Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55oAAAACAAJ |location=[[New Delhi]] |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin India]] |isbn=9780670058747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408140616/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Goalless_the_Story_of_a_Unique_Footballi.html?id=i55oAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=8 April 2022}}</ref><ref>Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby''. Seven Oaks Ltd. 1997. {{ISBN|1-86200-013-1}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231006181915/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Complete_Book_of_Rugby.html?id=hIuhtgAACAAJ archived 6 October 2023]).</ref> Recent evidence in the form of an article published in the ''[[Hicky's Bengal Gazette]]'', suggests the club (described as '''"Gentlemen of Calcutta Cricket Club"''') existed in 1780<ref name="WOT">{{cite web|url=http://wotweb.com/wot-article/ccfc-%E2%88%92-225-still-counting/|title=CCFC − 225 AND STILL COUNTING|first=Reshmi|last=Bose|website=wotweb.com|publisher=Window On Travel|location=Kolkata|access-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610165806/http://wotweb.com/wot-article/ccfc-%E2%88%92-225-still-counting/|archive-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> – that would make it the oldest cricket club in the world.{{#tag:ref|As per the ''Bengal Gazette'', 16 December 1780; Hobbes, John Barley Corn Bahadur, 436–7. The Bengal Gazette entry indicates the world's first cricket club was started in Bengal, the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] of [[London]], being founded in 1787.|group=note|}}<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523360600802562 | doi=10.1080/09523360600802562 | title=Cricket in colonial Bengal (1880–1947): A lost history of nationalism | journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport | year=2006 | volume=23 | issue=6 | pages=960–990 | s2cid=216152701 | author=Majumdar, B. | access-date=10 June 2023 | archive-date=1 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301103901/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523360600802562 | url-status=live }}</ref> By 1825, Calcutta Cricket Club established themselves as one of the formidable sides in [[Bengal Presidency]], alongside [[British Army]]-operated cricket teams in India.<ref name="Ajanta">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/worlds-oldest-sports-club-to-go-to-ballot-box-for-the-first-time-in-221-years/articleshow/21470639.cms|title=World's oldest sports club to go to ballot box for the first time in 221 years|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|date=30 July 2013|access-date=26 March 2022|first=Ajanta|last=Chakraborty|agency=TNN|location=Kolkata|archive-date=2 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802035820/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-30/kolkata/40894555_1_221-years-member-managing-committee}}</ref> They later contributed in introducing and developing [[association football]]; [[Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari]] (founding father of football in India) taught the game to his classmates of prestigious [[Hare School]] compound in 1877, after observing British soldiers playing the game in Calcutta FC ground.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History in Timeline of Indian Football — Calcutta FC the first club to be established in 1872|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-date=8 March 2020|location=New Delhi|access-date=2021-02-15|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=[[All India Football Federation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint Delhi]]|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/|title=Nagendra Prasad — The father of Indian football who removed prejudice from the sport|website=thebridge.in|publisher=The Bridge|date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Sarah|last=Waris|location=Kolkata|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024082132/https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/}}</ref>


[[File:Ground of Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan&#039;y 1861 - Percy Carpenter.png|thumb|''Ground of the Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan'y. 1861 H.M. 68th L.I. from Rangoon, versus the Calcutta Cricket Club'', a [[lithograph]] after a [[watercolour painting|watercolour]] by [[Percy Carpenter]], depicting a visit by the [[68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)]] ]]
[[File:View of Eden Gardens Calcutta by Samuel Bourne 1865.jpg|thumb|The Eden Gardens in Calcutta, home of cricket in India.]]
When tournaments began and organized by the [[Indian Football Association]] (IFA), CC&FC enjoyed rivalries with another all-European team [[Dalhousie AC]], and fully indigenous side [[Mohun Bagan AC]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Anita |title=MOHUN BAGAN VILLA – GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |url=https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ |website=Breathing Roots |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003050014/https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=History Of Mohun Bagan (Part 1): The Success That Changed Indian Football |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2010/history-of-mohun-bagan-chapter-1-the-origin-and-the-success-that-changed-indian-football/ |website=The Hard Tackle |date=2 May 2010 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025110131/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2010/history-of-mohun-bagan-chapter-1-the-origin-and-the-success-that-changed-indian-football/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972|title=A burnt-down football club and a 121-year-old legacy the flames couldn't touch|first=Manasi|last=Shah|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph India]]|location=Kolkata|date=19 June 2022|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026135252/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://puronokolkata.com/2015/03/08/dalhousie-institute-hare-street-calcutta-1865/|title=Dalhousie Institute, Hare Street, Calcutta, 1865|location=Kolkata|date=8 March 2015|author=Ajantrik|access-date=3 November 2022|website=puronokolkata.com|publisher=Purono Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124175949/https://puronokolkata.com/2015/03/08/dalhousie-institute-hare-street-calcutta-1865/|archive-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |title=WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958) |website=www.goaldentimes.org |publisher=Goalden Times |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Debojyoti |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111162448/http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |archive-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/story-of-legendary-football-coach-dukkhiram|first=Chandak|last=Guha|website=bongodorshon.com|publisher=Bongodorshon Information Desk|language=bn|trans-title=The Englishmen too feared Bengal's legendary first football coach|title=ইংরেজরাও ভয় পেত বাংলার প্রথম কিংবদন্তি ফুটবল কোচকে|location=Kolkata|agency=|date=5 September 2019|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908122903/https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/story-of-legendary-football-coach-dukkhiram}}</ref> The club soon emerged as one of the prestigious private members' club in Asia; By January 1873, nearly 137 members had enrolled, while European womens were granted membership in the first half of the 19th century.<ref name="history"/> The primary sport Rugby, later suffered because of the departure of British regiments.<ref name="history"/> Bicycle Polo division (now known as Cycle Polo) was formed in 1901–02, and being played since then in CC&FC.<ref name="history"/> the club primarily used eastern end of the [[Eden Gardens]] from 1860s until shifting their base to Ballygunge in 1950s.<ref name="Ajanta"/>


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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100611152849/http://www.banglacricket.com/History/timeline.php Timeline of Bangladesh Cricket] on Bangladesh Cricket site (Archive, 11 Jun 2010)</ref> It is known to have been in existence by 1792.<ref name=history>[https://ccfc1792.com/history.php History of the club] on CC&FC website</ref><ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html Some dates] in [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]] history, [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]] on ESPN Crickinfo</ref>  
===Later years (1950s–present)===
[[File:CCFC In Gate.jpg|thumb|Front view of the CC&FC building in Ballygunge]]
After acquiring the "Calcutta Football Club" (1872–77; 1884–1965) in 1965, the institution completed all the absorptions to introduce themselves under the name of '''Calcutta Cricket and Football Club''' (CC&FC).<ref name="Ajanta"/> Sports still being practised at the club include: cricket, football, [[field hockey]], rugby, [[cycle polo]], swimming, [[tennis]], and bridge.<ref name="CCFC history"/> The football team competed in both the Premier Division A and B of [[Calcutta Football League]]. The club's cricket and football teams usually participated in their respective divisions as "Calcutta Cricket Club" for cricket and "Calcutta Football Club" for football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/clubs/|title=IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (Calcutta Football League)|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|access-date=25 October 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009123425/https://ifawb.org/clubs/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/1stdivpoint.php|title=First Division|work=Cricket Association of Bengal|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118235149/https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/1stdivpoint.php}}</ref> Their hockey and rugby teams participate under the combined name of "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/schedule-1|title=Schedule|work=Hockey Bengal|access-date=18 November 2022|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024100541/https://www.hockeybengal.org/schedule-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarugby.com/Home/Clubs|title=Clubs|work=Rugby India|access-date=18 November 2022|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118123857/https://indiarugby.com/Home/Clubs}}</ref>


