Leighton v. Hampshire Rovers
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Leighton v. Hampshire Rovers is a cricket result published in the Warminster & Westbury Journal on 19 june 1897.
Result was a draw.
Leighton v. Hampshire Rovers
This two days' match was concluded at Leighton on Friday, the result being a draw. Scores:—
HAMPSHIRE ROVERS.
First innings.
- Captain Carpenter, c Heathcote, b Newman ... 23
- A. Conan Doyle, c Heathcote, b H. C. Laverton ... 42
- J. R. Bailey, b H. C. Laverton ... 17
- J. H. J. Hornsby, b Newman ... 45
- J. Dean, b H. C. Laverton ... 9
- W. Morgan, st Heathcote, b Shorland ... 108
- F. Johnson, c W. H. Laverton, b Shorland ... 14
- E. R. M. English, not out ... 64
- Captain Le Marchant, b Newman ... 6
- J. L. Nicholson, b Shorland ... 3
- Capt. Prendergast, c H. C. Laverton, b Atfield ... 21
- Extras ... 24
- Total ... 381
Second innings.
- Captain Carpenter, c and b Shorland ... 17
- A. Conan Doyle, not out ... 9
- J. R. Bailey, not out ... 14
- J. H. J. Hornsby, b H. C. Laverton ... 15
- J. Dean, b Shorland ... 2
- F. Johnson, lbw, b Shorland ... 8
- Total (4 wkts.) ... 65
LEIGHTON.
- F. W. Stancomb, c Doyle, b Hornsby ... 0
- Newman, c Doyle, b Dean ... 111
- D. D. Pontifex, c Bailey, b Le Marchant ... 13
- V. Leese, c Hornsby, b Dean ... 105
- G. Erskine, c Nicholson, b Dean ... 17
- E. T. Shorland, c Nicholson, b Dean ... 67
- H. C. Laverton, c English, b Dean ... 21
- Atfield, c Morgan, b Doyle ... 73
- A. G. Stancomb, c Doyle, b Morgan ... 22
- J. C. Heathcote, b Doyle ... 3
- W. H. Laverton, not out ... 2
- Extras ... 41
- Total ... 475
