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''Portsmouth F.A. v. 2nd Worcestershire Regiment'' is a [[football]] result published in [[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]] on 11 october 1886.

[[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s team (Portsmouth Football Club) lost 1-3 vs the 2nd Worcestershire Regiment.

[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] played under the pseudonym "A. C. Smith".


== Article ==
[[File:the-evening-news-portsmouth-1886-10-11-p4-portsmouth-fa-v-2nd-worcester-regiment.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Evening News (Portsmouth)]] (11 october 1886, p. 4)]]

PORTSMOUTH F.A. v. 2nd WORCESTER REGIMENT. — This Association match took place on Saturday on the Garrison Recreation Ground, and, following up their decisive defeat of the Royal Engineers, the Worcesters scored a victory by three goals to one. Teams:— '''Worcester Regiment''' — Sergt. Robinson, goal ; Sergeant Peters and Sergeant-Instructor Antonie, backs ; Livingstone, Bishop, and Bennett, half-backs ; Wallace, centre ; Tisdale and Whittaker, right wing ; Ross and Price, left wing. '''Portsmouth''' — W. O. Adames, goal ; [[Arthur Conan Doyle|A. C. Smith]] and W. Byle, backs ; A. E. Kindersley (Captain), J. Poole and R. Hemingsley, half-backs ; A. H. Godfrey, centre ; R. E. Davies and R. Finlay, right wing ; Simpson and Stimpson, left wing. '''Umpires''' — Mr. J. McDonald and Sergeant-Instructor of Musketry Parker. '''Referee''' — Dr. Weston.





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