Madras Cricket Club India

Sports, A Way of Life

“Cricket was his religion and the Madras Cricket Club was his Church” – this was what was said when illustrious and eminent Sir Alexander Arbuthnot founded this institution in 1846.

For nearly a century, the club remained an exclusive preserve of the Europeans. The MCC played a perfect role in promoting and developing not only cricket but also hockey, tennis and squash.

From the earliest days, the MCC maintained the Chepauk cricket ground and organised all representative cricket, playing host to national and international teams. The MCC has also conducted prestigious all-India tournaments in hockey, tennis and squash.

At the club level, hockey and cricket matches attracted maximum participation and were played with great enthusiasm and fairness. In fact, many members had achieved a great degree of proficiency in more than one game.

Over the years, the MCC has produced champion sportsmen across various disciplines and brought great laurels to the club and the country.

Changing with the times and adapting itself to modernity without compromising its culture and value systems, the MCC today is a beehive of sports activity and continues to produce sportspersons who have excelled both at the national and international arena.

The club organises inter-club tournaments in Chennai. These tournaments attract the best of talents and games are fought with great intensity. The club also invites and organises home and away international friendlies with the Royal Selangor Club, the Singapore Cricket Club and the Irish Cricket Club, to name a few.

To many of its members, the MCC is a second home, a place to unwind after a stressful days’ work, a place to get a good game, have a good workout at the gym or a nice, cool swim; but above all, let one’s hair down with their preferred choice of beverage in a very cordial and friendly ambience.