Lima Cricket and Football Club Lima Cricket and Football Club 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
Lima under General José de San Martín landed south of Lima in 1820 but did not attack the city. Faced with a naval blockade and the action of guerrillas on land, Viceroy José de la Serna e Hinojosa evacuated its capital in July 1821 to save the Royalist army. Fearing a popular uprising and lacking any means to impose order, the city council invited San Martín to enter Lima and signed a Declaration of Independence at his request. However, the war was not over; in the next two years the city changed hands several times. After independence, Lima became the capital