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香港木球會 | |
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Abbreviation | HKCC |
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Formation | 7 June 1851; 173 years ago (1851-06-07) |
Type | Private Recreation Club |
Headquarters | 137 Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°15′31″N 114°11′36″E |
Membership | 2,400 members |
Patron | Mike Gatting |
President | Christopher C Pratt CBE |
Chairman | George D Lamplough |
General Manager | Kieran B Hale |
Website | www |
The Hong Kong Cricket Club (Chinese: 香港木球會) is a long-established cricket and private recreation club in Hong Kong.
Founded in 1851, the HKCC is located at Wong Nai Chung Gap, a short distance from the city's central business district.[1][2] It has over 2,400 members and cricket is the primary club pursuit.
HKCC has received multiple civic and community awards for its contributions to cricket and the Hong Kong international sporting community, a commitment underlined by both the HKCC President (since 2021)[3] and HKCC Chairman (since 2022).[4] The HKCC Patron (since 2017), former England cricketer Mike Gatting, described the club as a haven that continues "...to receive many plaudits from around the world."[5]
In addition to cricket, the HKCC runs sports sections for (in alphabetic order) croquet, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, squash and tennis. It also supports other sports including golf, snooker, table tennis and ten-pin bowling. Outdoors HKCC facilities include a cricket ground, adjacent to lawn bowls and croquet greens, plus three tennis courts and a 25m swimming pool. Indoors facilities include a cricket centre, with three nets, a sports hall with two badminton courts, four squash courts, a gym, multi-purpose room, two golf simulators, two snooker tables, a children's playroom and four lanes of ten-pin bowling. Family life underpins most HKCC events and the clubhouse operates half-a-dozen dining facilities, ranging from a Chinese restaurant to a pitch-side boundary bar, all with south-facing views overlooking the cricket ground and croquet and lawn bowls greens. The HKCC also operates an off-site restaurant, DotCod, (since 2000), 6 km away in the central business district adjacent to the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters.[6]
HKCC has reciprocal arrangements with 49 cricket or sports clubs in 16 countries,[7][8] including with Lords,[9] the home of cricket.