Plaza Jewell is the name given to

Club Atlético del Rosario Club Atlético del Rosario is an Argentine sports club from Rosario, Santa Fe. One of the oldest clubs still in existence in the country, Atlético del Rosario was a pioneer of football in Rosario, being the first team from that city to play in P ...

headquarters and

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. It is located in the city of

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, close to Mariano Moreno bus station and Rosario Norte railway station. Having been opened in 1889, Plaza Jewell is the oldest sports ground in Argentina. Since its inauguration, the ground has held

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(until 1916, when the club abandoned the practise of the sport) and

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matches, among other sports. Plaza Jewell stadium is the home venue of the

senior squad, that currently competes in URBA Top 12.

History

Rosario Cricket Club (established in 1867) had set its field on Presidente Roca and Jujuy streets, where the first inter-club rugby union (29 June 1886) and association football (12 July 1887) matches were played against the Buenos Aires Cricket Club teams. In 1884 the club changed its name to "Rosario Athletic Club", which would become its definitive name.100 años del Club Atlético Del Rosario
by Juan Pascual on ''El Gráfico'', March 1967 Rosario ac v quilmes

In 1889 Rosario Athletic moved to its current location on Gould street, near the Rosario Norte and Santa Fe stations of Buenos Aires and Rosario and

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railways, respectively. The land, donated by brothers Charles and Edward Jewell to the club, was named "Plaza Jewell" in honour of them. Officially inaugurated on August 30, Plaza Jewell is the oldest sports field in Argentina.Plaza Jewell, el club donde nació el deporte rosarino, cumple hoy 145 años
''La Capital'', 27 Mar 2012Club Atlético del Rosario - 150 Años
on ''La Capital'', 2017 Rosario A.C. played its football and rugby home matches at Plaza Jewell. As club had the honour to be the first institution from

playing in Primera División (in the 1894 season), Rosario A.C. played its home games at Plaza Jewell. Some of the most relevant football matches played in Plaza were the win over

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

2–0 and Barracas A.C. (that had previously eliminated

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) 5–3, overcoming to a partial 2–3 with only 19 minutes remaining to play. Both matches of the 1904

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, which Rosario would win after beating

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. Curiously, the final was not held in Plaza Jewell but in Flores Old Ground of

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.Cuando el Rosario Athletic salió campeón... de fútbol
on CIHF (Archived, 18 Apr 2014) Another historic landmark at Plata Jewell was the beginning of ''Clásico Rosarino'' (''Rosarian Derby''), where arch-rivals Rosario Central and

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

played each other for the first time on June 18, 1905. This inaugural derby was a game of the "Copa Santiago Pinasco", the first football competition in the city. Ricardo Le Bas (who was also the first president of

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, as Rosario A.C. had been a founding member) was the referee of that match. The Atlético del Rosario football team was a regular participant in Rosario league until the club abandoned football in 1916.Línea de tiempo: 1916
on Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol website In 1905, English side

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toured Argentina and Uruguay for the first time. Plaza Jewell held the only match in Rosario, where the English team beat a Rosario Combined –composed of players of

and Rosario A.C. 5–3. One year later, the South Africa Football Association (a national side composed by British-origin players) also played a Rosario Combined at Plaza Jewell, with a large victory of 9–0 over the local team. British lions rosario 1927

On July 19, 1927, the British Isles Combined (composed of twenty-three players from England, Scotland and Ireland under the direction of James Baxter) arrived in Argentina to play a fixture of nine games. After playing

, the Lions moved to Rosario to play a combined team composed by players of ''

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s'' clubs

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and Gimnasia y Esgrima due to the impossibility of joining a competitive team with the small number of players in Rosario. Players of both teams arrived in Rosario after a long journey by train from Retiro to Rosario Norte station, the same day of the match. On August 3, 1927, the Lions defeated the combined team by 24–0 in a rainy day held in Plaza Jewell."Lions (segundo viaje olvidado)"
by Ricardo Sabanes on Periodismo Rugby, 24 May 2017 In 1967, Atlético del Rosario decided to organise a four-team football tournament to celebrate of its 100th. anniversary. It would be held in Plaza Jewell. The club invited the four main teams of

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, Rosario Central, Newell's Old Boys (Rosario) and Unión and Colón (Santa Fe) to take part of the competition (named "Copa Centenario" with a trophy awarded for the occasion). Nevertheless, the lack of available dates (all the invited teams were competing in the 1967 Primera División championship by those times) caused the competition was never carried out.La Copa que nunca se jugó
12 Jul 2016

References

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