west bengal has won the calcutta cup the most.
west bengal has won the calcutta cup the most.
who has won the calcutta cup the most?
west bengal
the original and oldest calcutta cup is a silver trophy played for annually by the members of royal blackheath golf club. it was a gift from the royal calcutta golf club in response to the presentation of a medal given by blackheath. it is made from melted down silver rupees, reputedly from the same batch of melted down silver rupees as the rugby union cup played for between england and scotland. the cup arrived in london in 1875. it was first played for in december 1875 three years before the first calcutta cup match between england and scotland. the cup held by royal blackheath golf club has only 2 handles unlike the well known calcutta cup. it is only in recent years that the history of the original calcutta cup has been appreciated by sporting historians.
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the cup has been tied 16 times.









































the current record number of points scored by a player in a calcutta cup game was set by jonny wilkinson in 2007 when he scored 27 points (1 try, 2 conversions, 5 penalties, 1 drop goal). the previous record of 24 points was held by rob andrew.









































section::::other calcutta cups.









































in 1884 calcutta cricket and football club again set up a rugby section and in 1890 set up an inter club trophy, the calcutta rugby union challenge cup, promptly christened the calcutta cup.
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