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 union|rugby]] and [[association football|association]] were practised)<ref name=history/> and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club" in 1965.<ref name=history/>  
CC&FC has been hosting various tournaments, including Merchants' Cup (a corporate open tournament) since 1970s for both football and cricket.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/29360715/sport-interrupted-228-years-kolkata-storied-ccfc-laid-low-lockdown?platform=amp|title=Sport, interrupted: After 228 years, Kolkata's storied CC&FC laid low by lockdown|date=3 July 2020|access-date=26 November 2022|website=ESPN.com|first=Susan|last=Ninan|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611061030/https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/29360715/sport-interrupted-228-years-kolkata-storied-ccfc-laid-low-lockdown?platform=amp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Rwitoban|last=Deb|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/airtel-win-big/cid/1061749|title=TT Merchants' Cup — Airtel win big|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=26 May 2006|access-date=7 January 2020|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611100444/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/airtel-win-big/cid/1061749|archive-date=11 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Rwitoban|last=Deb|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-football-feast-at-cc-amp-fc-kicks-off-to-a-great-start/cid/1420287|title=The football feast at the CC&FC kicks off to a great start|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=15 May 2016|access-date=7 January 2020|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611100148/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-football-feast-at-cc-amp-fc-kicks-off-to-a-great-start/cid/1420287|archive-date=11 June 2023}}</ref> Merchants' Cup in hockey hosted by the club until its discontinuation in 2005, while cricket tournaments at the club are being sponsored by [[Kolkata Knight Riders]].<ref name="ESPN"/> Other tournaments such as J. Thomas Cup in rugby, and Georgiadi 7s tournament are also hosted at the club ground.<ref name="President's corner"/> In November 2017, the club organized their 225th anniversary celebration, marking the 225 years of cricket in India, with presence of noted international cricketers like [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Saurav Ganguly]], [[MS Dhoni]], [[Yuvraj Singh]], [[VVS Laxman]], and [[Virat Kohli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/indian/galaxy-of-stars-to-take-part-in-charity-evening-of-ccfc/article19728362.ece|title=Galaxy of stars to take part in charity evening of CC&FC|date=21 September 2017|access-date=26 September 2023|website=sportstar.thehindu.com|publisher=[[Sportstar]]|location=Kolkata|agency=Press Trust of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207100009/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/indian/galaxy-of-stars-to-take-part-in-charity-evening-of-ccfc/article19728362.ece|archive-date=7 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket-amp-anecdotes/cid/1355708|title=Cricket &amp; anecdotes|date=19 November 2017|access-date=27 September 2023|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927142016/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket-amp-anecdotes/cid/1355708|archive-date=27 September 2023}}</ref> In June 2023, Indian Football Association made an official announcement of merger of the both Premier Division A and B of [[Calcutta Football League]] (CFL), ahead of 125th edition, and allowed CC&FC to compete in Group I.<ref name="IFA 2023">{{cite web|url=https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|title=Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season|website=thefangarage.com|publisher=The Fan Garage|location=Kolkata|date=5 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606060715/https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|archive-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TNN|date=31 May 2023|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr|location=Kolkata|title=CFL Premier Div 'A' & 'B' to be merged|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=8 June 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531031053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sanghamitra|last=Chakraborty|date=5 June 2023|url=https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html|title=Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group|language=bn|work=TV9 Bangla|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154245/https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Koushik|last=Biswas|date=5 June 2023|url=https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms|title=Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group|language=bn|work=Ei Samay|accessdate=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154719/https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms}}</ref>


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]], [[Aryan FC|Aryan]] and [[Dalhousie FC|Dalhousie]].
==Departments==
===Cricket===
{{Further|History of cricket in India to 1918}}
[[File:Ground of Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan&#039;y 1861 - Percy Carpenter.png|thumb|''Ground of the Calcutta Cricket Club, 15th Jan'y. 1861 H.M. 68th L.I. from Rangoon, versus the Calcutta Cricket Club'', a [[lithograph]] after a [[watercolour painting|watercolour]] by [[Percy Carpenter]], depicting a visit by the [[68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)]].]]


The squad had won the Calcutta Football League (CFL) 8 times<ref name=list>[http://www.indianfootball.de/data/cfl.html List of champions of the Calcutta Football League 1898–2007] ''www.indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 10 March 2021</ref> and the IFA Shield 9 times<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html|access-date=10 March 2021|website=indianfootball.de}}</ref> before merging to the Calcutta C.C.
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>{{cite web|url=http://www.banglacricket.com/History/timeline.php|title=Timeline of Bangladesh Cricket|website=Bangladesh Cricket|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611152849/http://www.banglacricket.com/History/timeline.php|archive-date=11 June 2010|access-date=25 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dass|first=Jarmani|title=Maharaja; lives and loves and intrigues of Indian princes: Volume 56 of Orient paperbacks|year=1969|publisher=Allied Publishers|page=342|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhVuAAAAMAAJ|access-date=15 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505092910/https://books.google.com/books?id=zhVuAAAAMAAJ&q=|archive-date=5 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Carey |first1=W. H. |title=1882 – The Good Old Days of Honourable John Company |date=1882 |publisher=Argus Press |location=Simla |url=http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/texts/empire/good/1882good.html |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225934/http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/texts/empire/good/1882good.html }}</ref> Have been in existence since 1792,<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=https://ccfc1792.com/history.php|title=History of the club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528205453/http://www.ccfc1792.com/history.php|archive-date=28 May 2017|access-date=27 January 2015|website=ccfc1792.com|publisher=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html|title=Cricket — Some dates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710060251/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html|archive-date=10 July 2017 }} in [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]] history, [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]] on ESPN Crickinfo.</ref> it is the second oldest cricket club in the world after [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].<ref name="HISTORY"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzztribe.news/the-oldest-cricket-clubs-in-the-world/|title=The oldest Cricket Clubs in the world {{!}} The pride of sport and the spirit are still alive|date=5 August 2022|access-date=19 October 2022|website=buzztribe.news|publisher=Buzztribe News|first=Nirtika|last=Pandita|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019123309/https://www.buzztribe.news/the-oldest-cricket-clubs-in-the-world/|archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Altham |first=H. S. |author-link=Harry Altham |title=A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) |year=1962 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin |location=London |asin=B0014QE7HQ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Birley |first=Derek |author-link=Derek Birley |title=A Social History of English Cricket |year=1999 |publisher=Aurum Press Ltd |location=London |isbn=978-18-54107-10-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bowen |first=Rowland |author-link=Rowland Bowen |title=Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development |year=1970 |publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode |location=London |isbn=978-04-13278-60-9}}</ref> On 23 February 1792, ''[[Madras Courier]]'' reported the schedule of a match between Calcutta Cricket Club and a team from [[Barrackpore]], and the news was later highlighted by Irwin Rosenwater on ''[[The Times|The London Times]]''.<ref name="Anandabazar">{{cite web|url=http://archives.anandabazar.com/e_kolkata/2013/november/anache_kanache.html|title=আনাচে–কানাচে: ময়দান ও ক্লাব {{!}} ক্যালকাটা ক্রিকেট অ্যান্ড ফুটবল ক্লাব (সিসিএফসি)|first1=Joydeep|last1=Banerjee|first2=Rajat|last2=Karmakar|website=archives.anandabazar.com|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|language=bn|trans-title=Maidan & Club: Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC)|location=Kolkata|agency=|date=21 November 2013|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206190523/http://archives.anandabazar.com/e_kolkata/2013/november/anache_kanache.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal (Department of youth services and sports)|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|archive-date=13 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref>


==Famous members==
During its earliest 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 home match venue.<ref name="Anandabazar"/> On 19 April 1864, CC&FC was granted permission to build a pavilion at eastern end of the Eden Gardens.<ref name="Anandabazar"/> There, a large pavilion of 125 feet by 25 feet was built out of [[Teak|Burma teak]], modelled after [[Lord's|pavilions of the Lord's Cricket Ground]].<ref name="Anandabazar"/> In 1889–90, the club came into limelight when Marylebone Cricket Club came to play in Calcutta by responding to the club's invitation, which was the first visit of a foreign team to play cricket in India.<ref name="Anandabazar"/> In [[G. F. Vernon's cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1889–90|1889–90 cricket season]], another English team named "G. F. Vernon's XI", managed by [[George Vernon (cricketer)|George Vernon]] and captained by [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Martin Hawke]], toured to Ceylon and India; played against Calcutta Cricket Club at the [[Eden Gardens]] on 23 December,<ref name="CAVCI">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/GF_Vernons_XI_in_Ceylon_and_India_1889-90.html |title=Tour Itinerary: G. F. Vernon's XI, 1889–90 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=14 October 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031151858/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/GF_Vernons_XI_in_Ceylon_and_India_1889-90.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1890/42/index.html|title=Cricket in India: From the ''Pioneer Mail''|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907114402/https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1890/42/index.html|archive-date=7 September 2022 }} ''archive.acscricket.com'', issue 232. 27 March 1890. p. 36.</ref> under the "[[Laws of Cricket]]" (prevailed in England at the time, including the compulsory [[follow-on]] and the recently introduced [[over (cricket)|5-ball over]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1889/52/index.html|title=Pavilion Gossip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904020840/https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1889/52/index.html|archive-date=4 September 2022|work=archive.acscricket.com (issue 202) 21 March 1889|page=42}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33180/Miscellaneous_Matches.html |title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Thomas Tapling |website=cricketarchive.com |publisher=Cricket Archive |access-date=4 September 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904143725/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33180/Miscellaneous_Matches.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/GF_Vernons_XI_in_Ceylon_and_India_1889-90.html |title=Tour Itinerary: G. F. Vernon's XI, 1889–90 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=14 October 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031151858/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/GF_Vernons_XI_in_Ceylon_and_India_1889-90.html }}</ref> In [[Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892–93|1892–93 cricket season]], an English team led by [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke|Martin Hawke]], came to India and played against Calcutta Cricket Club.<ref name="Lord Hawke's Team">{{cite journal |title=Lord Hawke's Team in India |journal=Cricket |date=23 April 1893 |page=55 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1893/62/index.html |access-date=26 January 2021 |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621180208/https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1893/62/index.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Coldham |first1=James P. |title=F. S. Jackson: A Cricketing Biography |date=1989 |publisher=Crowood Press |location=Ramsbury, Wiltshire |isbn=1-85223-147-5 |pages=66–77}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mumbai, December 22–24, 1892, Lord Hawke's XI tour of Ceylon and India |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lord-hawke-s-xi-tour-of-ceylon-and-india-1892-93-286646/parsees-vs-lord-hawke-s-xi-453713/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723014347/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/lord-hawke-s-xi-tour-of-ceylon-and-india-1892-93-286646/parsees-vs-lord-hawke-s-xi-453713/full-scorecard }}</ref>
 
