The Buenos Aires Cricket Club Ground was a

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. The ground, located in the

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district, gained historic relevance because the first

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(in 1867)"El fútbol nacional cumple años"
''Clarín'', 20 June 2007 and

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(in 1873) matches in Argentina were played there.

History

The football match disputed in the BACC was such a success that some members would go on to found the

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, which would be the first football club in South America. For years to come both clubs would share installations and members with BACC playing cricket in summer and BAFC playing football in winter. The first recorded cricket match on the ground came in 1891 when the North of Argentina played the South of Argentina. The ground later held its first first-class match in 1912 when Argentina national team played the touring

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, resulting in a 210 run victory for the tourists. The second first-class match held on the ground came in 1927 in a repeat of the 1912 fixture, which this time resulted in an Argentine victory by 29 runs. The last recorded match came in March 1947 between the Argentine Cricket Association Colts North and Argentine Cricket Association Colts South. In 1951, after much of the club had been destroyed in a fire which also destroyed its archives, Buenos Aires Cricket Club merged with

to form the Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club and the club built its new cricket field in the San Fernando district of

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References

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External links

Stadiums at Argentina Cricket Association website

at CricketArchive Cricket grounds in Argentina Sports venues in Buenos Aires 1951 disestablishments in Argentina