- CC&FC
The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CC&FC) located in
Ballygunge , South Kolkata, is acricket and association footballclub with rugby, hockey and tennis sections as well inKolkata (formerly Calcutta),West Bengal ,India . Founded as the "Calcutta Cricket Club " by Britishexpatriates who had come over with theBritish East India Company it is known to be in existence by1792 . [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.htmlRowland Bowen , "Some dates inIndian cricket history", Wisden 1967. Recent "Wisdens" have neither endorsed nor rejected this.] ] The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of theBritish Isles .History
The Calcutta Cricket Club merged with the
Calcutta Football Club and the Ballygunge Cricket Club over the years to become the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.Famous members
Football
*Chuni Goswami
*Subhas Bhowmik
*S.Bhattacharjee
*Pradip Choudhury
*P.Ganguly Ganguly
*Santo Mitra
*Shyam ThapaHockey
*Keshav Chandra Datt
*Gurbux Singh
*Dr. Vece Paes
*Anand MandapakaCricket
*Punya B. Datta [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12051.html]
*Dilip Doshi [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28107.html]
*A.Gandotra [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28772.html]
*Devang Gandhi [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28770.html]
*Sourav Ganguly
*Syed Saba Karim [http://content-search.cricinfo.com/ci/content/site/search.html? search=saba+karim]
*Arun Lal [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26295.html]
*Pranab Roy [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33187.html]Tennis
*Chiradip Mukerjea
*Enrico Piperno
*Leander Paes References
External links
* [http://www.calcuttaweb.com/sports.htm Calcutta sports timeline]
* [http://www.banglacricket.com/History/timeline.php Alternative timeline for CCFC formation]
* [http://www.ccfc1792.com CCFC Official Website]
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