In 1926–27 season during winter, CC&FC played the key role in bringing Marylebone Cricket Club, which was their second tour to India,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/cricket|title=Sports of West Bengal — Cricket|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709130840/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/cricket|archive-date=9 July 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155738.html | title = Arthur Gilligan (Obituary) | website = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | year = 1977 | publisher = [[John Wisden & Co]] | location = London | access-date = 17 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140312174338/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155738.html | archive-date = 12 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url = http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1976-09-07-14-026&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1976-09-07-14| title = Obituary: Mr Arthur Gilligan| newspaper = [[The Times]]| location = London| page = 14| date = 7 September 1976| access-date = 6 June 2012| url-access = subscription| archive-date = 6 October 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231006144540/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=420&testing=0&opponentmatch=exact&playername=&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&howout=All&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason=| title = Player Oracle AER Gilligan| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 17 May 2012| archive-date = 5 March 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305232431/http://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=420&testing=0&opponentmatch=exact&playername=&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&howout=All&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154719.html | title = Arthur Gilligan (Bowler of the Year) | website = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | year = 1924 | publisher = [[John Wisden & Co]] | location = London | access-date = 17 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110102060004/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154719.html | archive-date = 2 January 2011 }}</ref> and MCC was then led by former England captain [[Arthur Gilligan|Arthur Edward Gilligan]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Bose |first = Mihir |title = The magic of Indian cricket : cricket and society in India |publisher = [[Routledge]] |year = 2006 |location= London |isbn = 978-0-415-35691-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last= Oborne|first= Peter|title= Basil D'Oliveira. Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story|location= London|publisher= [[Little, Brown and Company]]|year= 2004|isbn= 978-0-316-72572-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book  |last = Marshall  |first = Michael  |title = Gentlemen and Players: Conversations with Cricketers  |publisher = [[Grafton Books]]  |year = 1987  |location = London  |isbn = 978-0-246-11874-5  |url-access = registration  |url = https://archive.org/details/gentlemenplayers0000unse  }}</ref> On 15 August 1950, then club president T. C. Longfield handed over the ownership of Eden Gardens to then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy.<ref name="Anandabazar"/> In December 1962, the club made history, when its members announced and conducted a 5-match series between Calcutta Cricket Club and Merchants' XI, introducing "[[Limited overs cricket|limited over cricket format]]" (all were 20 overs).<ref name="Anandabazar"/> It was later merged with the Calcutta Football Club (incorporated in 1872,<ref>{{cite web|first=Somesh|last=Upadhyay|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/football-in-india-the-best-old-days|title=Indian Football : Ah! Those golden days...|website=sportskeeda.com|publisher=Sportskeeda|date=22 December 2010|access-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714163447/https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/football-in-india-the-best-old-days|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=History in Timeline of Indian Football|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=2021-02-15|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=[[All India Football Federation]]}}</ref> where both footballs — [[rugby union|rugby]] and [[association football|association]] were practised)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972|title=A burnt-down football club and a 121-year-old legacy the flames couldn't touch|first=Manasi|last=Shah|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph India]]|location=Kolkata|date=19 June 2022|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026135252/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Arjun |last=Wadwha |url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200805197/introduction-to-football/history-indian-football |title=History of Football in India |website=thesportscampus.com |publisher=TheSportsCampus |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=15 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825015957/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200805197/introduction-to-football/history-indian-football |archive-date=2012-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrew Flint |date=2015-11-11 |title=A Tale of One City: Kolkata |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/11/11/a-tale-of-one-city-kolkata/ |access-date=2021-03-16 |website=These Football Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183002/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/11/11/a-tale-of-one-city-kolkata/ }}</ref> and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club" in 1965.<ref name=history/> CC&FC is currently under the jurisdiction of [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] (CAB),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/first_division.php|title=The Cricket Association of Bengal: First Division Clubs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023021313/https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/first_division.php|archive-date=23 October 2020|publisher=Cricket Association of Bengal|access-date=2 July 2021|location=Kolkata|website=cricketassociationofbengal.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/history.php|title=Early History of Bengal Cricket leading to the formation of the Cricket Association of Bengal in 1928|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102855/http://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/history.php|archive-date=23 December 2017|website=cricketassociationofbengal.com|publisher=The Cricket Association Of Bengal (CAB)|access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref> and competes in the CAB First Division League, J.C. Mukherjee T-20 Trophy, N.C. Chatterjee T-20 Trophy, and other regional tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/1stdivpoint.php|title=First Division|work=Cricket Association of Bengal|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118235149/https://www.cricketassociationofbengal.com/1stdivpoint.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket/calcutta-cricket-and-football-club-in-a-spot/cid/1911491|title=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club in a spot|date=21 March 2023|access-date=19 February 2022|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321104831/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/cricket/calcutta-cricket-and-football-club-in-a-spot/cid/1911491|archive-date=21 March 2023}}</ref> Later in the 1970s, wooden pavilion of Calcutta was demolished, while the construction of the new club house (current headquarters of the CAB) began, which was named after [[Bidhan Chandra Roy]].<ref name="Anandabazar"/> Club's cricket section is currently headquartered in 19/1, Garcha 1st Lane, Ballygunge, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/cricket.html|title=CALCUTTA — CRICKET CLUBS — Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427103907/https://www.calcuttayellowpages.com/cricket.html|website=calcuttayellowpages.com|publisher=Calcutta Yellow Pages Calcutta|access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref>
 
====Notable matches====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
|'''Dates'''
|'''Match'''
|'''Venue'''
|'''Result'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|-
| 23–25 December 1889
| Calcutta Cricket Club v G. F. Vernon's XI
| [[Eden Gardens]], Calcutta
| Vernon's XI won by 9 wickets
| {{#tag:ref|At the time, "first-class" was a term in common usage but it was not yet an official standard. It was formally defined in the May 1894 meeting at [[Lord's]] of [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) and the [[county cricket|county clubs]] which were then competing in the [[County Championship]]. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the [[1895 English cricket season|1895 season]]|group=note|name=First-Class}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134867.html |title=Calcutta Cricket Club v G. F. Vernon's XI |work=CricketArchive |access-date=4 September 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904031119/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/134/134867.html }}</ref>
|-
| 5–6 January 1892
| Calcutta Cricket Club v Lord Hawke's XI
| CCC Ground, Calcutta
| Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 83 runs
| <ref name="Lord Hawke's Team"/>
|}
 
