List of the oldest lacrosse teams

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This is a chronological list of the oldest lacrosse teams.

Contents

19th century

YearTeamTown/CityState/­County/­ProvinceCountryLeagueNotes
1842 [1] Montreal Olympic Athletic Club Montreal Quebec Canada–defunct
1852 [2] or 1862 [1] Ottawa Lacrosse Club Ottawa Ontario Canada Canadian Lacrosse Association defunct, reformed in 1980s
1856 [3] Montreal Lacrosse Club Montreal Quebec Canada Canadian Lacrosse Association defunct, new club formed in 2006
1867 Upper Canada College Toronto Ontario Canada Canadian Lacrosse Association oldest high school lacrosse program in North America
1868 Mohawk Lacrosse Club Troy New York United StatesUnited States National Amateur Lacrosse Associationoldest lacrosse team in the United States [4]
1871 [1] Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club Winnipeg Manitoba Canada–defunct
1876 [5] Melbourne Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria AustraliaVictorian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1876 [6] Stockport Lacrosse Club Stockport Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Associationoldest lacrosse club in the United Kingdom
1877 [3] New York University New York City New YorkUnited StatesNational College Lacrosse Leagueoldest collegiate lacrosse team
1877 Manhattan University New York CityNew YorkUnited States NCAA Division I
1877 [7] Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts United StatesNCAA Division Iknown as Harvard Lacrosse Association at founding
1877 [8] Frontier Lacrosse Club Alexandra Waikato New Zealand–defunct
1878Baltimore Athletic Club Baltimore Maryland United StatesUnited States National Amateur Lacrosse Association
1879 [9] Cheadle Lacrosse Club Cheadle Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1879Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club Heaton Moor Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1882 [10] Cambridge University Lacrosse Club Cambridge Cambridgeshire EnglandSouth of England Men's Lacrosse AssociationOldest college lacrosse team in the United Kingdom
1882 [11] Hampstead Lacrosse ClubLondonEnglandSouth of England Men's Lacrosse Associationoldest in the South of England [12]
1882Phillips Academy AndoverAndoverMassachusettsUnited States–One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882Phillips Exeter AcademyExeterNew HampshireUnited States–One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882Lawrenceville SchoolLawrencevilleNew JerseyUnited States–One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882Louisville Lacrosse ClubLouisvilleKentuckyUnited States–defunct
1882New York Lacrosse ClubNew York CityNew YorkUnited States–defunct, also referred to as New York Amateur Lacrosse Club, and New York City
1882 Princeton University PrincetonNew JerseyUnited StatesNCAA Division I
1882 Yale University New HavenConnecticutUnited StatesNCAA Division I
1882DruidsBaltimoreMarylandUnited States–defunct, final game in 1902
1883 [13] Brampton Excelsiors Brampton Ontario CanadaCanadian Lacrosse AssociationLongest-running amateur community-owned sports franchise in Canada
1883 Johns Hopkins Baltimore Maryland United StatesNCAA Division I
1883 [14] Adelaide Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaSouth Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1883 [1] Edmonton Lacrosse Club Edmonton Alberta Canada–defunct
1883 [15] Melbourne University Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria AustraliaLacrosse Victoriaoldest extant lacrosse club in Australia
1883Oldham & Werneth Lacrosse Club Oldham Lancashire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1883 [16] Sydney Lacrosse Club Sydney New South Wales AustraliaNew South Wales Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1884 [1] Calgary Lacrosse Club Calgary Alberta Canada–defunct
1884 [17] New Town Lacrosse Club Hobart Tasmania Australia–defunct
1885 [18] Noarlunga Lacrosse Club Noarlunga South Australia AustraliaSouth Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1885 Lehigh University Bethlehem Pennsylvania United StatesNCAA Division I
1885 [19] Southland Lacrosse Club Invercargill Southland New Zealand–defunct
1886 [20] Dunedin Lacrosse Club Dunedin Otago New Zealand–defunct
1887 [21] Brisbane Lacrosse Club Brisbane Queensland AustraliaQueensland Lacrosse Uniondefunct
1887 [22] Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey United StatesNCAA Division I
1887 [23] Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaSouth Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1887 [24] North Adelaide Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaLacrosse South Australia
1888 [25] Jamestown Lacrosse Club Jamestown South Australia AustraliaSouth Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1888 New Westminster Salmonbellies New Westminster British Columbia Canada Western Lacrosse Association
1888 [26] Rochdale Lacrosse Club Rochdale Lancashire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1888 [27] Canterbury Lacrosse Club Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand–defunct
1888 [28] Wellington Lacrosse Club Wellington Wellington New Zealand–defunct
1888 [29] City College of New York New York CityNew YorkUnited StatesNational College Lacrosse League
1889 [30] Adelaide University Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaLacrosse South Australia
1889 [31] Poynton Lacrosse Club Poynton Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Associationname changed from Offerton Lacrosse Club in 1972
1891 [32] New York Athletic Club New York CityNew YorkUnited StatesAmerican Lacrosse Leagueoldest active lacrosse team in the United States [33]
1891 [34] Caulfield Lacrosse ClubMelbourneVictoriaAustraliaLacrosse Victoria1891–1896

