[2][3] They played their first cricket matches in a field near the Hippodrome of Can Tunis, which were disputed between the club's members and on some occasions against British sailors who docked in the port of Barcelona, with the earliest example of this dating back to 28 August 1891.

At first, Wood, the captain of the cricket club, was reluctant to do so, but McAndrews convinced him otherwise, having been impressed by the passionate and entrepreneurial spirit of Reeves.

[2] McAndrews appears in what is regarded to be the oldest photograph of a football team in Spain, which depicts these two sides before the match at Can Tunis.

[2] In late 1894, a conflict between the club's members caused the entity to split into two groups, one headed by Reeves and the other by Cochran, Wood, and MacAndrews.

Cochran's group decided to move and settle in the neighboring town of Sant Vicenç de Torelló in Osona.