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. , 1903 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
Province of Santa Fe 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. Rosario A.C. played its football and rugby home matches at Plaza Jewell. As club had the honour to be the first institution from
Rosario 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 2–0 and
Barracas A.C. (that had previously eliminated
Alumni) 5–3, overcoming to a partial 2–3 with only 19 minutes remaining to play. Both matches of the 1904
Tie Cup, which Rosario would win after beating
CURCC in
the final. Curiously, the final was not held in Plaza Jewell but in
Flores Old Ground of
Buenos Aires. Another historic landmark at Plata Jewell was the beginning of
Clásico Rosarino (
Rosarian Derby), where arch-rivals Rosario Central and
Newell's Old Boys 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
Liga Rosarina de Football, 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. In 1905, English side
Nottingham Forest 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
Rosario Central 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. playing a Universitario–Gimnasia y Esgrima combined at Plaza Jewell on August 3, 1927 On July 19, 1927, the
British Isles Combined (composed of 23 players from England, Scotland and Ireland under the direction of
James Baxter) arrived in Argentina to play a fixture of nine games. After playing
Argentina, the Lions moved to Rosario to play a combined team composed by players of
porteños clubs
Universitario 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. 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
Santa Fe Province, 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. In 1969, the
Scotland national rugby union team played vs the
Rosario RU at Plaza Jewell, during their
tour of Argentina that included six matches in the country. == International matches ==