Richmond Drive
{{Short description|Cricket ground in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England}}
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{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Richmond Drive
| nickname =
| country = England
| image =
| location = Skegness, Lincolnshire
| establishment = 1879 (first recorded match)
| seating_capacity =
| end1 =
| end2 =
| year2 = 1935
| club2 = Minor Counties
| year1 = 1907-1914 & 1924-1936
| club1 = Lincolnshire
| date = 18 August
| year = 2010
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738.html Ground profile
}}
Richmond Drive is a cricket ground in Skegness, Lincolnshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1879, when a Lincolnshire team played against Notts Castle.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_misc.html Other matches played on Richmond Drive] The first Minor Counties Championship match played at the ground saw Lincolnshire play the Yorkshire Second XI in 1907. From between 1907 and 1936, the ground hosted 14 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Lincolnshire play Hertfordshire.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Richmond Drive]
The ground also held a single first-class match in 1935, when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring South Africans.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_f.html First-Class Matches played on Richmond Drive]
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External links
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738.html Richmond Drive] on CricketArchive
- [http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57304.html Richmond Drive] on Cricinfo
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Category:Cricket grounds in Lincolnshire
Category:Sports venues completed in 1879
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