===Rugby union===
{{Further|Rugby union in India}}
[[File:Calcuttarugby.jpg|thumb|Scene of a rugby match at the CFC ground in Calcutta, {{circa|1875}} (from ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'').]]
[[File:Rugby_Trophy.jpg|thumb|Trophy of the All India Rugby Cup, at the CC&FC.]]
In the [[British Raj]], [[Rugby union]] was introduced and emerged as second most popular winter sport after [[association football]]. At the ground of CC&FC, first recorded match was played, on the [[Christmas day]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Bath|first=Richard|url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Complete_Book_of_Rugby.html?id=hIuhtgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=The Complete Book of Rugby|publisher=Seven Oaks Limited|year=1997|isbn=1-86200-013-1|page=68|archive-date=5 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005101312/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Complete_Book_of_Rugby.html?id=hIuhtgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.keithprowse.co.uk/news-and-blog/2019/03/11/the-story-of-the-calcutta-cup/ |title=The Story of the Calcutta Cup |last= |first= |date=11 March 2019 |website=keithprowse.co.uk |publisher=[[Keith Prowse]] |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185508/https://www.keithprowse.co.uk/news-and-blog/2019/03/11/the-story-of-the-calcutta-cup/ }}</ref> which paved the way for growth of the [[Sport in the United Kingdom|British sport]] in India, and foundation of "Calcutta Rugby Football Club" in January the following year by expats, former students of [[Rugby School]] and soldiers of the [[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)|Royal East Kent Regiment]] – which was stationed in the 1870s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milne |first1=Alex |last2=Crump |first2=James |date=8 February 2020 |title=Why is England vs Scotland called the Calcutta Cup? Six Nations 2020 clash explained |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/england-vs-scotland-called-calcutta-21442904?_ga=2.203828563.2120174567.1669398916-215708948.1668575448 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185518/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/england-vs-scotland-called-calcutta-21442904?_ga=2.203828563.2120174567.1669398916-215708948.1668575448 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishrugby.org/fanzone/the-history-of-the-calcutta-cup |title=The History of the Calcutta Cup |last= |first= |website=scottishrugby.org |publisher=[[Scottish Rugby Union]] (SRU) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203115038/http://www.scottishrugby.org/fanzone/the-history-of-the-calcutta-cup |archive-date=3 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/ |title=The Calcutta Cup |last=Johnson |first=Ben |date= |website=historic-uk.com |publisher= |access-date=2022-11-25 |archive-date=2022-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185508/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/ }}</ref> In 1874, Calcutta Football Club joined the [[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU).<ref name=Cal>{{cite web |url=https://www.keithprowse.co.uk/news-and-blog/2019/03/11/the-story-of-the-calcutta-cup/ |title=The Story of the Calcutta Cup |last= |first= |date=11 March 2019 |website=keithprowse.co.uk |publisher=[[Keith Prowse]] |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185508/https://www.keithprowse.co.uk/news-and-blog/2019/03/11/the-story-of-the-calcutta-cup/ }}</ref><ref name=His>{{cite web |url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/ |title=The Calcutta Cup |last=Johnson |first=Ben |date= |website=historic-uk.com |publisher= |access-date=2022-11-25 |archive-date=2022-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185508/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/ }}</ref><ref name=Eng>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/six-nations-history-of-the-calcutta-cup |title=History of the Calcutta Cup |last= |first= |date=3 February 2020 |website=englandrugby.com |publisher=[[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU) |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125185514/https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/six-nations-history-of-the-calcutta-cup }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff Reporter|title=Rahul's rugby dreams|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160925/jsp/sports/story_110148.jsp#.V-pFNCh96hc|access-date=27 September 2016|agency=ABP|publisher=The Telegraph|date=25 September 2016|archive-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930015943/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160925/jsp/sports/story_110148.jsp#.V-pFNCh96hc}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/Calcutta+India/articles/46/Rugby+India+thriving+international+help |title=Rugby in India thriving with international help |website=zimbio.com |access-date=2009-01-28 |archive-date=2011-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221135059/http://www.zimbio.com/Calcutta+India/articles/46/Rugby+India+thriving+international+help }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Tony|year=2009|url=https://www.routledge.com/A-Social-History-of-English-Rugby-Union/Collins/p/book/9780415476607|title=A Social History of English Rugby Union|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-47660-7|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127093244/https://www.routledge.com/A-Social-History-of-English-Rugby-Union/Collins/p/book/9780415476607}}</ref> After departure of British troops, and recreational facilities became disbanded, club's rugby section was discontinued in 1878.<ref name="History UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/|title=The birth of Calcutta Cup|website=history-uk.com|publisher=The History United Kingdom|location=London|access-date=26 August 2022|date=1 May 2016|first=Ben|last=Johnson|archive-date=24 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224201801/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Calcutta-Cup/}}</ref> Members decided to keep the memory of the club alive by having the remaining [[Coins of British India|270 silver rupee coins]] in their [[bank vault]] melted down to be made into a trophy (the Calcutta Cup), which was then presented to the Rugby Football Union (described as "the best means of doing some lasting good for the cause of Rugby Football").<ref name="History UK"/> The sport came back at the CC&FC in 1884. In 1890, an inter-club tournament was incepted by the CC&FC, named ''Calcutta Rugby Union Challenge Cup'' (known simply as [[Calcutta Cup#Other Calcutta Cups|Calcutta Cup]]),<ref name="CCFC history">{{cite web|url=http://www.ccfc1792.com/heritage.asp|title=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928174641/http://www.ccfc1792.com/heritage.asp|archive-date=2007-09-28|website=ccfc1792.com|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> and its second division trophy was clinched by the club. Later in 2007, they emerged as runners-up in that tournament.<ref name="SCRUM">{{Cite web |url=http://www.scrum.com/39_46645.php |title=FUTURE HOPE HARLEQUINS RETAIN CALCUTTA CUP |first=Nick |last=Hyde |date=2007-08-06 |archive-date=2007-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023175710/http://www.scrum.com/39_46645.php |website=scrum.com |access-date=21 January 2015 }}</ref>
 
{{Cquote|''I regret to say the Calcutta Football Club has ceased to exist, it being now found quite impossible to get sufficient men together to play even a scratch game…This being the case I proposed at a Meeting of the few remaining Members of the Club held on Tuesday last the 18th inst. as the best means of doing some lasting good for the cause of Rugby Football & as a slight memento of the Calcutta Club, that the Funds remaining to the credit of the Club should be devoted to the purchase of a Challenge Cup & presented to the Rugby Union.''|source=G. A. James Rothney (captain, honorary secretary and treasurer of the Calcutta FC), highlighting this in his letter to the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the [[Rugby Football Union]], H. I. Graham Esq (dated 20 December 1877), on club's disfunction in 1877.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/twickenham-stadium/in-1877-the-rfu-were-sent-a-letter|title=FROM THE VAULTS — IN 1877 THE RFU WERE SENT A LETTER…|date=6 March 2017|access-date=27 November 2020|website=worldrugbymuseum.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204151822/https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/twickenham-stadium/in-1877-the-rfu-were-sent-a-letter|archive-date=4 February 2023}}</ref>|Cquote}}
[[File:Champions Army Red.jpg|thumb|250px|83rd All India and South Asia Rugby Tournament hosted at the CC&FC ground in 2016]]
The club is also a regular participant of prestigious [[All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament]], and hosted the championship on various occasions.<ref name="IndiaBlooms">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiablooms.com/sports-details/SN/10857/kolkata-s-cc-fc-to-host-top-rugby-championships-from-sept-21.html|title=Kolkata's CC&FC to host top Rugby Championships from Sept 21|publisher=India Blooms News Service|date=19 September 2019|access-date=26 November 2020|website=indiablooms.com|first=Manik|last=Banerjee|location=Kolkata|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505060845/https://www.indiablooms.com/sports-details/SN/10857/kolkata-s-cc-fc-to-host-top-rugby-championships-from-sept-21.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyasia247.com/all-india-south-asia-rugby-tournament-teams/|title=All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament: Teams|website=rugbyasia247.com|publisher=Rugby Asia 24/7|access-date=5 May 2023|date=19 September 2019|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043749/https://www.rugbyasia247.com/all-india-south-asia-rugby-tournament-teams/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.com/the-big-guns-boomed-at-ccfc-on-thursday-knocking-out-their-challengers-to-set-up-a-repeat-of-last-years-final-at-the-all-india-south-asia-rugby-championship-army-red-who-have-won-the-title-six-consecutive-times-crushed-jungle-crows-40-8-while-13-time-champion-bombay-gymkhana-humiliated-sergeants-institute-another-local-outfit-40-3-in-one-sided-semifinals-the-final-of-the-88-year-old-tournament-on-saturday-afternoon-presents-a-mouth-watering-clash-between-the-new-force-in-indian-rugby-and-the-dispossessed-kings-/articleshow/16387170.cms|title=The big guns boomed at CC&FC on Thursday, knocking out their challengers to set up a repeat of last year's final at the All India & South Asia Rugby Championship.|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|date=13 September 2012|first=Arup|last=Chatterjee|access-date=25 November 2015|location=Kolkata|agency=TNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505053311/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-big-guns-boomed-at-ccfc-on-thursday-knocking-out-their-challengers-to-set-up-a-repeat-of-last-years-final-at-the-all-india-south-asia-rugby-championship-army-red-who-have-won-the-title-six-consecutive-times-crushed-jungle-crows-40-8-while-13-time-champion-bombay-gymkhana-humiliated-sergeants-institute-another-local-outfit-40-3-in-one-sided-semifinals-the-final-of-the-88-year-old-tournament-on-saturday-afternoon-presents-a-mouth-watering-clash-between-the-new-force-in-indian-rugby-and-the-dispossessed-kings-/articleshow/16387170.cms|archive-date=5 May 2023}}</ref> Women's rugby team of CC&FC also participate in that tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/india-gets-its-first-taste-fifteens|title=India gets its first taste of fifteens|website=scrumqueens.com|publisher=Scrum Queen|date=2 September 2016|access-date=5 October 2023|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809085656/https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/india-gets-its-first-taste-fifteens}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha Women's Team Wins 1st All India Rugby 15s Tournament|url=http://incredibleorissa.com/odisha-women-team-wins-all-india-rugby-15s-tournament/|website=Incredible Orissa|access-date=13 October 2016|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013093005/http://incredibleorissa.com/odisha-women-team-wins-all-india-rugby-15s-tournament/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Deb|first1=Rwitoban|title=Rugby — Men, women and a sport called rugby|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161022/jsp/t2/story_114790.jsp#.WBGZk9QrJnI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027060140/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161022/jsp/t2/story_114790.jsp#.WBGZk9QrJnI|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2016|access-date=27 October 2016|agency=ABP|issue=The Telegraph T2|date=16 October 2016}}</ref> The club also hosts Georgiadi Club Rugby Sevens tournament, in which CC&FC's men's and women's teams (known officially as CCFC Reds) compete.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyasia247.com/georgiadi-club-rugby-sevens-2019/|title=Georgiadi Club Rugby Sevens 2019|website=rugbyasia247.com|publisher=Rugby Asia 24/7|access-date=5 May 2023|date=30 July 2019|archive-date=4 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204030333/https://www.rugbyasia247.com/georgiadi-club-rugby-sevens-2019/}}</ref><ref name="RD">{{cite web|url=https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/the-calcutta-version-of-calcutta-cup/|title=The Calcutta version of Calcutta Cup|first=Rangan|last=Dutta|access-date=5 May 2023|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016202025/https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/the-calcutta-version-of-calcutta-cup/}}</ref> In June 2013, CC&FC's affiliate club [[Hong Kong FC]]'s rugby team "HKFC Vandals" toured to Kolkata and played against CCFC Reds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkfc.com/media/w5gag0ef/06_13_mag_web.pdf|website=hkfc.com|publisher=Hong Kong Football Club|title=Oh Calcutta!!! — vandals 2013 tour|date=2 June 2013|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-date=10 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610141837/https://www.hkfc.com/media/w5gag0ef/06_13_mag_web.pdf|pages=14–16}}</ref>
 
