Lima Cricket Club
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| Full name | Lima Cricket and Football Club |
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| Founded | 1859 |
| Ground | Lima, Peru |
| Chairman | Richard Rehwaldt |
| Manager | Cesar Drago |
| League | Copa Perú |
| Website | Club website |
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. The association football team currently participates in the local league of San Isidro District, Lima.
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).
Apart from football and cricket, nowadays the club hosts the practise of basketball, basque pelota, bowls, fencing, field hockey, table tennis, darts, snooker, squash, tennis, swimming and volleyball. Rugby union is no longer practised.
Lima Cricket & Football Club was founded by English immigrants as the Lima Cricket Club. 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.
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