Rosario Cricket Club had set its field on Presidente Roca and Jujuy streets, where the first inter-club rugby union and association football 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. 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, 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. 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, 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 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 also played a Rosario Combined at Plaza Jewell, with a large victory of 9–0 over the local team. On July 19, 1927, the British Isles Combined 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 and Unión and Colón to take part of the competition. Nevertheless, the lack of available dates caused the competition was never carried out.