===Football===
[[File:CCFC Out Gate.jpg|thumb|CCFC main building in Ballygunge]]
Run by the British since its inception in 1872,<ref>{{cite web|date=2000|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiafound.html|title=India — List of Foundation Dates|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023194819/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiafound.html|archive-date=23 October 2021}}</ref> '''Calcutta Football Club''' was once one of the leading football teams,<ref>{{cite web|title=FOOTBALL IN BENGAL|url=http://ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042849/http://www.ifawb.com/archives.php|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=14 January 2021|website=ifawb.com|publisher=The [[Indian Football Association]] (West Bengal)}}</ref> consisting European players, had a great rivalry specially with [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint Delhi]]|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> Calcutta Football Club stayed away from Trades Cup, the country's first open football tournament because members felt that their "enjoyment of the sport would be impaired if they join the competitive fray", it was instrumental in instituting the [[Indian Football Association]] (IFA) in Calcutta very much on London lines.<ref name="history"/> The team for the first time was defeated by Mohun Bagan in 1923 in the return leg of CFL, but managed to clinch both the league and [[IFA Shield]] titles in that season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Ratna — Late Balaidas Chatterjee to receive the award posthumously|url=http://www.mohunbaganac.com/interview-detail/mohun-bagan-ratna-late-balaidas-chatterjee-to-receive-the-award-posthumousl|website=www.mohunbaganac.com|publisher=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club|date=26 July 2013|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035503/http://www.mohunbaganac.com/interview-detail/mohun-bagan-ratna-late-balaidas-chatterjee-to-receive-the-award-posthumousl|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mohunbagangorbo.com/mohun-bagan-ac/legends-corner/indian-players/umapati-kumar/|title=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club: Umapati Kumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428162211/http://mohunbagangorbo.com/mohun-bagan-ac/legends-corner/indian-players/umapati-kumar/|archive-date=28 April 2016|access-date=26 January 2015|website=mohunbagangorbo.com|location=Kolkata}}</ref> Other rivals of the club were [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]], [[Aryan FC|Aryan]] and [[Dalhousie FC|Dalhousie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ |title=History of Mohun Bagan – Presented by MohunBaganClub.com {{*}} The Beginning: 1889–1909 |website=mohunbaganclub.com |access-date=12 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505103851/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/history-1889-1909/ |archive-date=5 May 2015 |location=Kolkata }}</ref>
 
Calcutta FC won the prestigious [[Calcutta Football League]] (CFL) eight times,<ref name=list>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/cfl.html|title=List of champions of the Calcutta Football League 1898–2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034341/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/cfl.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref> and the [[IFA Shield]] nine times<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html|access-date=10 March 2021|website=indianfootball.de|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083403/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html|date=1999|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url-status=dead}}</ref> before merging to the Calcutta Cricket Club. In 2022, they roped in noted Indian-Iranian footballer [[Jamshid Nassiri]] as new head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidesports.in/archives/4162|title=উত্তম, রিকির হ‍্যাটট্রিক, সিএফসির ৮ গোল, জিতল কালীঘাট, পাঠচক্র|date=14 August 2022|access-date=26 November 2022|location=Kolkata|website=insidesports.in|publisher=ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস|language=bn|trans-title=Hat-trick done by Uttam and Ricky, CCFC scored 8 goals, wins for both Kalighat and Pathachakra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128072846/https://insidesports.in/archives/4162|archive-date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
 
===Field hockey===
CC&FC's hockey team is known as ''CCFC Gremlins'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/post/fixtures-of-1st-division-group-b-2022|title=Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group B 2022|website=hockeybengal.org|publisher=The Hockey Bengal|date=23 March 2022|access-date=31 January 2023|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118125355/https://www.hockeybengal.org/post/fixtures-of-1st-division-group-b-2022|archive-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://9476a252-c6e6-45a1-9e56-d69f3bf4f39e.usrfiles.com/ugd/9476a2_788612ea4f5b4a18b7dbc55f5d86439e.pdf|title=Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group A 2022|website=hockeybengal.org|publisher=The Hockey Bengal|date=13 February 2022|access-date=31 January 2023|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024100550/https://9476a252-c6e6-45a1-9e56-d69f3bf4f39e.usrfiles.com/ugd/9476a2_788612ea4f5b4a18b7dbc55f5d86439e.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> and is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (often shortened to 'Hockey Bengal').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|title=আমরা হকিতেও ছিলাম, পেট্রোরসায়ন শিল্পেও ছিলাম — সবই এখন অতীত|trans-title=We were in hockey, we were in the petrochemical industry — all in the past|website=anandabazar.com|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|first=Mohit|last=Roy|date=31 January 2023|access-date=1 February 2023|location=Kolkata|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201045709/https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|archive-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> Once consisting of Anglo-Indian players,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/how-the-anglo-indian-community-created-two-no-1-hockey-teams/articleshow/53690148.cms |title=How the Anglo-Indian community created two No 1 hockey teams |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=[[The Times of India]] (Sunday Times)|agency=Times News Network |last=Alikhan |first=Anvar |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=8 November 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108234015/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/how-the-anglo-indian-community-created-two-no-1-hockey-teams/articleshow/53690148.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A most remarkable community: Anglo-Indian contributions to sport in India|publisher=[[Routledge]]|last=Mills|first=Megan S.|journal=Contemporary South Asia |doi=10.1080/09584930120083828|volume=10|date=2001|issue=2 |pages=223–236 |s2cid=145742265 |doi-access=free}} (Published online: "Routledge Contemporary South Asia"; 1 July 2010).</ref> the team is currently participating in [[Calcutta Hockey League]], and [[Beighton Cup]] (which is one of world's oldest field hockey tournaments).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/beighton-cup|title=Beighton Cup|website=hockeybengal.com|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145704/https://www.hockeybengal.org/beighton-cup|archive-date=5 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/prestigious-beighton-cup-revived-after-three-years-will-be-held-from-december-11-18/ |title=Prestigious Beighton Cup Revived After Three Years, 124th Edition Will Be Held From December 11–18 |publisher=Hockey Passion |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145707/https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/prestigious-beighton-cup-revived-after-three-years-will-be-held-from-december-11-18/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm |title=Beighton Cup |publisher=Bharatiya Hockey |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612122617/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/patjansen/beighton.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/from-the-beighton-and-aga-khan-cup-to-the-hil-hockey-indias-evolution |title=From the Beighton and Aga Khan Cup to the HIL |publisher=Sportskeeda |last=Mandapaka |first=Ravi Teja |date=25 October 2012 |access-date=5 November 2022 |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105145707/https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/from-the-beighton-and-aga-khan-cup-to-the-hil-hockey-indias-evolution }}</ref>
 
===Tennis===
[[Tennis]] as a racket sport in India, introduced by the Britishers and is an important sport, still being practiced within CCFC since 1920s.<ref name="CCFC—Tennis">{{cite web|url=http://ccfc1792.com/tennis.php|title=HISTORY OF BALLYGUNGE CRICKET CLUB / CCFC — TENNIS SECTION|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404045719/http://ccfc1792.com/tennis.php|website=ccfc1792.com|publisher=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1lLAAAAYAAJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407175819/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Encyclopedia_of_Tennis.html?id=T1lLAAAAYAAJ |archive-date=7 April 2022 |title=The encyclopedia of tennis | author=Robertson, Max | author-link=India | year=1974 | publisher=[[Allen and Unwin]] | location=London | pages=392 | isbn=0-04-796042-6}}</ref> One of the earliest tennis grass courts were installed within club grounds in Ballygunge.<ref name="CCFC—Tennis"/> The club clinched Ballygunge Cricket Club Open Lawn Tennis Championship title in 1929.<ref name="CCFC—Tennis"/> Editions of Prestigious Bengal Lawn Tennis Championships (incorporated in 1887) were organized by the CCFC.<ref name="CCFC—Tennis"/>
 
'''List of tennis captains of CCFC'''<ref name="CCFC—Tennis"/>
*1974–1980: Debu Ghose
*1980–1984: Prakash Dayal
*1984–1989: Bikram Das
*1989–1990: Sumanta Bannerjee
*1990–1991: Prodosh Kumar Sen
*1991–1994: Rajat Dutta
*1994–1997: Azam Monem
*1997–1998: S. R. Dutt
*1998–1999: Jaggi Minotra
*1999–2000: Bikram Das
*2000: Ranjan Mukherjee
*2000–2003: Pradeep Guhathakurta
*2003–2004: Nandan Kumar Chaudhuri
*2004–2005: Babul Mitter
*2005–2006: Rajat Dutta
*2006–2008: Naresh Ojha
*2008–2009: Chittapriyo Bose
*2009–2011: Vivek Bhasin
*2011–2012: Sunny Uthup
*2012–2014: Shantanu Tewary
*2014–2015: Daniel Ghaznavi
*2015–2016: Rajeev Ghosh
 
