St. George's College, Quilmes

St George's College
Main building of the school
Address
Guido 800 Greater Buenos Aires Quilmes , Buenos Aires Province , (B1878 IIP) Argentina
Coordinates	34°43′31″S58°14′37″W / 34.72530089999999°S 58.24362159999998°W / -34.72530089999999; -58.24362159999998
Information
Funding type	Private
Motto	Vestigia nulla retrorsum (No footsteps leading backwards)
Religious affiliation(s)	Anglicanism [1]
Patron saint(s)	Saint George
Founded	1898;127 years ago (1898)
Founder	Reverend J. T. Stevenson
Status	Open
Sister school	St George's College North
Chairman	John Lees
Headmaster	James Diver
Gender	Co-educational
Age	3to 17
Number of students	844
Student to teacher ratio	22:1
Language	English
Hours in school day	8
Campuses	1
Campus size	27 hectares
Color(s)	Red, Blue, White
Sports	Rugby union, field hockey, swimming, athletics, football, basketball, cricket, golf, tennis
Yearbook	The Georgian
Alumni	Old Georgians
Website	stgeorges.edu.ar

St George's College is a private, bilingual, co-educational learning institution located in Quilmes, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ^[2] It was founded in 1898.

Sports

The school's main sports are rugby union and women's field hockey. Apart from those activities, St. George's also hosts association football, athletics, basketball, cricket, golf, swimming, tennis, ^[3] handball and volleyball. ^[4]

St. George's College, Quilmes

The main oval in 2024
Ground information
Location	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tenants	Argentina national cricket team
International information
First T20I	18 October 2023:   Chile v   Mexico
Last T20I	16 December 2024:   Argentina v   Brazil
As of 16 December 2024 Source: St George's College Ground Cricinfo

St. George's College, Quilmes

St George's College Ground 2
Ground information
Location	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tenants	Argentina national cricket team
International information
As of 21 October 2023 Source: St George's College Ground 2 Cricinfo

St. George's College, Quilmes

St George's College Ground 3
Ground information
Location	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tenants	Argentina national cricket team
International information
As of 21 October 2023 Source: St George's College Ground 3 Cricinfo

Notable alumni

Alumni

Alumni of the school, known as Old Georgians, ^[5] include Rhodes Scholars who attended Oxford, Cambridge, and Ivy League universities in the United States. In 1921, the Old Georgians Association was formed.

• Peter Prescott, barrister ^[6]
• Sir Robert Malpas (born 1927), engineer and industrialist ^[7]
• Sir Alasdair Neil Primrose, 4th Baronet (1935–1986), schoolmaster ^[8]
• Nicolas Aguzin, CEO of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Masters

• Aimé Félix Tschiffely (1895–1954) writer and adventurer, taught at the school in the 1920s ^[9]

Media coverage

The school provides the backdrop to the film The Penguin Lessons .

See also

• Argentina portal
• United Kingdom portal
• Schools portal

• Old Georgian Club

References

1. "History - St George's College".
2. "Home." St George's College. Retrieved on February 9, 2015. "Guido 800 (1878) Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina"
3. "Sports - St George's College".
4. "Sports facilities at College website".
5. main page of oldgeorgianclub.com.ar, web site of Old Georgians Association, accessed 11 March 2012
6. "Prescott, Peter Richard Kyle", in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black, 2014).
7. "Malpas, Sir Robert", in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
8. "Primrose, Sir Alasdair Neil", in Who Was Who 1986 (London: A. & C. Black, 1985)
9. "Tschiffely, Aimé Felix" in Who's Who 1953 (London: A. & C. Black, 1952)

External links

• St. George College Quilmes (in English)
• St. George College North (in English)
• Fundación Educacional San Jorge (in Spanish)
• Old Georgian Club (in English)