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{{short description|Main street of the suburb of Stockbridge in Edinburgh, Scotland}}
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[[File:Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Raeburn Place, May 2013]]

'''Raeburn Place''' is the main street of the suburb of [[Stockbridge, Edinburgh|Stockbridge]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], and the name of the playing fields there. It is also the location of the first International [[Rugby Football|Rugby]] match between [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]].

==Rugby==
[[File:Calcuttacup.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Illustration of a [[Calcutta Cup]] match played at Raeburn Place, 1890]]
[[1871 England versus Scotland rugby union match|The first ever international]] [[rugby football]]<ref>Note - This was a [[rugby football]] game; the split into [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]] did not occur until 1895. Rugby league did not achieve much popularity in Scotland until the 20th century.</ref> game was played on the playing fields at Raeburn Place on 27 March 1871 between [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.scotsman.com/sixnations/Calcutta-Cup-a-traditional-finale.5081620.jp | location=Edinburgh | work=The Scotsman | first=Stuart | last=Bathgate | title=Calcutta Cup a traditional finale in pre-war era | date=18 March 2009}}</ref><ref>[https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history-news-and-blog/a-window-on-sporting-history-the-first-rugby-match-scotland-v-england-in-1871 A window on sporting history: the first rugby match, Scotland v England in 1871], Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 10 August 2019</ref> It was won by Scotland. Scotland continued to play their home internationals in Raeburn Place, then at [[Inverleith Sports Ground]] until the [[Scottish Rugby Union]] acquired [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murray's Field]] (as it was known then), the Edinburgh [[Polo]] ground, in the 1920s.

[[File:Edinburgh Accies Grandstand (geograph 6259173).jpg|thumb|New grandstand at Raeburn Place under construction, 2019]]
The playing fields are still used by the [[Edinburgh Academy]] sports branches, [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club]] and [[Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club]].

In 1994, the [[1994 Women's Rugby World Cup|Women's Rugby World Cup]] final between [[England women's national rugby union team|England]] and the [[United States women's national rugby union team|USA]], which England won, was played at Raeburn Place. It was also the site of the first ever [[women's rugby union]] international for both [[Scotland women's national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Ireland women's national rugby union team|Ireland]], occurring when the two nations met in 1993. <ref name="scrumqueens0218">{{cite web|url=http://www.scrumqueens.com/features/ireland-and-scotland-celebrate-25-years|title=Ireland and Scotland celebrate 25 years|publisher=www.scrumqueens.com|access-date=3 March 2018|date=14 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="offsideline140218">{{cite web|url=https://theoffsideline.com/pioneers-celebrate-25th-anniversary-first-scotland-womens-international/|title=Pioneers celebrate 25th anniversary of first Scotland women's international|publisher=theoffsideline.com|access-date=3 March 2018|date=14 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishrugby140213">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/41398.php#.Wprp1OjFLIU|title=Women's Teams Reunite To Mark 25th Anniversary|publisher=www.irishrugby.ie|access-date=3 March 2018|date=14 February 2018}}</ref>

==Cricket==
Within Raeburn Place, opposite the rugby ground, lies [[The_Grange_Club|Grange Cricket Club]]. England was the host of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]], but two of Scotland's games were held there. On 24 May 1999 at The Grange, Bangladesh played Scotland,<ref name="17th Match: Scotland v Bangladesh at Edinburgh, 24 May 1999 - Scorecard">{{cite news | url =http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC99/SCORECARDS/GROUP-B/BDESH_SCOT_WC99_ODI17_24MAY1999.html | title =17th Match: Scotland v Bangladesh at Edinburgh, 24 May 1999 - Scorecard | publisher =uk.cricinfo.com| date = 1999-05-24 | access-date =2007-03-12 }}</ref> and on 31 May 1999, Scotland played New Zealand.<ref name="30th Match: Scotland v New Zealand at Edinburgh, 31 May 1999 - Scorecard">{{cite news | url =http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC99/SCORECARDS/GROUP-B/NZ_SCOT_WC99_ODI30_31MAY1999.html | title =30th Match: Scotland v New Zealand at Edinburgh, 31 May 1999 - Scorecard | publisher =uk.cricinfo.com| date = 1999-05-31 | access-date =2007-03-12 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Rugby union in Scotland]]
* [[History of rugby union in Scotland]]
* [[Cricket in Scotland]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208054458/http://www.scottishrugby.org/library.cfm Library] of the [[Scottish Rugby Union]]
*[http://www.edinburghaccies.com Edinburgh Academicals Football Club]
*[https://archive.today/20130419151454/http://www.acciescricket.co.uk/ Edinburgh Academicals Cricket Club]

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