Penarol vs Albion 1900

Peñarol did not officially adopt the name of the suburb in which they played until 1913-14, but it seems that the name was used as a shorthand for the The Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club long before that.
This poster advertises Peñarol vs Albion at Gran Parque Central, Montevideo on 29th July 1900. Admission free...
Why these two clubs should be contesting  la Gran Copa de Oro de la Liga Argentina is a mystery to me...or is my Spanish letting me down?
The two sides played each other in the first round of the Tie Cup  on  5.8.1900, Albion winning 1-0 after extra time at Deutscher's ground.1900 was also the first season of league football in Uruguay and CURCC were undefeated  (they played Albion on June 10th. I'm not sure of the date of the second meeting).
Albion and CURCC were the original big two in Uruguay football. Both founded in 1891 they met on 25 occasions between 1892 and 1899. Albion generally enjoyed the upper hand in these 19th century encounters.
Peñarol, of course, went on to be a continuing major force, whereas Albion dropped out of the top flight in 1908 and have been involved in minor leagues ever since.

Juan Harley

John Harley was born in Glasgow.
In 1906 he moved to Argentina (he was a railway engineer) and played for Club Atlético del Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires. Following a friendly between the two clubs in 1908, he crossed the River Plate to  C.U.R.C.C.(Peñarol) for whom he played until 1920.
'El Yoni' made 17 appearances for Uruguay between 1909-1916 , including 7 as player/coach. He is credited with bringing the 'Scottish' passing approach to Uruguayan football.

Tie Cup 1900

The Tie Cup first held in July and August 1900, was contested by representatives of the Argentina, Rosario (Santa Fe) and Uruguay football associations. It is one of the the earliest international club football tournaments. 
Matches were played in Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rosario. A trophy was donated by Francis Hepburn Chevallier Boutell, the president of Argentine Association Football League. The tournament was played on an annual basis until 1919.

Argentina

Rosario AC -   
Belgrano

Belgrano AC

Belgrano AC -Belgrano Athletic Club was officially founded in 1896.  members of the Club Inglés de Belgrano were playing football as early as 1894.

Lomas AC - The club was founded as Lomas Academy Athletic Club on March 15th, 1891 by a group of English immigrants.

English High School

English High School- founded by the father of Argentine football,  Alexander Watson Hutton. English High School later became  Alumni AC. Although officially founded in 1898, the first team had been formed in 1893.

  Quilmes -Quilmes and Polo Club was founded by British immigrants in 1880. In 1887 the club changed its name to Quilmes Rovers Athletic Club. The Football club was 100% British in composition.

 Rosario
Rosario is located 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires. Rosario AC was founded as a cricket club by British railway workers in 1867.

Uruguay

  Albion

Albion - founded in 1891 and the first domestic side to win a game outside Uruguay,  against Argentine club Retiro in Buenos Aires (1896).

CURCC 

Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club- predecessors of the great Club Atlético Peñarol, established in  September 1891, and played their first match in 1892.

Montevideo Cricket withdrew.

15.7.00 Belgrano AC 4-1 Lomas AC (Buenos Aires)
15.7.00 English High School 2-1 Quilmes AC (Lomas de Zamora)   
 5.8.00 Albion 1-0 aet CURCC (Deutscher) 

Semifinals 
12.8.00 Albion 0-1 (aet) Belgrano AC (Montevideo)
12.8.00 Rosario AC 3-1 English High School (Plaza Jewell) 

Final 
 26.8.00 Belgrano AC 2-0 Rosario AC (Flores)

Uruguay League 1900

C.U.R.C.C.

1900 

1. C.U.R.C.C.                  6   6  0  0  36- 2  12 
2. Albion                      6   4  0  2  22- 6   8 
3. Uruguay Athletic            6   1  0  5   3-25   2 
4. Deutscher                   6   1  0  5   3-31   2 

 

The first Uruguayan league was contested in 1900 between four Montevideo based sides.

C.U.R.C.C. came out on top with a 100% record and a goal difference of plus 34.

Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club - was established in 1891 (football first being played in 1892) by workers of the eponymous British owned railway company. 72 of the original 118 members were British. In 1913 CU.R.C.C., having severed their links with the railway company, changed their name to that of the suburb where they were based- Penarol.

Estadio Gran Parque Central - Deutscher v C.U.R.C.C., 1900

Albion- William Leslie Poole, the father of Uruguayan football, was the founder of The English High school in Montevideo. In 1891 his students, led by the splendidly named 18 year old,  Henry Candid Lichtenberger, founded a club that they called Football Association, intended to be exclusively for Uruguayan born players. Their earliest games were against Poole's own club, Montevideo Cricket, who stuffed them. The youngsters changed the name of their club to Albion in honour of the English origins of the Association game.

Uruguay Athletic - founded in the suburb of Punta Carretas in1898. Their 3rd place (of 4) in 1900 was their joint best ever. Folding in 1903 they chalked up an unenviable:
Played: 36,Won: 9,Drawn: 2, Lost : 25, For: 26, Against: 91.

 Deutscher- unsurprisingly founded by the German community in Montevideo, they were active from 1896 to 1909.