Authors v. Actors

Authors v. Actors is a cricket result published in The Times on 16 august 1907.

Arthur Conan Doyle's team (Authors) lost.

Authors v. Actors

The Times (16 august 1907, p. 9)

This match, at Lord's, yesterday, ended in a win for the Actors by seven wickets.

AUTHORS. — First Innings.

• Sir A. Conan Doyle, c and b Egerton ... 4
• Major F. G. Guggisberg, lbw, b Smith ... 56
• Mr. Arthur Anderson, b Foster ... 22
• Mr. C. C. Headlam, b Smith ... 29
• Mr. A. H. Wood, b Smith ... 0
• Mr. E. B. Noel, c Pearce ... b Smith, 17
• Mr. A. A. Milne, st Knox ... b Smith, 5
• Major Philip Trevor, b Smith ... 25
• Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, b Wilde ... 1
• Mr. P. Graves, c and b Smith ... 19
• Mr. E. W. Hornung, not out ... 7
• B 5, l-b 2, n-b 1 ... 8
• Total ... 193

ACTORS. — First Innings.

• Mr. V. O'Connor, b Wodehouse ... 51
• Mr. B. S. Foster, c Milne, b Wodehouse ... 100
• Mr. H. E. Pearce, c Anderson, b Doyle ... 39
• Mr. Oscar Asche, run out ... 0
• Mr. H. Wilde, not out ... 48
• Mr. C. Aubrey Smith, not out ... 15
• Total ... 253

Mr. D. Ferguson, Mr. A. S. Homewood, Mr. B. Egerton, Mr. P. F. Knox, and Mr. Henry Ainley did not go in.

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