Eastbourne v. Reigate Priory

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Eastbourne v. Reigate Priory is a cricket result published in The Sporting Life on 18 august 1897.

Result was a draw.


Eastbourne v. Reigate Priory

The Sporting Life (18 august 1897, p. 3)

This match was concluded at the Saffrons, Eastbourne, yesterday. The visitors carried their overnight score of 221 for seven wickets to 239, and left off with a lead of 86. Wheeler took six wickets for 61 and Bush two for 50. Eastbourne's second venture was more productive than their initial essay, but after knocking up 248 for four, chiefly by the agency of G. Cuming and C. Gilbert, rain interrupted play, and on the resumption Ayres and Nightingale made sad havoc with the remaining players, the last seven wickets realising but 13 runs. The wicket had naturally been greatly affected by the rain, but the bowling of the teen named was nevertheless very creditable. Ayres, taking the innings through, captured six wickets for 72, and Nightingale three for 7. Reigate played out time, but had only a quarter of an hour at their disposal, the match ending in a draw. Score:—

EASTBOURNE.

First innings.

  • W. J. Ford, c W. Dorling, b English ... 31
  • A. Conan Doyle, b English ... 0
  • A. F. Stopford, b English ... 20
  • G. Cuming, c English, b Ayres ... 0
  • C. A. W. Gilbert, run out ... 7
  • E. O. Powell, c Langton b Wagener ... 47
  • F. W. Bush, b English ... 0
  • N. O'Tagart, b Wagener ... 17
  • C. J. Maltby, b Wagener ... 12
  • G. L. Whatford, b Ayres ... 10
  • F. T. Welman, b Wagener ... 0
  • Wheeler, not out ... 5
  • Byes, &c. ... 4
  • Total ... 153

Second innings.

  • W. J. Ford, b English ... 32
  • A. Conan Doyle, c J. Neale, b English ... 48
  • A. F. Stopford, b Ayres ... 13
  • G. Cuming, b Ayres ... 68
  • C. A. W. Gilbert, c Dorling, b Nightingale ... 72
  • E. O. Powell, b Ayres ... 0
  • F. W. Bush, b Ayres ... 0
  • N. O'Tagart, b Ayres ... 10
  • C. J. Maltby, b Nightingale ... 4
  • G. L. Whatford, b Nightingale ... 5
  • F. T. Welman, not out ... 0
  • Wheeler, b Ayres ... 0
  • Byes, &c. ... 19
  • Total ... 271

REIGATE PRIORY.

  • R. Langton, b Conan Doyle ... 14
  • F. J. Nightingale, b Wheeler ... 0
  • J. W. Neale, c Bush, b Gilbert ... 53
  • G. W. Ayres, b Bush ... 88
  • E. A. English, c Powell, b Bush ... 21
  • F. H. Dorling, c Ford, b Wheeler ...9
  • F. C. Wageman, run out ... 23
  • J. W. Neale, not out ... 16
  • H. B. Walters, b Wheeler ... 8
  • W. Dorling, b Wheeler ... 0
  • Captain Dorling, c Powell, b Wheeler ... 0
  • G. B. Devereux, b Wheeler ... 0
  • Byes, &c. ... 7
  • Total ... 239

In the second inning Devereux scored at Welman b Wheeler 4, W. Dorling not out 6, Waters b Wheeler 0, R. W. Neale not out 0. — Total (for two wickets), 10.