Sports
The association football side formed by students of the school is considered the first Argentine Primera División champion ever by the Argentine Football Association, having won the first tournament organized in 1891 by the Argentina Association Football League, a body founded that same year by fellow student Alec Lamont. The practice of association football in Argentina was spread thanks to Lamont and Alexander Watson Hutton, who later established Alumni, the most successful team of the amateur era.
The first championship started on 12 April and finished on 13 September 1891. At the end of the season, St. Andrew's and Old Caledonians, a team formed by employees of the Scottish company that built the main drainage of Buenos Aires, shared the first position. In order to proclaim a champion, they decided to dispute a match, which was won by St. Andrew's 3-1. Despite its success, the St. Andrew's association football club was dissolved the same year.
Being the first Argentine champion gave St. Andrew's fame and prestige. The first crest of Independiente was influenced by St. Andrew's. The team disputed only one more tournament in 1894, which was won by Lomas Athletic Club. St. Andrew's finished 5th over 6 teams, having lost 7 games of 10 played. After that season, St. Andrew's never played an official football championship again.
Today the school has many sports such as athletics, badminton, basketball, association football, rugby union, swimming, tennis and volleyball. The Club San Andrés, a social and sporting club for students, graduates and friends of the school, was founded in 1911. Sports currently practised at the club include rugby union, field hockey and association football. Its rugby team plays at the Torneo de la URBA Grupo I, the first division in the league system of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires.
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