===Others===
Other individual and team sports being played in CC&FC are including golf, bridge, cycle polo, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, badminton, and darts.<ref name="CCFC—Others">{{cite web|url=http://ccfc1792.com/others.php|title=CCFC 1792 — Others — Bridge|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404053227/http://ccfc1792.com/others.php|website=ccfc1792.com|publisher=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/ccfc-celebrates-225years-of-its-existence-with-glory-and-pride-162972|title=CCFC celebrates 225 years of its existence with glory and pride|first1=Shayani|last1=Mukherjee|date=26 September 2016|access-date=26 January 2023|website=millenniumpost.in|publisher=The Millennium Post India|location=Kolkata|archive-date=9 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009132249/https://www.millenniumpost.in/ccfc-celebrates-225years-of-its-existence-with-glory-and-pride-162972}}</ref> Their polo team participated in editions of Laxmibilas Cup in Kolkata,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/ccfc-win-big/cid/1227131|title=CCFC Win Big in Polo|location=Kolkata|date=31 May 2000|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928100533/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/ccfc-win-big/cid/1227131|archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> while volleyball team takes part in Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sai-win-big-elliot-shield-state-volleyball-golf-meet/cid/1045616|title=SAI win big Elliot Shield State volleyball Golf meet|location=Kolkata|date=16 April 2004|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928102329/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/sai-win-big-elliot-shield-state-volleyball-golf-meet/cid/1045616|archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> The club also won 4th edition of Monsoon League [[Contract bridge|Bridge]] Tournament hosted by Tollygunge Club.<ref name="CCFC—Others"/> CC&FC also hosts and participate in Inter-club Darts Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-28-07-2003/cid/1038665|title=IN THE CITY 28-07-2003 — Darts Meet|date=28 July 2003|access-date=26 January 2023|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|location=Kolkata|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927060314/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-28-07-2003/cid/1038665}}</ref>
 
==Home ground==
There was absence of permanent venue for CC&FC. In earlier days, they used grounds in [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]], parallel with grounds on the bank of river Hooghly, between [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] and Government House.<ref name=history/> In 1825, 'Sketch of the Maidan' was done by the club, and in 1841, they were allowed to enclose the ground. The club later used Auckland Circus Gardens.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/travel/content/story/494282.html|title=The uncommon green {{!}} In the heart of Kolkata, the Maidan is a great level playing field|website=espncricinfo.com|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=27 December 2010|first=Shamik|last=Bag|location=Kolkata|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422073055/http://www.espncricinfo.com/travel/content/story/494282.html|access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
 
[[File:A cricket match in Calcutta.jpg|thumb|Cricket being played by Europeans, an undated photograph of Calcutta Cricket Club ground.]]
The club later played its home games at the Calcutta FC ground in [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Kolkata Maidan]], now known as Mohun Bagan Ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meghbangla.com/2020/07/mohunbagan/|title=মোহনবাগান এবং ভারতীয় ফুটবলের শুরুর কথা|trans-title=Mohun Bagan and the beginning of Indian football|website=meghbangla.com|publisher=Megh Bangla Internet Magazine|date=29 July 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Goutamranjan|last=Basu|language=bn|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405175744/https://meghbangla.com/2020/07/mohunbagan/|archive-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> It was used as venue of the [[1954 Colombo Cup|1954]] edition of [[Colombo Cup|Quadrangular Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html#54|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1954 (Calcutta, India)|first=Neil|last=Morrison|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=1999|access-date=17 August 2022|archive-date=20 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820110914/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html#54}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballnewsindia.in/2015/08/04/calcutta-football-league-officers-choice-blue-title-sponsor/|title=CALCUTTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – OFFICER'S CHOICE BLUE TO BE THE TITLE SPONSOR|website=Football News India|date=4 August 2015|access-date=7 October 2022|archive-date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010165728/http://footballnewsindia.in/2015/08/04/calcutta-football-league-officers-choice-blue-title-sponsor/}}</ref> The present CC&FC Ground is located in Ballygunge, and it serves as one of the venues for matches of prestigious [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morungexpress.com/ranji-trophy-mizoram-lead-nagaland-75-runs-day-2|title=Ranji Trophy: Mizoram lead Nagaland by 75 runs on day 2|location=Dimapur|date=28 January 2020|website=morungexpress.com|publisher=Morung Express|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129182638/http://morungexpress.com/ranji-trophy-mizoram-lead-nagaland-75-runs-day-2|archive-date=29 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/ranji-trophy-mizoram-trailing-nagaland-by-235-runs/|title=Ranji Trophy: Mizoram Trailing Nagaland By 235 Runs|location=Dimapur|date=27 January 2020|website=easternmirrornagaland.com|publisher=Eastern Mirror News Nagaland|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928110727/https://easternmirrornagaland.com/ranji-trophy-mizoram-trailing-nagaland-by-235-runs/|archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/2/18/KOLKATA-Feb-17-Manipur-trailed-by-24-runs-to-Arunachal-Pradesh-at-the-end-of-Day-1-at-the-ongoing.amp.html|title=Ranji Trophy 2021–22: Manipur trail by 24 runs on Day 1|location=Kolkata|date=17 February 2020|website=thesangaiexpress.com|publisher=The Sangai Express|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928111134/https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2022/2/18/KOLKATA-Feb-17-Manipur-trailed-by-24-runs-to-Arunachal-Pradesh-at-the-end-of-Day-1-at-the-ongoing.amp.html|archive-date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ranji-trophy-in-quest-of-all-rounders-8320395/|title=Ranji Trophy: In quest of all-rounders|first=Pratyush|last=Raj|location=Kolkata|date=13 December 2022|website=indianexpress.com|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418053830/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/ranji-trophy-in-quest-of-all-rounders-8320395/|archive-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
 
==Notable players and members==
[[File:Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, founded 15 August 1889, is an Indian sports club best known for its association football team, one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. 05.jpg|thumb|Main entrance to the CCFC club tent of football section (in left), beside the club tent of [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan Athletic Club]] in [[Kolkata Maidan]] area.]]
===Noted players===
'''Rugby'''
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Benjamin Burns]] – represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international match]] against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in 1871.<ref name="Noted players">{{Cite web |title=THE CALCUTTA CUP: the legacy of a club that died |url=http://srustaging.realise.com/sites/default/files/editor/docs/the-calcutta-cup.pdf |publisher=Edinburgh Academical Football Club |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=srustaging.realise.com |location=London |archive-date=22 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922070100/http://srustaging.realise.com/sites/default/files/editor/docs/the-calcutta-cup.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/match/18901.html |title=Scotland v England at Edinburgh, March 27, 1871 |publisher=ESPNscrum |access-date=2011-02-20 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185553/http://www.espnscrum.com/england/rugby/match/18901.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0007/index.shtml |title=The first international rugby match |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2011-02-22 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0007/index.shtml }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stephen Finney]] – represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] from 1872 to 1873.<ref name="Noted players"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia-tour-2010/rugby/player/280.html |title=Stephen Finney Profile |website=espnscrum.com |publisher=ESPN Scrum |access-date=15 March 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022063407/http://www.espnscrum.com/australia-tour-2010/rugby/player/280.html }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{flagicon|ENG}} G. A. James Rothney – served as captain of CC&FC rugby team, and both honorary secretory and treasurer of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/news/574207/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-calcutta-cup|title=Rugby history — Everything you need to know about the Calcutta Cup|date=6 July 2020|access-date=27 November 2022|website=world.rugby|publisher=[[World Rugby]]|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630135446/https://www.world.rugby/news/574207/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-calcutta-cup|archive-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/six-nations-history-of-the-calcutta-cup|title=HISTORY OF THE CALCUTTA CUP — Ahead of England's Guinness Six Nations fixture against Scotland, look back at the origins of the Calcutta Cup|date=3 February 2020|access-date=27 November 2022|website=englandrugby.com|publisher=The England Rugby Association|location=London|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230628180623/https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/six-nations-history-of-the-calcutta-cup|archive-date=28 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IRL}} G. St. Lager Fagan – represented [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] internationally, in late-nineteenth century.<ref name="Noted players"/>
* {{flagicon|SCO}} D. McKinnon – represented [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] internationally.<ref name="Noted players"/>
* {{flagicon|SCO}} G. C. Mclagan – represented [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] internationally.<ref name="Noted players"/>
 
