Hampshire County Challenge Cup
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Hampshire County Challenge Cup is a cricket result published in the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle on 1 september 1888.
Arthur Conan Doyle's team (Portsmouth) won.
Hampshire County Challenge Cup
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The semi-final tie match for this cup, between the Southampton and the Portsmouth Clubs (which was adjourned from Southampton last week), was opened again on Thursday at the United Service Cricket Club Ground, Portsmouth, and resulted in a victory for Portsmouth by 30 runs on the first innings.
PORTSMOUTH.
First Innings.
- J. H. Smith, b Batchelor ... 47
- L. G. Bonham-Carter, c Batchelor, b Armstrong ... 41
- Colonel Wallace, c Batchelor, b Armstrong ... 6
- F. Jeffkins, b Batchelor ... 7
- Major Bethune, b Batchelor ... 3
- A. J. Wood [1], c Parvin, b Batchelor ... 7
- A. Conan Doyle, b Armstrong ... 4
- E. Andrews, not out ... 17
- Capt. Lipscomb, c Trappitt, b Armstrong ... 8
- L. J. Allan, b Batchelor ... 0
- H. Love, b Batchelor ... 0
- Extras ... 5
- Total ... 145
Second Innings.
- L. G. Bonham-Carter, b Armstrong ... 28
- F. Jeffkins, not out ... 9
- E. Andrews, b Armstrong ... 63
- L. J. Allan, st Cubbins, b Batchelor ... 12
- Extras ... 1
- Total ... 113
SOUTHAMPTON.
First Innings.
- T. Wild, c Wallace, b Wood ... 27
- R. Thorne, c Lipscomb, b Andrews ... 41
- M. Batchelor, c and b Jeffkins ... 13
- H. Armstrong, c and b Jeffkins ... 4
- J. Bishop, b Jetfkins ... 7
- A. Parvin, c Wallace, b Bethune ... 1
- C. Lamport, b Bethune ... 0
- W. Bagshaw, not out ... 10
- J. Gubbins, b Jeffkins ... 0
- J. Trapitt, b Wood ... 7
- G. Read, b Jeffkins ... 1
- Extras ... 4
- Total ... 115
- ↑ A. J. Wood : typo. Should be A. H. Wood.