United Services v. M.C.C.

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

United Services v. M.C.C. is a cricket result published in The Evening News (Portsmouth) on 27 august 1890.

Result was a draw.


United Services v. M.C.C.

The Evening News (Portsmouth) (27 august 1890, p. 3)

The match between these teams was continued yesterday at the U.S.C.C. Ground, Portsmouth, but rain interfered, and the game closed in a draw as follows:—


M.C.C.

  • H. W. Brougham, lbw, b Hammersley ... 27
  • C. K. Francis, b Price ... 15
  • Shacklock, b Bethune ... 6
  • Carlin, lbw, b Price ... 2
  • H. D. Littlewood, b Price ... 18
  • C. P. Foley, b Wood ... 66
  • Phillips, b Wood ... 10
  • C. Heseltine, c Stevens, b Wood ... 0
  • Capt. Percy, c Bethune, b Hornby ... 0
  • G. Baring, st Cooper, b Wood ... 3
  • G. Palmer, not out ... 1
  • Extras ... 11
  • Total ... 159

In the second innings of M.C.C. 47 were made for the loss of three wickets — H. W. Brougham, not out, 20; Shacklock, c Doyle, b Price, 3; C. P. Foley, not out, 16; Captain Percy, c Hastings, b Price, 2; G. Palmer, c Stevens, b Wood, 6.


UNITED SERVICES. — First Innings.

  • Major Bethune, c Palmer, b Shacklock ... 28
  • L. G. Bonham-Carter, b Phillips ... 13
  • Rev. Paske Smith, b Phillips ... 0
  • Phipps Hornby, b Shacklock ... 2
  • Price (F.) b Phillips ... 2
  • A. Conan Doyle, c Brougham, b Phillips ... 20
  • A. H. Wood, run out ... 16
  • Pte. Hammersley, not out ... 16
  • Capt. Stevens, c Francis, b Phillips ... 14
  • H. F. Hastings, b Phillips ... 0
  • Capt. Cooper, R.N., b Shacklock ... 0
  • Extras ... 19
  • Total ... 130