The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC) is a cricket and association football club in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It was started in 1792 as the Calcutta Cricket Club by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company. The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of the British Isles. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A club is generally an association of people united by a common interest or goal, as opposed to any natural ties of kinship. ... Kolkata (Bangla: (?) কলকাতা; formerly named ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company which was granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

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.

Controversy over the birth date of the club

There have been various claims over the exact date that the club was founded. The most widely accepted date is 1792, on the basis that the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, the de-facto authority on cricket matters, has certified this due to a score-card reported by the Madras Courier between the Calcutta Cricket Club against Dum Dum and Barrackpore. ^[1] 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ...

However there have been claims that the club was in existence in 1780 as referenced in a local newspaper. If this claim was verified it would make the club older than even the Marylebone Cricket Club in London. 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Lords 2005 The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. ... This article is about the British city. ...

2000-2001 Jr. Cricket Team

A.Chandra (c) R.Chatterjee R.Bose F.Mittal L.Mittal R.Khanna SJ Saha M.Fernandes P.Roy J.Morris A.Meilzer P.Onroy R.Seth R.N.S Venkatesh

References

• The Telegraph of India - opinion piece on CCC
• Calcutta sports timeline
• Google Search cache of alternative timeline for CCFC formation
• BengalWeb page on Calcutta sports