United Services v. Corinthians (article 10 july 1890)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
United Services v. Corinthians is a cricket result published in The Evening News (Portsmouth) on 10 june 1890.
The result was a draw.
United Services v. Corinthians
This match, resumed yesterday at the U.S.C.C. Ground, Portsmouth, was interrupted early in the afternoon by the drifting rains, and as but one innings on each side was completed the contest remained drawn. The partnership between Captain Banbury and Major Bethune for the Corinthians was productive of exactly a hundred runs — the "telegraph" going from 107 to 207 — and in the Major's 66 there were nine 4's. Score as follows:—
UNITED SERVICES.
- A. C. Doyle, b Morgan ... 20
- Capt. Carpenter, R.N., c and b Morgan ... 3
- C. M. Kendall, R.I.F., b Morgan ... 15
- Sergt. Buckingham, Oxford L.I., lbw, b Barton ... 3
- C. B. Hill, M.S., b Barton ... 30
- C. H. Stuart, R.I.F., lbw, b Barton ... 24
- Capt. Stevens, b Morgan ... 8
- Lieut. Gale, York Regt., c Wyld, b Morgan ... 17
- Rev. Paske-Smith, c Barton, b Richards ... 15
- Private Hammersley, Oxford L.I., not out ... 16
- Private Clifford, M.S.C., c Henery, b Morgan ... 11
- Extras ... 13
- Total ... 175
CORINTHIANS.
- Captain Barton, b Doyle ... 9
- A. C. Rivhards, b Doyle ... 21
- P. J. T. Henery, b Hammersley ... 3
- Captain Wyld, c sub., b Hammersley ... 28
- Major Ward, c and b Hammersley ... 31
- Capt. Banbury, c Buckingham, b Doyle ... 40
- W. Morgan, b Hammersley ... 4
- Major Bethune, c sub., b Hammersley ... 66
- A. S. Hurst, not out ... 26
- C. C. Bethune, run out ... 13
- Captain Knox, st Hammersley, b Carpenter ... 3
- Extras ... 6
- Total ... 250
