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James Oswald Anderson

Personal information
Born	(1872-03-18)18 March 1872 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	21 July 1932(1932-07-21) (aged 60) Reading, Berkshire, England
Association football career Position(s) Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1895–1902 Lomas 37 (31) International career 1902 Argentina 1 (1) *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Cricket information
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1906–1912	Hertfordshire
Career statistics
Competition Minor Counties Matches 27 Runs scored 754 Batting average 19.33 100s/50s 1/2 Top score 101 Catches/stumpings 18/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 June 2022

James Oswald Anderson (18 March 1872 – 21 July 1932), also known as Juan O. Anderson, was an Argentine sportsman. He played football for Lomas between 1895 and 1902, and participated in Argentina's first official match against Uruguay in 1902, where he scored one of six goals for his team. Additionally, he was President of the River Plate Rugby Union between 1904 and 1905, and later played cricket for Hertfordshire between 1906 and 1912.

Life

James Oswald Anderson was born into a British family in Buenos Aires on 18 March 1872 and educated in England at Bedford Modern School where he was in the First XI and the First XV.

Anderson played football as a striker for Lomas between 1895 and 1902, scoring 31 goals in 37 appearances. He was the top goal scorer in the 1896 season. He helped organise and participated in Argentina's first official match against Uruguay in 1902 where he scored a goal for his country in its 6–0 victory. The previous year, he was behind the first football match in South America against the same opposition, losing 3–2 in Montevideo. However, this match is not recognised as part of Argentina's history, as the Argentina line-up was known as the "J. O. Anderson XI Team". In 1893, he co-founded the Argentine Association Football League (AAFL), the precursor to the Argentine Football Association (AFA). He served as secretary, and later as vice-president of the AAFL.

James Oswald Anderson was also a pioneer in cricket, a sport he practiced from a very young age.

Anderson encouraged the development of all sport in Argentina, and founded the River Plate Rugby Union in 1889, which would go on to become the Argentine Rugby Union. He was the President of the governing body between 1904 and 1905. He moved to England to play cricket for Hertfordshire between 1906 and 1912.

Anderson died in Reading, Berkshire on 21 July 1932.

References

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5. ^ "UNION - UAR - UNIÓN ARGENTINA DE RUGBY". uar.com.ar. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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8. "Argentina - List of Topscorers". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
9. ^ "Anderson, Argentina prophetic pioneer". FIFA.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
10. Sócrates (15 September 2023). "James Oswald Anderson". Por la Pelota (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
11. "La pasión cumple cien años". lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
12. England & Wales, BMD Indexes

• 1872 births
• 1932 deaths
• Argentine men's footballers
• Argentina men's international footballers
• Argentine people of English descent
• Hertfordshire cricketers
• People educated at Bedford Modern School
• Footballers from Buenos Aires
• Cricketers from Buenos Aires
• Men's association football forwards
• Argentine cricketers
• Lomas Athletic Club footballers
• Argentine emigrants to the United Kingdom