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The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CC&FC) located in Ballygunge, South Kolkata, is a cricket and association football club in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India. Founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company it is known to be in existence by 1792.^[1] The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of the British 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 Thapa

Hockey

Keshav Chandra Datt
Gurbux Singh
Dr. Vece Paes
Anand Mandapaka

Cricket

Punya B. Datta [1]
Dilip Doshi [2]
A.Gandotra [3]
Devang Gandhi [4]
Sourav Ganguly
Syed Saba Karim search=saba+karim
Arun Lal [5]
Pranab Roy [6]
Oswald Freer
E. Huminara
Youyaz Jaquez

Tennis

Chiradip Mukerjea
Enrico Piperno
Leander Paes

References

^ Rowland Bowen, Some dates in Indian cricket history, Wisden 1967. Recent Wisdens have neither endorsed nor rejected this.

External links

[1] Rowland Bowen, Some dates in Indian cricket history, Wisden 1967. Recent Wisdens have neither endorsed nor rejected this.

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-The '''Calcutta Cricket and Football Club''' (CC&FC) at [[Ballygunge]] in South Kolkata,(near the crossing of Gurusaday Road and Old Ballygunge Road) is a [[cricket]] and [[football (soccer)|association football]] [[club]] in [[Kolkata]] (formerly Calcutta), [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Founded as the ''[[Calcutta Cricket Club]]'' by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[expatriates]] who had come over with the [[British East India Company]] it is known to be in existence by [[1792]].<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html [[Rowland Bowen]], ''Some dates in [[Indian cricket]] history'', [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]]. Recent ''Wisdens'' have neither endorsed nor rejected this.] </ref>The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of the [[British Isles]].
+The '''Calcutta Cricket and Football Club''' (CC&FC) located in [[Ballygunge]], South Kolkata, is a [[cricket]] and [[football (soccer)|association football]] [[club]] in [[Kolkata]] (formerly Calcutta), [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Founded as the ''[[Calcutta Cricket Club]]'' by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[expatriates]] who had come over with the [[British East India Company]] it is known to be in existence by [[1792]].<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152361.html [[Rowland Bowen]], ''Some dates in [[Indian cricket]] history'', [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden 1967]]. Recent ''Wisdens'' have neither endorsed nor rejected this.] </ref> The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of the [[British Isles]].
-==HISTORY==
+==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 ATHLETES==
+==Famous members==
-===FOOTBALL===
+===Football===
 *Chuni Goswami
 *Subhas Bhowmik
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 *Shyam Thapa
-===HOCKEY===
+===Hockey===
 *Keshav Chandra Datt
 *Gurbux Singh
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 *Anand Mandapaka
-===CRICKET===
+===Cricket===
 *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]
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 *Youyaz Jaquez
-===TENNIS===
+===Tennis===
 *Chiradip Mukerjea
 *Enrico Piperno
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/sports.htm Calcutta sports timeline]
-*[http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbanglacricket.com%2FHistory%2Ftimeline.php&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial Google Search cache of alternative timeline for CCFC formation]
+*[http://www.banglacricket.com/History/timeline.php Alternative timeline for CCFC formation]
 *[http://www.ccfc1792.com CCFC Official Website]