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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 | Fabian Sfeir | |
| League(s) | Campeonato Uruguayo | |
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| Official website | ||
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The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo, established in 1861 by English immigrants.[1] Its predecessor had been the now defunct "Victoria Cricket Club", founded in 1842.[2]
Montevideo has been ranked 8th as the oldest rugby union club (and the first outside Europe) by the World Rugby Museum of Twickenham.[3][4] 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.[1]
- ^ a b MVCC, historia viva by Sebastián Amaya at El Observador, 11 Jun 2017
- ^ Historia at MVCC
- ^ "World Rugby 1820-1870 at RFU.com". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Decano entre decanos" by Claudio Barragán & Gustavo Castro at El Area website