===Noted members===
{{Cquote|''I have the most cherished memories of the Club from way back in 1978 when I became a young member... I would really want to map this Club on a Worldwide basis as some great Cricket establishments are not aware of CC&FC's grand and redoubtable legacy, by sheer weight of its long-established heritage and tradition the CC&FC’s existence for more than two and a quarter centuries speaks for itself...''|source=[[Arun Lal]] (former Indian international cricketer), on his CC&FC and his career.<ref name="WOT"/>|Cquote}}
A large number of notable athletes are associated with the club, including:
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]].
[[File:Arun Lal.jpg|thumb|170px|Lal at the CC&FC in September 2017, wearing the jersey of club's "celebrating 225 years".]]
* '''Hockey''': Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh, [[Vece Paes|Dr. Vece Paes]], Anand Mandapaka.
* '''Football''': [[Chuni Goswami]],<ref>{{cite web|location=Kolkata|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-05-03-2014/cid/206986|title=IN THE CITY 05-03-2014 — Felicitation|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=5 March 2014|access-date=16 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005102235/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-05-03-2014/cid/206986|archive-date=5 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chuni Goswami: A legend in every sense of the word |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sports/chuni-goswami-legend-every-sense-indian-football.html |website=theweek.in |publisher=The Week |access-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126011337/https://www.theweek.in/news/sports/chuni-goswami-legend-every-sense-indian-football.html |archive-date=26 November 2018 }}</ref> [[Subhas Bhowmick]], S. Bhattacharjee, Pradip Choudhury, P. Ganguly, Santo Mitra, [[Shyam Thapa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-shyam-thapa/#:~:text=Born%20in%201948%20in%20Gulmi,club%20brought%20two%20young%20players.|title=Legends Of Indian Football : Shyam Thapa|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|date=30 January 2012|access-date=2 July 2022|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014163822/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-shyam-thapa/|archive-date=14 October 2020}}</ref> [[Kiyan Nassiri]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kiyan ready to shoulder Nassiri burden|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/kiyan-ready-to-shoulder-nassiri-burden/articleshow/75261099.cms|date=21 April 2020|access-date=2021-02-11|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|first=Marcus|last=Mergulhao|location=Panaji, Goa|language=en|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814100509/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/kiyan-ready-to-shoulder-nassiri-burden/articleshow/75261099.cms}}</ref>
* '''Cricket''': Punya B. Datta,<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html Punya Datta] on ESPN Crickinfo</ref><ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html Dilip Doshi profile]</ref> Ashok Gandotra<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html Ashok Gandotra profile]</ref> [[Devang Gandhi]],<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html Devang Gandhi profile]</ref> [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Saba Karim]], [[Arun Lal]],<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html Arun Lal profile]</ref> [[Pranab Roy]],<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html Pranab Roy profile]</ref> Biswajit Bhowmick.
* '''Hockey''': Keshav Chandra Datt, Gurbux Singh,<ref name="WOT"/> [[Vece Paes|Dr. Vece Paes]],<ref name="WOT"/> Anand Mandapaka.
* '''Tennis''': [[Chiradip Mukerjea]], Enrico Piperno,<ref>[http://www.enricotenniscentre.com/about.php Enrico Piperno profile]</ref> [[Leander Paes]].
* '''Cricket''': Punya B. Datta,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html|title=Punya Datta|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408073101/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html|archive-date=8 April 2016|work=ESPN Crickinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html |title=Dilip Doshi profile |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=24 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724071635/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html }}</ref> Ashok Gandotra<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html |title=Ashok Gandotra profile |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=14 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814181907/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html }}</ref> [[Devang Gandhi]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html |title=Devang Gandhi profile |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=30 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730191819/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html }}</ref> [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Dilip Doshi]],<ref name="WOT"/> [[Saba Karim]], [[Arun Lal]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html |title=Arun Lal profile |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720093016/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html }}</ref> [[Pranab Roy]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html |title=Pranab Roy profile |access-date=13 July 2017 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623213053/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html }}</ref> Biswajit Bhowmick, [[Jhulan Goswami]].<ref name="President's corner">{{cite web|url=https://www.ccfc1792.com/president_corner|title=PRESIDENT'S CORNER — Mr. Deepankar Nandi|website=ccfc1792.com|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206103916/https://www.ccfc1792.com/president_corner|access-date=3 March 2023|date=10 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref>
* '''Tennis''': [[Chiradip Mukerjea]], Enrico Piperno,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.enricotenniscentre.com/about.php |title=Enrico Piperno profile |access-date=10 March 2021 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514200446/http://www.enricotenniscentre.com/about.php }}</ref> [[Leander Paes]].
 
==Notable presidents==
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Reginald Lagden|Reginald Bousfield Lagden]] ({{post-nominals|sep=,|OBE|MC}}) – British cricketer, hockey player, and sports administrator, also served as president of the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]], and was awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref name="Presidents">{{cite web|url=https://www.ccfc1792.com/past-president|title=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club — Past Presidents|website=ccfc1792.com|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326155807/https://www.ccfc1792.com/past-president|archive-date=26 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mukherji|first=Raju|date=2015|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ|location= |publisher=Brandnext|page=106|isbn=|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611065408/https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ali|last=Zaman|url=http://www.koi-hai.com/default.aspx?id=490678|title=Down memory lane: the Lagden Gate|work=Koi-Hai.com|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051850/http://www.koi-hai.com/default.aspx?id=490678}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Alec Hosie|Alexander Lindsay "Alec" Hosie]] – English first class cricketer, who represented teams including [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], [[Oxford University]], [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]] and Bengal.<ref name="Presidents"/>
*{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Longfield|Thomas Cuthbert Longfield]] – English first-class cricketer, captained [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] to their first [[Ranji Trophy]] win in [[1938–39 Ranji Trophy|1938–39]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dutta|first=RP|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/half-century-hurrah-at-home-ted-dexter-and-wife-return-to-roots-for-50-year-marriage-celebrations/cid/1255642|title=Half-century hurrah at home – Ted Dexter and wife return to roots for 50-year marriage celebrations|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=30 December 2008|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=25 October 2018|location=Kolkata|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827184604/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/half-century-hurrah-at-home-ted-dexter-and-wife-return-to-roots-for-50-year-marriage-celebrations/cid/1255642}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mukherji|first=R|date=2015|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance|pages=106–107|publisher=Kolkata Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&dq=thomas%20longfield%20calcutta%20cricket&pg=PA27|access-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609042808/https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&dq=thomas%20longfield%20calcutta%20cricket&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q=thomas%20longfield%20calcutta%20cricket&f=false|archive-date=9 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Chakrabaty|first=S|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/kolkata-s-favourite-soninlaw-returns/1040049/|title=Kolkata's favourite son-in-law returns|work=[[Indian Express]]|date=4 December 2012|access-date=25 October 2018|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827022348/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/kolkata-s-favourite-soninlaw-returns/1040049/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mitra|first=A|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-death-in-london-the-distinct-flavour-of-calcutta-s-fading-colonial-phase/cid/386198?ref=search-page|title=A death in London – The distinct flavour of Calcutta's fading colonial phase|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=20 June 2011|access-date=25 October 2018|archive-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025190239/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-death-in-london-the-distinct-flavour-of-calcutta-s-fading-colonial-phase/cid/386198?ref=search-page}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|British India}} [[Pearson Surita]] – [[Anglo-Indian]] corporate executive and cricket commentator of the [[All India Radio]] (AIR)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chaturvedi|first=Ravi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=epi-DwAAQBAJ|title=Cricket Commentary & Commentators|date=2019-11-16|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-727-8|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609042931/https://books.google.com/books?id=epi-DwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chatterjee|first=Utpal|date=10 October 1995|title=Pearson's zest for life defied cliches|work=The Times of India|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/595342477|id={{ProQuest|595342477}}|url-access=subscription|via=ProQuest|access-date=26 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027165237/https://www.proquest.com/docview/595342477}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ghose|first=Bhaskar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZdHQjeNLHgC|title=The Service of the State: The IAS Reconsidered|date=2011-01-01|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-81-8475-575-6|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609043024/https://books.google.com/books?id=JZdHQjeNLHgC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=India's most legendary of figures|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketer/content/story/141740.html|access-date=2021-10-26|date=August 1994|website=espncricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609043106/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketer/content/story/141740.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-10-19|title=The magicians called radio commentators – E R Ramachandran' Blog|url=https://www.news18.com/blogs/india/e-r-ramachandran/the-magicians-called-radio-commentators-14040-746158.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=News18|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026075911/https://www.news18.com/blogs/india/e-r-ramachandran/the-magicians-called-radio-commentators-14040-746158.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhagat|first=Rasheeda|title=Nostalgia for cricket in an era gone by|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/nostalgia-for-cricket-in-an-era-gone-by/article28447598.ece|access-date=2021-10-26|website=thehindubusinessline.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026075911/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/nostalgia-for-cricket-in-an-era-gone-by/article28447598.ece}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} Dr. [[Vece Paes]] – Indian [[Field hockey|hockey]] midfielder, who won bronze medal at the [[1972 Munich Olympics]].<ref name="Presidents"/><ref name="Ajanta"/>
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Lal]] – [[India national cricket team|Indian international]] cricketer and sports commentator.<ref name="Presidents"/><ref name="WOT"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Saionee|last=Chakraborty|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arun-the-prez/cid/1425070|title=Arun the prez {{!}} Arun Lal! Meet the new president of CC&FC|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|date=24 February 2017|access-date=7 January 2020|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611074003/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arun-the-prez/cid/1425070|archive-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} Utpal Ganguly – Indian sports administrator, member of the CAB, who served as secretary of the [[Indian Football Association]].<ref name="Presidents"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/oc-took-me-to-meeting-says-dutta/cid/1063449|title=OC took me to meeting, says Dutta|date=22 July 2006|access-date=7 March 2023|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|location=Kolkata|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611081540/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/oc-took-me-to-meeting-says-dutta/cid/1063449}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-27-05-2009/cid/630542|title=SPORTS MEET IN THE CITY 27-05-2009|access-date=7 March 2023|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph India|location=Kolkata|archive-date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611082012/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/in-the-city-27-05-2009/cid/630542}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IND}} Dinyar Mucadum – Indian businessman, member of the CAB, who served as CEO of [[The Bengal Club]].<ref name="Presidents"/>
* {{flagicon|IND}} Dr. Pranab Dasgupta – Indian doctor, member of the [[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]], who served as president of The Bengal Club and [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]].<ref name="Presidents"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mani-group.com/blog/a-date-with-dr-pranab-dasgupta/|title=A DATE WITH DR PRANAB DASGUPTA|location=Kolkata|website=mani-group.com|publisher=MANI – change for good|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130111504/https://mani-group.com/blog/a-date-with-dr-pranab-dasgupta/|archive-date=30 January 2023}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
===Football===
===Football===
====''As '''Calcutta FC''' (1872–1965)''====
====As Calcutta FC====
* '''[[Calcutta Football League]]'''
* '''[[Calcutta Football League]]'''/'''CFL Premier Division'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |title=WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958) |website=www.goaldentimes.org |publisher=Goalden Times |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Debojyoti |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111162448/http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |archive-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-history-winners-list |title=Calcutta Football League: East Bengal kings of Asia's oldest league competition — full winners list |website=olympics.com |publisher=The Olympics Football |last1=Nag |first1=Utathya |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505071647/https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-history-winners-list |archive-date=5 May 2023 }}</ref>
:{{Gold1}} '''Champions (8):''' 1899, 1907, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925<ref name=list/>
**Champions (8): 1899, 1907, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925
*'''[[IFA Shield]]'''  
*'''[[IFA Shield]]'''{{#tag:ref|[[List of oldest football competitions|Fourth oldest football tournament]], organized by the [[Indian Football Association|IFA]] ([[West Bengal|W.B.]]), and played between the local clubs of [[West Bengal]] and other invited ones.|group=note|name=Honours}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=The Glorious History Of IFA Shield |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ |website=thehardtackle.com |publisher=The Hard Tackle |date=8 March 2011 |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181925/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ }}</ref>
:{{Gold1}} '''Champions (9):''' 1896, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924<ref name=":0" />
**Champions (9): 1896, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924<ref name=":0" />
**Runners-up (8): 1905, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1921, 1936
* '''[[Trades Cup]]'''<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|title=India — List of Trades Cup Winners|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=2014|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927050302/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2004traderscup.html|title="Khadims" Traders Cup 2004|website=indianfootball.de|date=2004|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718222559/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2004traderscup.html|archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
**Champions (1): 2004
* '''Minto Fort Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 1906<ref>{{cite web |title=Creation of History – 1910 to 1919 |url=http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/632-2/ |website=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505210601/http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/history/632-2/ }}</ref>
*'''CFL First Division League'''
**Runners-up (1): 2020–21<ref name="President's corner"/>
 
