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Series of rugby union matches
1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina
Summary
P W D L
Total
09 09 00 00
Test match
02 02 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Argentina
2 2 0 0

The 1948 Oxford-Cambridge rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of matches played in Argentina by a mixed selection of players from Oxford and Cambridge universities in 1948. The matches were held in Buenos Aires and Rosario.

After some contacting the previous years, the Argentine Rugby Union then, "River Plate Rugby Union" hosted, with the help of clubs Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires and Hindú, this selection, formed also of many international players of British national team.

It was the first (of a total of four) tours of this British team on Argentina.

The team

  • C. R. Hopwood (manager)
  • A. Matthews (referee)

Results

4 August 1948
El Resto3–22Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

8 August 1948
Capital 5–16Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

12 August 1948
Los Norteños0–19Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

15 August 1948
Provincia 3–17Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

17 August 1948
Litoral0–51Oxford & Cambridge
Plaza Jewell, Rosario
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

22 August 1948
Club Universitario B.A.0 - 10Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: T. H. Blades (Argentina)

25 August 1948
Porteños0–15Oxford & Cambridge
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

29 August 1948
Argentina 0–17Oxford & Cambridge
Report
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: Austin Mathews (England)

5 September 1948
Argentina 0–39Oxford & Cambridge
Report
Gimnasia y Esgrima, Buenos Aires
Referee: T. H. Blades (Argentina)
Notes
  1. Referred as "Maldonado", as this venue was formerly known.
  2. Combined formed of players from Buenos Aires city ("Capital Federal").
  3. Combined formed of players from Greater Buenos Aires, popularly known as "provincia de Buenos Aires".

References

  1. EL REJUNTADO VICTORIOSO by Jorge Búsico, Periodismo Rugby, 18 Aug 2022
  2. "La Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata – Memoria y Balance 1948" at UAR (archived, 27 Jun 2013)
  3. Oxford & Cambridge: el primer equipo británico que jugó en nuestro medio by César Miño on El Litoral. 21 Apr 2017
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