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The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship.Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (Australia–New Zealand) by more than half a century.
The 1938 Calcutta Cup match was the first live televised rugby international. It was broadcast by BBC Television. [1] [2] The first two international sides to play against each other, the England–Scotland fixture is the second most-played international rugby union match as of 2023.
Calcutta Cup match, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, 1890. The Calcutta Cup was gifted to the Rugby Football Union in 1878 by the members of the short-lived Calcutta Rugby Club. The members had decided to disband: the cup was crafted from melted-down silver rupees which became available when the club's funds were withdrawn from the bank.
Kolkata, considered the leading centre of rugby union in India, gives its name to the oldest international tournament in rugby union, the Calcutta Cup. [ 328 ] [ 329 ] [ 330 ] The Automobile Association of Eastern India, established in 1904, [ 331 ] [ 332 ] and the Bengal Motor Sports Club are involved in promoting motor sports and car rallies ...
Leinster Towns Cup: Ireland: 1888: Blackrock College RFC [7] 9: Currie Cup: South Africa: 1889: Western Province [8] 10: French Championship: Bagatelle, Paris: 1892: Racing Club de France: Stade Français [9] 11 Mallett Cup Cardiff: 1893 Cardiff RFC Reserves: Canton RFC 12: Mulock Cup (University of Toronto Intramural Championship) Toronto ...
The rent-roll of Akbar, the 16th century Mughal emperor, and the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradas Pipilai, of the late 15th century, both make mention of the area's early name's being Kolikata, from which Kolkata/Calcutta derive. [4] There is much discussion about the origin of the city's name.
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviation CC&FC, or CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.Founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, the football and rugby sections were added when it merged with Calcutta Football Club (oldest football club in Asia, founded in 1872) in 1965.
A History of Calcutta's Streets (1987) [22] A History of the Calcutta Press, the Beginnings (1987) Rainey's a Historical and Topographical Sketch of Calcutta (edited work of H. James Rainey) (1986) Calcutta in the Seventeenth Century (1986) [23] Calcutta: Origin of the Name (1985) [18]