Gentlemen of M.C.C. v. Royal Engineers
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Gentlemen of M.C.C. v. Royal Engineers is a cricket score result published in The Referee on 27 july 1902.
Arthur Conan Doyle's team (M.C.C.) won by an innings and 21 runs.
Gentlemen of M.C.C. v. Royal Engineers

The M.C.C. team won this two-day match at Lord's, yesterday in a single innings with 21 runs to spare. Full score:
ROYAL RNGINEERS.
First innings.
- Captain G. O. Bigge, c Webbe, b Scott ... 50
- Captain H. R. Stockley, b MacPherson ... 17
- Captain Guggisberg, c Tomkinson, b Scott ... 27
- Captain E. M. Blair, c Webbe, b Scott ... 2
- W. S. Douglas, b Mann ... 15
- Captain A. J. Woodroffe, c Archer, b Webbe ... 19
- V. E. Purcell, c and b Doyle ... 28
- H. D. Pearson, c Mann, b MacPherson ... 18
- Colonel C. K. Wood, c Champain, b Doyle ... 8
- Captain W. C. Smythe, not out ... 13
- Captain Pilcher, b MacPherson ... 6
- Extras ... 9
- Total ... 212
Second innings.
- Captain G. O. Bigge, b MacPherson ... 46
- Captain H. R. Stockley, b C. B. Marriott ... 8
- Captain Guggisberg, c Webbe, b C. B. Marriott ... 21
- Captain E. M. Blair, b Mann ... 4
- W. S. Douglas, c Mann, b C. B. Marriott ... 5
- Captain A. J. Woodroffe, c Doyle, b Macpherson ... 20
- V. E. Purcell, c Archer, b Scott ... 3
- H. D. Pearson, run out ... 0
- Colonel C. K. Wood, c and b Scott ... 1
- Captain W. C. Smythe, not out ... 13
- Captain Pilcher, c and b Macpherson ... 10
- Extras ... 6
- Total ... 137
M.C.C. AND GROUND. — First Innings.
- Captain H. B. Champain, b Woodroffe ... 18
- A. J. Webbe, b Smythe ... 73
- J. E. Tomkinson, c Purcell, b Wood ... 15
- E. W. Mann, c Stockley, b Smythe ... 120
- H. H. Marriott, b Smythe ... 69
- H. J. Hill, lbw, b Smythe ... 29
- A. G. Archer, c Guggisberg, b Wood ... 15
- Sir A. Conan Doyle, c Stockley, b Smythe ... 1
- C. B. Marriott, c Smythe, b Wood ... 1
- A. C. Macpherson, c Douglas, b Wood ... 0
- Lord Henry Scott, not out ... 1
- Extras ... 28
- Total ... 370