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 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