The Colombo Gymkhana Club is a social club for men in Colombo , Sri Lanka . It also owns and administers the Colombo Cricket Club , the Colombo Hockey and Football Club and the Queen's Club , as well as the Colombo Cricket Club Ground .
8-595: Established in 1863, it was a successor to the original Colombo Club (established in the early 1800s), and by 1899 administered five different sports via their ownership/establishment of the Colombo Cricket Club (established informally in 1832; formally in 1863), the Colombo Hockey and Football Club (established in 1892), and the Queen's Club ( squash and tennis ; established in 1899). Until 1964,
16-581: A social club while at the same time administering a number of different sports clubs- the CCC included (alongside the CH&;FC for rugby and hockey in 1892 and the Queen's Club for tennis and squash in 1899). The CCC is thought to have been formally named with its current name sometime in 1863, and moved to Galle Face Green sometime during this period as well. In 1894, the club moved again, this time to its present address at Maitland Crescent. It remained
24-623: Is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka . It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863, and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7, close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket . The idea of a gentlemen's team for British colonists in Ceylon was first mooted among the patrons of the Colombo Club- a social club for the British upper class then located at
32-660: The Galle Face Green (not to be confused with the 1871 club of the same name and location). The beginnings of the club proper can then be traced back to a notice in the Colombo Journal of 5 September 1832, which called for " ...gentlemen who may be inclined towards forming a Cricket Club... " to " ...meet at the Library (located in the Pettah ) at 2 o'clock precisely on the 8th instant ". Sources then differ as to
40-518: The club constitution and the club's land lease agreement with the government, also alleging nepotism and corruption. Silva refuted the allegations against him, alleging in turn that the property development agreement in question had been signed during a previous administration, and that he was only seeking to implement it. The club was also the subject of an Internal Revenue Department investigation and raid in 2016 for alleged tax evasion. Colombo Cricket Club The Colombo Cricket Club ( CCC )
48-647: The eventual CCC and a team fielded by the 97th Regiment of the British Army stationed in Ceylon at the time, in November 1832. The club soon became a hub for cricketing activity in the country, becoming the de facto governing body for cricket in Ceylon. The Colombo Club went through an expansion phase in 1863, becoming the Colombo Gymkhana Club , a parent/umbrella organisation that acted as
56-609: The exact date of the formation of the club, some citing 8 September, October, or November of the same year, with all sources agreeing that a cricket club was formed sometime in 1832. The newly formed club was located in Slave Island , on the land that later became the Rifle Green (now the site of the Defence Services School ). The first officially recorded game of cricket in the country was that between
64-501: The social club was exclusive to Europeans (the cricket club having had a similar policy until 1962)- the first Sri Lankan Chairman of the Gymkhana Club was P.S.C. Fernando, while the sporting clubs saw their first local captains in the 1970s: In November 2016, members of the club filed lawsuits against the chairman, Shammi Silva , and treasurer, Kapila Ranasinghe, for breach of trust and breach of contract through violation of
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