This is a chronological list of the oldest lacrosse teams.
19th century Year Team Town/City State/County/Province Country League Notes 1842 Montreal Olympic Athletic Club Montreal Quebec Canada – defunct 1852 or 1862 Ottawa Lacrosse Club Ottawa Ontario Canada Canadian Lacrosse Association defunct, reformed in 1980s 1856 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 States National Amateur oldest lacrosse team in the United States 1871 Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club Winnipeg Manitoba Canada – defunct 1876 Melbourne Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria Australia Victorian Lacrosse Association defunct 1876 Stockport Lacrosse Club Stockport Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association oldest lacrosse club in the United Kingdom 1877 New York University New York City New York United States National College Lacrosse League oldest collegiate lacrosse team 1877 Manhattan University New York City New York United States NCAA Division I 1877 Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts United States NCAA Division I known as Harvard Lacrosse Association at founding 1877 Frontier Lacrosse Club Alexandra Waikato New Zealand – defunct 1878 Baltimore Athletic Club Baltimore Maryland United States United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association 1879 Cheadle Lacrosse Club Cheadle Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1879 Heaton Mersey Heaton Moor Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1882 Cambridge University Lacrosse Club Cambridge Cambridgeshire England South of England Men's Lacrosse Association Oldest college lacrosse team in the United Kingdom 1882 Hampstead Lacrosse Club London England South of England Men's Lacrosse Association oldest in the South of England 1882 Phillips Academy Andover Andover Massachusetts United States – One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States 1882 Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter New Hampshire United States – One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States 1882 Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville New Jersey United States – One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States 1882 Louisville Lacrosse Club Louisville Kentucky United States – defunct 1882 New York Lacrosse Club New York City New York United States – defunct, also referred to as New York Amateur Lacrosse Club, and New York City 1882 Princeton University Princeton New Jersey United States NCAA Division I 1882 Yale University New Haven Connecticut United States NCAA Division I 1882 Druids Baltimore Maryland United States – defunct, final game in 1902 1883 Brampton Excelsiors Brampton Ontario Canada Canadian Lacrosse Association Longest-running amateur community-owned sports franchise in Canada 1883 Johns Hopkins Baltimore Maryland United States NCAA Division I 1883 Adelaide Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia South Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1883 Edmonton Lacrosse Club Edmonton Alberta Canada – defunct 1883 Melbourne University Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria Australia Lacrosse Victoria oldest extant lacrosse club in Australia 1883 Oldham & Werneth Lacrosse Club Oldham Lancashire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1883 Sydney Lacrosse Club Sydney New South Wales Australia New South Wales Lacrosse Association defunct 1884 Calgary Lacrosse Club Calgary Alberta Canada – defunct 1884 New Town Lacrosse Club Hobart Tasmania Australia – defunct 1885 Noarlunga Lacrosse Club Noarlunga South Australia Australia South Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1885 Lehigh University Bethlehem Pennsylvania United States NCAA Division I 1885 Southland Lacrosse Club Invercargill Southland New Zealand – defunct 1886 Dunedin Lacrosse Club Dunedin Otago New Zealand – defunct 1887 Brisbane Lacrosse Club Brisbane Queensland Australia Queensland Lacrosse Union defunct 1887 Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey United States NCAA Division I 1887 Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia South Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1887 North Adelaide Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia Lacrosse South Australia 1888 Jamestown Lacrosse Club Jamestown South Australia Australia South Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1888 New Westminster Salmonbellies New Westminster British Columbia Canada Western Lacrosse Association 1888 Rochdale Lacrosse Club Rochdale Lancashire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1888 Canterbury Lacrosse Club Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand – defunct 1888 Wellington Lacrosse Club Wellington Wellington New Zealand – defunct 1888 City College of New York New York City New York United States National College Lacrosse League 1889 Adelaide University Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia Lacrosse South Australia 1889 Poynton Lacrosse Club Poynton Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association name changed from Offerton Lacrosse Club in 1972 1891 New York Athletic Club New York City New York United States American Lacrosse League oldest active lacrosse team in the United States 1891 Caulfield Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria Australia Lacrosse Victoria1891–1896 Re-formed 1909 1893 Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club Cheadle Hulme Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1894 Crescent Athletic Club Brooklyn New York United States United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association defunct, reformed in 2006 1895 Hobart Lacrosse Club Hobart Tasmania Australia – defunct 1895 Holdfast Bay Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia South Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1896 Ashton Lacrosse Club Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1896 Phoenix Lacrosse Club Fremantle Western Australia Australia Western Australian Lacrosse Association founded as Fremantle Lacrosse Club, name changed in 1991 after relocating 1896 Melbourne Cricket Club Lacrosse Section Melbourne Victoria Australia Lacrosse Victoria 1896 Perth Lacrosse Club Perth Western Australia Australia Western Australian Lacrosse Association defunct 1897 Durban Lacrosse Club Durban KwaZulu-Natal South Africa Natal Lacrosse Association defunct 1898 Williamstown Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victoria Australia Lacrosse Victoria 1899 Brooklands Hulmeians Lacrosse Club Sale Cheshire England North of England Men's Lacrosse Association founded as Old Hulmeians LC and continues nominally as Lancashire club 1899 East Fremantle Lacrosse Club Fremantle Western Australia Australia Lacrosse Western Australia 1899 East Torrens Payneham Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia Lacrosse South Australia founded as East Torrens Lacrosse Club 1899 Sturt Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia Lacrosse South Australia 1899 Woodville Lacrosse Club Adelaide South Australia Australia Lacrosse South Australia known as Port Adelaide Lacrosse Club between 1903 and 1966
By country Country Year Team City League Ref Canada 1842 Montreal Olympic Athletic Club Montreal None United States 1868 Mohawk Lacrosse Club Troy, New York National Amateur Australia 1876 Melbourne Lacrosse Club Melbourne Victorian Lacrosse Association England 1876 Stockport Lacrosse Club Stockport North of England Men's Lacrosse Association 1877 Frontier Lacrosse Club Alexandra None 1897 Durban Lacrosse Club Durban Natal Lacrosse Association 1963 Hong Kong University Lacrosse Club Hong Kong Hong Kong Lacrosse Association 1980 Lacrosse Club Custodes Sokol Radotín Prague Czech Lacrosse Union 1987 Keio University Lacrosse Club Tokyo Japan Lacrosse College League 1993 Berliner Lacrosse Verein Berlin Deutscher Lacrosse Verband Bundesliga Ost 2000 Maastricht Lacrosse Maastricht Dutch National Lacrosse League 2005 Roma Leones Rome Federazione Italiana Giuco Lacrosse :it:Roma Leones Lacrosse 2007 Poznań Hussars Poznań Polish Lacrosse League 2010 Ibero Lacrosse Mexico City Liga Premier Universitaria
See also Lacrosse History of Lacrosse Federation of International Lacrosse
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