Long live sport practices: it was the dream of the English group that founded in Niteroi Rio Cricket and Athletic Association, 15 August 1897. At the time the participating clubs was still a novelty brought by foreigners who came work it was believed that the longevity of these associations was directly related to the establishment of its headquarters and its own land field. The act of purchase of land in the "suburbs of Santa Rosa Icarahy", established November 16, 1897, devoted to the initiative of the British to abandon the then unstable carioca club who were partners to invest in the health of an association never succumb for lack of own domain.

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