Montevideo Cricket Club
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| Full name | Montevideo Cricket Club |
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| Union | Unión de Rugby del Uruguay |
| Founded | 18 July 1861 |
| Location | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Ground(s) | Solymar |
| President | Alejandro Fynn Howard |
| League(s) | Campeonato Uruguayo |
| Official website | |
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The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is an 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 8th as the 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, speed badminton and tennis.
The MVCC proper was founded on 18 July 1861. The club is recognised as the oldest sports club of Uruguay, having been the pioneer in the practise of cricket, field hockey, association football, rugby union and tennis.
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 in La Blanqueda.
The MVCC played its first association football match in 1878, between MVCC and a visiting ship. 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.
In 1983, the MVCC first played the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (C.U.B.A.), and has played them annually ever since.
In 1974 and 1975, the MVCC swimming teams won the summer championships in swimming and diving.
The ladies' field hockey team won the local championships in 1987, 1989, 1993 and 1997, and men's team won its first championship in 2000. The club also competes in athletics, cycling and tennis.
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