Re-formed 1909 [35]

1893 [36] Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club Cheadle Hulme Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1894 [3] Crescent Athletic Club Brooklyn New YorkUnited StatesUnited States National Amateur Lacrosse Associationdefunct, reformed in 2006
1895 [37] Hobart Lacrosse Club Hobart Tasmania Australia–defunct
1895 [38] Holdfast Bay Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaSouth Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1896Ashton Lacrosse Club Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1896 [39] Phoenix Lacrosse Club Fremantle Western Australia AustraliaWestern Australian Lacrosse Associationfounded as Fremantle Lacrosse Club, name changed in 1991 after relocating
1896 [40] Melbourne Cricket Club Lacrosse Section Melbourne Victoria AustraliaLacrosse Victoria
1896 [41] Perth Lacrosse Club Perth Western Australia AustraliaWestern Australian Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1897 [42] Durban Lacrosse Club Durban KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaNatal Lacrosse Associationdefunct
1898 [43] Williamstown Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria AustraliaLacrosse Victoria
1899Brooklands Hulmeians Lacrosse Club Sale Cheshire EnglandNorth of England Men's Lacrosse Associationfounded as Old Hulmeians LC and continues nominally as Lancashire club
1899 [44] East Fremantle Lacrosse Club Fremantle Western Australia AustraliaLacrosse Western Australia
1899 [45] East Torrens Payneham Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaLacrosse South Australiafounded as East Torrens Lacrosse Club
1899 [46] Sturt Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaLacrosse South Australia
1899 [46] Woodville Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia AustraliaLacrosse South Australiaknown as Port Adelaide Lacrosse Club between 1903 and 1966

By country

CountryYearTeamCityLeagueRef
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1842Montreal Olympic Athletic Club Montreal None [1]
Flag of the United States.svg United States 1868 Mohawk Lacrosse Club Troy, New York United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association [4]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1876Melbourne Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victorian Lacrosse Association [5]
Flag of England.svg England 1876 Stockport Lacrosse Club Stockport North of England Men's Lacrosse Association [6]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1877Frontier Lacrosse Club Alexandra None [8]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1897Durban Lacrosse Club Durban Natal Lacrosse Association [42]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1963Hong Kong University Lacrosse Club Hong Kong Hong Kong Lacrosse Association [47] [48]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1980Lacrosse Club Custodes Sokol Radotín Prague Czech Lacrosse Union [49]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1987 Keio University Lacrosse Club Tokyo Japan Lacrosse College League [50]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1993Berliner Lacrosse Verein Berlin Deutscher Lacrosse Verband Bundesliga Ost [51]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2000Maastricht Lacrosse Maastricht Dutch National Lacrosse League [52]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2005 Roma Leones Rome Federazione Italiana Giuco Lacrosse [53]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2007Poznań Hussars Poznań Polish Lacrosse League [54]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2010Ibero Lacrosse Mexico City Liga Premier Universitaria [55]

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