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A Timeline of Argentina Cricket

1806 Cricket is first played in Argentina.
1831 Buenos Aries Cricket Club is founded, the first club in Argentina.
1868 Argentina play their first international against Uruguay.
1888 Argentina play Brazil for the first time.
1891 First North v South match, played over three days. The North are captained by former Lancashire player William Leach. The match is still played over three days to this day.
1893 Argentina travel across the Andes by Muel to play Chile in Santiago, taking three and a half days to arrive.
1912 MCC tour Argentina to play three first-class matches, winning the series 2-1.
1920 Argentina draw two match series against Chile.
1921 Argentina win three match series against Brazil 2-0.
1922 Argentina win three match series against Brazil 1-0.
Argentina draw two match series against Chile.
1925 Argentina beat Chile by 320 runs despite a century by Chile's Alfred Jackson, who would later play for Argentina.
1927 Argentina, captained by Argentinian born Sussex cricketer Clement Jackson, lose a four match series of first-class matches against the MCC 2-1.
1927/28 Argentina beat Brazil 2-1 in a three match series, losing the last match by an innings.
1928 Argentina draw two match series against Chile.
1929 Argentina beat Brazil 2-1 in a three match series. Brazil's Richard Latham scores a century in each innings in the first match, won by Brazil.
1930 Argentina beat Chile by an innings and 65 runs after scoring 612/6 declared, their highest ever team score, which also featured their highest individual score, 234 by Dennet Ayling. Somerset's John Jackson scores a century in each innings for Chile.
Argentina host Sir Julien Cahn's XI for a three match series of first-class games, drawing the final two after losing the first.
1932 Combined South America side featuring ten Argentinians tours England, playing six first-class games, winning one against Oxford University. They also lose a first-class match against Scotland in Edinburgh.
1938 Final first-class matches to date for Argentina as they draw a three match series against Sir TEW Brinkman's XI.
Argentina beat Chile in both matches of a two match series, the second of which sees Alfred Jackson play for Argentina whilst his brother was playing for Chile.
1956 DA Cavanagh takes 9/20 for Argentina against a combined Brazil, Chile and Peru XI, the best bowling figures for Argentina.
1959 MCC tour Argentina, winning both matches of a two match series.
1979 Argentina play in the first ICC Trophy in England, but go without a win.
1982 Argentina miss the second ICC Trophy due to the Falklands War.
1986 Argentina's second ICC Trophy, again going without a win.
1990 Argentina beat East and Central Africa in the plate competition of the ICC Trophy, their first win in the tournament.
1994 Argentina beat East and Central Africa and Fiji in the ICC Trophy.
1995 Argentina host and win the South American Championship, beating Brazil, Chile and Peru.
1997 Argentina finish 20th in the ICC Trophy after beating Israel in the ICC Trophy.
Argentina host and win the South American Championship, beating Brazil, Chile and Peru.
2000 Argentina lose all their matches in the first Americas Championship.
2001 MCC tour Argentina, winning two match one-day series.
Argentina have their most successful ICC Trophy in Canada, including an upset win over Malaysia. They only miss out on a play-off for the Super League stage due to defeat against Uganda.
2002 Argentina host the second Americas Championship but finish last, even losing to affiliates the Bahamas.
2004 Argentina finish fifth in the Americas Championship in Bermuda.
2006 Argentina host and win Division Two of the Americas Championship, but lose all their matches in Division One.
2007 After originally being placed in Division Five of the World Cricket League, the suspension of the USA by the ICC sees Argentina promoted to Division Three, where they are the surprise package as they reach the final before losing to Uganda. They are promoted to Division Two where they play their first List A games in Namibia in November.
Argentina's women make their debut, finishing last in the Americas Championship. They also tour Brazil for their first matches, winning all three.

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