===Hockey===
====''As Calcutta FC''====
* '''[[Beighton Cup]]'''
**Champions (1): 1924<ref name="Hockey Bengal">{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895—2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}</ref>
**Runners-up (1): 1919<ref name="Hockey Bengal"/>
 
===Rugby===
[[File:Other Calcutta Cup Trophy.jpg|thumb|180px|The "Other Calcutta Cup" trophy at CC&FC building, won by the club in 2005.]]
* '''[[All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament]]'''<ref name="President's corner"/>
**Runners-up (1): 1932{{#tag:ref|In the final of All India Rugby Football Tournament on 22 October 1932, held in [[Chennai|Madras]], CCFC lost to [[Ceylonese Rugby & Football Club]].|group=note|name=Rugby}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19321022-1.2.117.1.aspx|title=Thrilling All-India final — Ceylon too good for Calcutta|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=27 October 1932|access-date=15 January 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120929/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19321022-1.2.117.1.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20200619/281827171018220|title=WHEN RUGBY FOOTBALL IN CEYLON REACHED ITS PEAK; ALL-CEYLON 15 — WESTERN AUSTRALIA 3|via=PressReader|publisher=The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka|first=Neil|last=Wijeratna|date=19 June 2020|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=20 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520101801/https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20200619/281827171018220}}</ref>
**Plate final (1): 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1010730|title=Bombay Gym rally to down Army in final of All India & South Asia Rugby Championship|date=17 October 2022|access-date=26 January 2023|website=daijiworld.com|location=Kolkata|archive-date=1 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801141130/https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1010730}}</ref>
*'''[[Calcutta Cup#Other Calcutta Cups|Calcutta Cup of India]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/photos-in-kolkata-india-s-rugby-hub-and-the-roots-of-the-calcutta-cup/photo-qwAp8lvxaryrg4SAK1Y83H.html|title=Photos: In Kolkata, India's rugby hub and the roots of the Calcutta Cup|website=hindustantimes.com|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=3 August 2019|access-date=5 November 2020|first=Amit|last=Datta|agency=AFP|location=Kolkata|archive-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821210919/https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/india-news/photos-in-kolkata-india-s-rugby-hub-and-the-roots-of-the-calcutta-cup/photo-qwAp8lvxaryrg4SAK1Y83H.html}}</ref>
**Champions (3): 2005, 2014,<ref name="RD"/> 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccfc1792.com/rugby.php|title=Congratulations to our home team for their victory in the Calcutta Cup 2015|date=16 May 2015|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404052757/http://ccfc1792.com/rugby.php|website=ccfc1792.com|publisher=Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|location=Kolkata}}</ref>
**Runners-up (1): 2007<ref name="SCRUM"/>
 
===Tennis===
*'''Ballygunge Open Lawn Tennis Championship'''
**Champions (1): 1929<ref name="CCFC—Tennis"/>
 
===Bridge===
*'''Monsoon League Inter-Club Bridge Tournament'''
**Champions (1): 2021<ref name="President's corner"/>
 
==Affiliations and services==
CC&FC has reciprocal arrangements with over 25 private members clubs around the world, enabling members to use facilities, including notable clubs such as [[Kowloon Cricket Club]] and [[Hong Kong FC]] of Hong Kong, [[Penang Sports Club]] of Malaysia, [[Royal Bangkok Sports Club]] of Thailand, [[Singapore Cricket Club]] of Singapore, Wanderers Club of South Africa, [[St James's Club]] of England, and [[Singhalese Sports Club]] of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ccfc1792.com/|title=CCFC — RECIPROCAL CLUB: Indian — Overseas|access-date=8 June 2023|website=ccfc1792.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604200929/https://www.ccfc1792.com/|archive-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
 
As one of the prestigious and notable gentlemen's clubs, besides sporting activities, CC&FC offers numerous modern facilities to its members and others, including gymnasium, cultural events and cuisines.<ref name="WOW">{{cite web|url=http://wotweb.com/wot-article/12-clubs-to-be-a-part-of-in-kolkata/|title=12 CLUBS TO BE A PART OF IN KOLKATA|first=Rita|last=Bhimani|date=11 August 2017|access-date=26 January 2023|website=wotweb.com|publisher=Window On Travel|location=Kolkata|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313032329/http://wotweb.com/wot-article/12-clubs-to-be-a-part-of-in-kolkata/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/food/calcutta-cricket-club-offers-enticing-modern-take-on-bengali-dishes|title=Calcutta Cricket Club offers enticing modern take on Bengali dishes|first=John|last=Gilchrist|date=11 August 2017|access-date=26 January 2023|website=calgaryherald.com|publisher=[[Calgary Herald]]|location=Calgary|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811235421/https://calgaryherald.com/life/food/calcutta-cricket-club-offers-enticing-modern-take-on-bengali-dishes}}</ref> The club complex in Ballygunge is consisting of centenary hall, sporting library, swimming pool, glassed balcony-bar, and sporting grounds.<ref name="WOW"/> There is also a mini museum of club memorabilia within CC&FC, having jerseys and signed photographs of [[Stanley Matthews]], [[George Best]], [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Gavin Hastings]], alongside colonial antiquities.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Stephen |last1=Brenkley |title=Meet Charlie — from the Bengal branch of the Van der Guchts |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/meet-charlie-from-the-bengal-branch-of-the-van-der-guchts-9194168.html |website=independent.co.uk |publisher=The Independent UK |date=20 January 2002 |access-date=12 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707091257/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/meet-charlie-from-the-bengal-branch-of-the-van-der-guchts-9194168.html }}</ref><ref name="WOW"/>
 
==See also==
 
* [[Sport in India|Overview of sports in India]]
*[[History of cricket in India to 1918|History of Cricket in India]]
*[[List of current first-class cricket teams]]
*[[Football in Kolkata]]
*[[History of Indian football]]
*[[List of football clubs in India]]


==Notes==
==Footnotes==
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==References==
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*{{cite web|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/cfl-2023-takes-the-field-today-with-two-majors-in-front-of-mohun-bagan-tollygange-mohammedans-opponents-are-cfc-31689146871602.html|title=সি এফ এল ২০২৩-এ আজ মাঠে নামছে দুই প্রধান! মোহনবাগানের সামনে টালিগঞ্জ, মহমেডানের প্রতিপক্ষ সি সি এফ সি|trans-title=The two Kolkata-giants gearing up to play today at the CFL 2023! Mohun Bagan will host Tollygunge, Mohammedan to face CCFC|website=bangla.hindustantimes.com|publisher=The Hindustan Times Bangla|language=bn|location=Kolkata|date=12 July 2023|access-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728082646/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/sports/football/cfl-2023-takes-the-field-today-with-two-majors-in-front-of-mohun-bagan-tollygange-mohammedans-opponents-are-cfc-31689146871602.html|archive-date=28 July 2023}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://ccfc1792.com CCFC Official site]
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* {{Facebook|theccfcrugbyteam}} (official rugby team)
* {{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/clubs/|title=IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL 1st DIVISION)|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009123425/https://ifawb.org/clubs/|archive-date=9 October 2022}}


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