Richmond Drive Explained

Ground Name:Richmond Drive
Country:England
Location:Skegness, Lincolnshire
Establishment:1879 (first recorded match)
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.[1] 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.[2]

The ground also held a single first-class match in 1935, when a combined Minor Counties team played the touring South Africans.[3]

External links

53.1422°N 0.3363°W

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_misc.html Other matches played on Richmond Drive
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_minc.html Minor Counties Championship Matches played on Richmond Drive
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/738_f.html First-Class Matches played on Richmond Drive