Buenos Aires Cricket and Rugby Club
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| Full name | Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club |
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| Union | Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires |
| Nickname(s) | Biei |
| Founded | 8 December 1864 |
| Location | San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| President | Pablo Horacio Werner |
| Coach(es) |
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Martín Mato |
| League(s) | Torneo de la URBA |
| 2016 | 3° of Reubicación B |
| Official website | |
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Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club, sometimes known simply as Buenos Aires, is an Argentine sports club based in San Fernando, Buenos Aires. The club claims to be the oldest club still in existence in Argentina, according to reports of a cricket match played by the club in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, in 1831.
A highlight of club's history was in 1951 when the Buenos Aires FC (established in 1886 as a rugby union club exclusively and founder member of the "River Plate Rugby Championship" (current Argentine Rugby Union) merged to BACC, renaming "Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club". Since then, rugby union became the main sport of the institution.
Rugby's senior squad participates in Grupo I, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system. The club also has a women's field hockey team that plays in the Torneo Metropolitano B (Second Division), organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA), while the cricket squad competes in the Argentine Cricket Association tournaments.
Other sports practised at BACRC are football and golf.
The exact date of establishment of the "Buenos Aires Cricket Club" is not clear because of the fire that destroyed most of the club's facilities and its archives. Nevertheless, there are records of a cricket match played by members of the club in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires in 1831, where a flag with the legend "Buenos Aires Cricket Club" was displayed. That match was covered by English language newspaper The British Packet, published in Buenos Aires.
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