Royal Air Force Sports Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Uxbridge, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Royal Air Force Sports Ground

| nickname = Vine Lane[http://www.middlesexccc.com/content_default.asp?ContentID=10 Other name]

| country = England

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| location = Uxbridge, Middlesex

| establishment = 1939 (first recorded match)

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| year1 = 1964

| club1 = Combined Services

| date = 22 August

| year = 2010

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/808.html CricketArchive

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The Royal Air Force Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Uxbridge, situated behind RAF Uxbridge. The ground also goes by the name of Vine Lane, a nearby main road. It was first used in 1939 by the RAF. Teams such as the MCC, the Middlesex Cricket Board, the Army, Middlesex youth teams and the Combined Services have all played on the ground throughout its history. The ground has seen one first-class match, in 1964, between the Combined Services and Cambridge University.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26804.html Combined Services v Cambridge University, 1964] The former cricketer Sam Pothecary spent 18 years as head groundsman at the ground.{{cite magazine|url=https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1991/vol_72_no_7/66/index.html|title=Obituaries|first=E. W.|last=Swanton|author-link=E. W. Swanton|magazine=The Cricketer|location=London|year=1991|volume=72|edition=7|page=64|language=en}}