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Buenos Ayres Athletic Society; Buenos Ayres Football Club
The first announcements inform readers that an interest meeting for the Buenos Ayres Athletic Society in Palermo will be postponed until further notice. The second announcement by the Buenos Ayres Football Club is for a scheduled match in Flores,…
Football Match
Argentina's first recorded football match took place on June 20, 1867, in Palermo, at the grounds of the Buenos AIres Cricket Club. The side led by the Hogg brothers won 4-0 over its opponents, but all 16 participants belonged to the "Club": the new…
Editor's Table
An announcement for Argentina's first football match, to take place on May 25, 1867, in Palermo.
Football
A football match took place on May 14, 1874. However, the match by the Buenos Ayres Football Club adopted new rules, the Rugby Union rules. This is a sudden shift for the club, which had been playing a version under the Football Association, or…
Editor's Table
Part-advertisement/part-commentary, this brief editorial calls on "aficionados" of the "thoroughly British game" of football to attend an upcoming game. "We'd go any distance to see scientific 'forcing,' and a few good 'scrimmages,' and mean to be at…
Football Match
A football match on the cricket fields of Palermo sees Hogg and Heald-led teams meet, with a score of 3-2 for Heald's team. This game coincided with Argentina's indpeendence day. The article makes note that women were in attendance, but that without…
Editor's Table
A football match in Palermo interrupted by municipal woodcutting. Hundreds in attendance.
Editor's Table
This 1870 commentary in the "Editor's Table" of The Standard offers a brief description of a football game in Palermo. The description here offers a glimpse into the intertconnectedness of military and sports language, with captains leading "their…
Football
The match scheduled for June 29th is a second attempt to organize a public soccer match hosted by the Buenos Aires Football Club in Palermo. Based on the lessons learned from the first game, the club asks players to bring one red and white cap (each)…
Buenos Ayres Athletic Sports
The first interest meeting for an Athletics event was schedule for May 30, 1867 in Palermo. Events included flat race (100, 400 yards, 1 mile), length jump (running and standing), vaulting, high jump (running and standing), hammer throw, shot put,…
Various annoucements
Typical announcements for sports events or meetings. This issue of The Standard announces two general meetings for the Buenos Ayres Lawn Tennis Club (to adopt rules and regulations) and the B.A. Cricket Club, as well as a horse race meeting at the…
Buenos Aires English High School
Established in 1884, the Buenos Aires English High School was located on Sante Fe Avenue in Palermo, with room for 50 boarders and 500 students. Self-described as the largest private school in Argentina, BAEHS grounds included a tennis court for…
Editor's Table
A news brief on a baseball game played on the river side of Palermo. This may be the first recorded game of baseball in Argentina.
Buenos Aires Cricket Club
Image of the Buenos Aires Cricket Club, which hosted some of the earliest organized sports matches in Argentina including cricket, football, and rugby.
En un acto bullicioso y lucido quedó inaugurado el velódromo de Palermo
President Perón inaugurates the cycling track in Palermo named after him, and built for the Pan American Games, with over 10,000 spectators in attendance. In his speech, Perón emphasizes that the new venue would be open to all Argentines regardless…