Lima Cricket and Football Club

Lima Cricket & Football Club is a Peruvian sports club based in the country's capital city of Lima. Lima Cricket claims to be both the oldest cricket club in South America, and the oldest football-practising club in Peru and the Americas, having been founded in 1859 by the city's British community.[1] The association football team currently participates in the local league of San Isidro District, Lima.

Lima CFC
Full nameLima Cricket and Football Club
Founded1859 [1]
GroundLima, Peru
ChairmanRichard Rehwaldt
ManagerCesar Drago
LeagueCopa Perú
WebsiteClub website
The 1912 football team, Primera División champion

The club is the de facto home of the Peru Cricket Association, and hosts the National T20 Cricket League during the summer months of January to April. It has also hosted a number of international tournaments, featuring the Peru national cricket team. The most recent was the South American Championship in April, 2014, with competing teams from Argentina (men & women), Brazil (men & women), Chile and Mexico (men only).[2]

Apart from football and cricket, nowadays the club hosts the practise of basketball, jai alai, bocce ball, fencing, field hockey, table tennis, darts, snooker, squash, tennis, swimming and volleyball. Rugby union is no longer practised.[3]

History

The club was founded by English immigrants as the "Lima Cricket Club".[4] From its start, it was a multi-sport club based around the sports of cricket, rugby union, and football; however, there was a central focus on cricket.

Over time, other sports gained popularity within the club, and thus its name several times such as in 1865 to "Lima Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club" (when it merged with a local tennis club)[5] and to "Lima Cricket and Football Club" in 1906[4] (although another source dates this as 1900[5]).

Despite its members having played football since its origins, the first recorded football match was on August 7, 1892. Following on this event, the club now officially added a football-departement in 1893. It took on the current name on April 30, 1906.[6] Lima Cricket went on to inspire future football clubs in Peru, such as Union Cricket.[6]

As Lima C&FC was part of an elite football clubs composed entirely of high-society families, unlike other raising clubs that accepted members and players from popular sectors of Lima. This was notable since the beginning of the 1920s. As a result, Limas CFC would be relegated from the top ranks at the hands of clubs that recruited their players from a much larger pool.[7]

Rivalries

His first rivalry was with the Ciclista Lima who dispute the (Classic of Yesteryear).

Honours

National
  • Peruvian Primera División: 2
Winners (2): 1912, 1914
Runner-up (1): 1913

Regional
Winners (4): 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016
Runner-up (3): 2009, 2010, 2011

See also

Bibliography
  • Higgins, James (2005). Lima: A Cultural and Literary History. Oxford: Signal Books Limited. ISBN 1-902669-98-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Eli Schmerler; Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona (14 March 2013). "Peru - Foundation Dates of Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. "11th South American Championship, Lima, 2014 « Cricket Peru". perucricket.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  3. "Deportes" at club website Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Lima Cricket & Football Club". clublimacricket.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  5. Joseph Arbena; David Gerald LaFrance (2002). Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  6. "The case of soccer in eartly 20th century in Lima", from Fútbol, published by Ilan Stavans Library – Santa Barbara, CA (2011) – ISBN 978-0313375156
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