On 14 May, 1963 CFC partially relinquished its exclusive rights on
the Maidan tent and playing field in favour of Mohun Bagan Club and like
Calcutta Cricket Club moved to Ballygunge.
In 1965, it merged with the Calcutta Cricket Club already
established there and the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club came into
being.
2)
On Independence Day in 1950, T.C. Longfield, President, Calcutta
Cricket Club handed over Eden Gardens to the newly formed National
Cricket Club. T.C. Longfield had led Bengal when they won the Ranji
Trophy for the first time in 1939.
In another fine gesture, Ballygunge Cricket Club, in
deference to Calcutta Cricket Club, being an older Club, agreed to
dissolve itself, after having transferred its lease on the Ballygunge
ground to Calcutta Cricket Club. Ballygunge Cricket Club ceased to exist
but its traditions remained.
India found a place on the 'international' cricket map for the first
time in 1889-90 when, at the invitation of the Calcutta Cricket Club,
the first ever tour of an English Cricket team, led by G.F. Vernon of
Middlesex and composed entirely of amateurs took place. The first
official MCC tour of India was on, thanks entirely to the initiative of
the Calcutta Cricket Club. Moreover, MCC was to be skippered by Arthur
Gilligan, the Sussex and England Captain, who was then at the height of
his fame.
A handsome and well built pavilion measuring 125 ft by 25 ft was
promptly constructed out of the finest teak brought from Burma. It even
had a 'Long Room' on the lines of the MCC pavilion at Lords. The
pavilion no longer exists. It was pulled in the mid 1970s for the
construction of the Cricket Association of Bengal's modern B.C. Roy
Clubhouse.
It looks like these guys at CC&FC owned everything - Cricket, Football, Rugby but just became derelict with the passage of time and wane in influence.
CCFC's objection is basically the area MB taken for renovatio particularly Referee Room and opponent dressing room by compromising CCFC area. Basically space constrain. They said MB took the permission from ARMY without discussing with CCFC
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In 1965, it merged with the Calcutta Cricket Club already established there and the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club came into being.
2)
On Independence Day in 1950, T.C. Longfield, President, Calcutta Cricket Club handed over Eden Gardens to the newly formed National Cricket Club. T.C. Longfield had led Bengal when they won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 1939.
In another fine gesture, Ballygunge Cricket Club, in deference to Calcutta Cricket Club, being an older Club, agreed to dissolve itself, after having transferred its lease on the Ballygunge ground to Calcutta Cricket Club. Ballygunge Cricket Club ceased to exist but its traditions remained.
India found a place on the 'international' cricket map for the first time in 1889-90 when, at the invitation of the Calcutta Cricket Club, the first ever tour of an English Cricket team, led by G.F. Vernon of Middlesex and composed entirely of amateurs took place. The first official MCC tour of India was on, thanks entirely to the initiative of the Calcutta Cricket Club. Moreover, MCC was to be skippered by Arthur Gilligan, the Sussex and England Captain, who was then at the height of his fame.
A handsome and well built pavilion measuring 125 ft by 25 ft was promptly constructed out of the finest teak brought from Burma. It even had a 'Long Room' on the lines of the MCC pavilion at Lords. The pavilion no longer exists. It was pulled in the mid 1970s for the construction of the Cricket Association of Bengal's modern B.C. Roy Clubhouse.
It looks like these guys at CC&FC owned everything - Cricket, Football, Rugby but just became derelict with the passage of time and wane in influence.
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