Year |
Team |
Town/City |
State/County/Province |
Country |
League |
Notes
|
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 States |
United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association |
oldest lacrosse team in the United States[4]
|
1871[1] |
Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club |
Winnipeg |
Manitoba |
Canada |
– |
defunct
|
1876[5] |
Melbourne Lacrosse Club |
Melbourne |
Victoria |
Australia |
Victorian Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1876[6] |
Stockport Lacrosse Club |
Stockport |
Cheshire |
England |
North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
oldest lacrosse club in the United Kingdom
|
1877[3] |
New York University |
New York City |
New York |
United States |
National College Lacrosse League |
oldest collegiate lacrosse team
|
1877 |
Manhattan College |
New York City |
New York |
United States |
NCAA Division I |
|
1877[7]
|
Harvard University
|
Cambridge
|
Massachusetts
|
United States
|
NCAA Division I
|
known as Harvard Lacrosse Association at founding
|
1877[8] |
Frontier Lacrosse Club |
Alexandra |
Waikato |
New Zealand |
– |
defunct
|
1878 |
Baltimore Athletic Club |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
United States |
United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association |
|
1879[9] |
Cheadle Lacrosse Club |
Cheadle |
Cheshire |
England |
North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
|
1879 |
Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club |
Heaton Moor |
Cheshire |
England |
North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
|
1882[10] |
Cambridge University Lacrosse Club |
Cambridge |
Cambridgeshire |
England |
South of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
Oldest college lacrosse team in the United Kingdom
|
1882[11] |
Hampstead Lacrosse Club |
London |
|
England |
South of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
oldest in the South of England[12]
|
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[13] |
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[14] |
Adelaide Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
South Australian Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1883[1] |
Edmonton Lacrosse Club |
Edmonton |
Alberta |
Canada |
– |
defunct
|
1883[15] |
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[16] |
Sydney Lacrosse Club |
Sydney |
New South Wales |
Australia |
New South Wales Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
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 |
Australia |
South Australian Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1885 |
Lehigh University |
Bethlehem |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
NCAA 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 |
Australia |
Queensland Lacrosse Union |
defunct
|
1887[22] |
Rutgers University |
New Brunswick |
New Jersey |
United States |
NCAA Division I |
|
1887[23] |
Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
South Australian Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1887[24] |
North Adelaide Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse South Australia |
|
1888[25] |
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[26] |
Rochdale Lacrosse Club |
Rochdale |
Lancashire |
England |
North 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 City |
New York |
United States |
National College Lacrosse League
|
1889[30] |
Adelaide University Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse South Australia |
|
1889[31] |
Poynton Lacrosse Club |
Poynton |
Cheshire |
England |
North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
name changed from Offerton Lacrosse Club in 1972
|
1891[32] |
New York Athletic Club |
New York City |
New York |
United States |
American Lacrosse League |
oldest active lacrosse team in the United States[33]
|
1891[34] |
Caulfield Lacrosse Club |
Melbourne |
Victoria |
Australia |
Lacrosse Victoria |
1891-1896
Re-formed 1909[35]
|
1893[36] |
Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club |
Cheadle Hulme |
Cheshire |
England |
North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
|
1894[3] |
Crescent Athletic Club |
Brooklyn |
New York |
United States |
United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association |
defunct, reformed in 2006
|
1895[37] |
Hobart Lacrosse Club |
Hobart |
Tasmania |
Australia |
– |
defunct
|
1895[38] |
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[39] |
Phoenix Lacrosse Club |
Fremantle |
Western Australia |
Australia |
Western Australian Lacrosse Association |
founded as Fremantle Lacrosse Club, name changed in 1991 after relocating
|
1896[40] |
Melbourne Cricket Club Lacrosse Section |
Melbourne |
Victoria |
Australia |
Lacrosse Victoria |
|
1896[41] |
Perth Lacrosse Club |
Perth |
Western Australia |
Australia |
Western Australian Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1897[42] |
Durban Lacrosse Club |
Durban |
KwaZulu-Natal |
South Africa |
Natal Lacrosse Association |
defunct
|
1898[43] |
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[44] |
East Fremantle Lacrosse Club |
Fremantle |
Western Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse Western Australia |
|
1899[45] |
East Torrens Payneham Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse South Australia |
founded as East Torrens Lacrosse Club
|
1899[46] |
Sturt Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse South Australia |
|
1899[46] |
Woodville Lacrosse Club |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
Australia |
Lacrosse South Australia |
known as Port Adelaide Lacrosse Club between 1903 and 1966
|