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Montevideo Cricket Club
The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo, established in 1861 by English immigrants. Its predecessor had been the now defunct "Victoria Cricket Club", founded in 1842.
Montevideo has been ranked as the 8th oldest rugby union club (and the first outside Europe) by the World Rugby Museum of Twickenham. Apart from football and rugby, the other sports currently practised at the club are field hockey, and tennis.
As of 2017, the club had 500 members and 400 athletes competing in several sports.
A predecessor to MVCC, "Victoria Cricket Club" had been founded by British immigrants led by Samuel Lafone in 1842, with the purpose of playing Cricket. Nevertheless, it is believed that the club was dissolved soon after as there were no further records of its activities. The Great Siege of Montevideo in 1843 also interrupted all sports activities in the city.
The same group of English people would establish MVCC on 18 July 1861 at "Confitería Oriental", where the high society and businessmen of Montevideo used to met. The first playing field was located on a land where Military Hospital stands nowadays. The club is recognised as the oldest sports club of Uruguay, having been the pioneer in the practise of cricket, field hockey, football, rugby union, and tennis. Moreover, MVCC is regarded as the oldest sports club in South America. The coming of further British companies to Montevideo (such as water suppliers, railways, and banks) helped increase the number of members of the MVCC.
In 1868, the MVCC played its first international cricket game against Argentine Buenos Aires Cricket Club. It is the oldest international match registered in South America and was played on MVCC's ground known as La Blanqueda. MVCC played its first international rugby match against Argentine side Buenos Aires Football Club (another pioneer club regarded as the first institution to play any form of football in South America). The match was held in Montevideo.
The MVCC played its first football match in 1878, against the crew of a ship visiting Montevideo. This was the first organised match in Uruguay. In 1881, the MVCC played its first club match against the Montevideo Rowing Club. MVCC also took part of the first international match involving an Uruguayan football squad, when faced the "Buenos Aires Team" at Montevideo in 1889.
When the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) was established in 1900, MVCC was one of the clubs invited to join but they refused so they did not want the club to be ruled by a non-British body.
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Montevideo Cricket Club
The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo, established in 1861 by English immigrants. Its predecessor had been the now defunct "Victoria Cricket Club", founded in 1842.
Montevideo has been ranked as the 8th oldest rugby union club (and the first outside Europe) by the World Rugby Museum of Twickenham. Apart from football and rugby, the other sports currently practised at the club are field hockey, and tennis.
As of 2017, the club had 500 members and 400 athletes competing in several sports.
A predecessor to MVCC, "Victoria Cricket Club" had been founded by British immigrants led by Samuel Lafone in 1842, with the purpose of playing Cricket. Nevertheless, it is believed that the club was dissolved soon after as there were no further records of its activities. The Great Siege of Montevideo in 1843 also interrupted all sports activities in the city.
The same group of English people would establish MVCC on 18 July 1861 at "Confitería Oriental", where the high society and businessmen of Montevideo used to met. The first playing field was located on a land where Military Hospital stands nowadays. The club is recognised as the oldest sports club of Uruguay, having been the pioneer in the practise of cricket, field hockey, football, rugby union, and tennis. Moreover, MVCC is regarded as the oldest sports club in South America. The coming of further British companies to Montevideo (such as water suppliers, railways, and banks) helped increase the number of members of the MVCC.
In 1868, the MVCC played its first international cricket game against Argentine Buenos Aires Cricket Club. It is the oldest international match registered in South America and was played on MVCC's ground known as La Blanqueda. MVCC played its first international rugby match against Argentine side Buenos Aires Football Club (another pioneer club regarded as the first institution to play any form of football in South America). The match was held in Montevideo.
The MVCC played its first football match in 1878, against the crew of a ship visiting Montevideo. This was the first organised match in Uruguay. In 1881, the MVCC played its first club match against the Montevideo Rowing Club. MVCC also took part of the first international match involving an Uruguayan football squad, when faced the "Buenos Aires Team" at Montevideo in 1889.
When the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) was established in 1900, MVCC was one of the clubs invited to join but they refused so they did not want the club to be ruled by a non-British body.