Conan Doyle (cricketer)

Conan Doyle
Personal information
Full name	Conan Doyle
Born	5 March 1917; Aberdeen, Cape Province,; South Africa
Died	24 October 1942 (aged 25); El Alamein, Kingdom of Egypt
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
1937/38	Orange Free State
Career statistics
Matches	2
Runs scored	41
Batting average	10.25
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	29
Catches/stumpings	–/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2022

Conan 'Connie' Doyle (1913 – 24 October 1942) was a South African first-class cricketer and South African Army soldier.

Doyle was born in Cape Province at Aberdeen in 1913. Doyle made two appearances in first-class cricket for Orange Free State against Eastern Province and North Eastern Transvaal in the 1937–38 Currie Cup, with both matches played at Bloemfontein.[1] He scored 41 runs in these matches, with a high score of 29.[2] In his second match, he was one of the wickets to fall in William Henderson's hat-trick (the others being Dirk Pretorius and Henry Sparks); Henderson ended up taking five wickets in six balls and finished with figures of 7 for 4 to bowl out Orange Free State for 46 in their second innings.[3]

Doyle served in the South African Army during the Second World War as a private with the 1st Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. He took part in the Second Battle of El Alamein, during which he killed in action on 24 October 1942.[4] He is commemorated at the El Alamein War Cemetery.[5]

References

"First-Class Matches played by Conan Doyle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
"First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Conan Doyle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
"Orange Free State v North Eastern Transvaal, Currie Cup 1937/38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
"Obituaries during the war, 1942". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Vol. 2nd. Pen and Sword. pp. 241–3. ISBN 978-1526706980.

External links

Conan Doyle at ESPNcricinfo

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "First-Class Matches played by Conan Doyle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[2] "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Conan Doyle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[3] "Orange Free State v North Eastern Transvaal, Currie Cup 1937/38". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[4] "Obituaries during the war, 1942". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[BOOK-5] McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Vol. 2nd. Pen and Sword. pp. 241–3. ISBN 978-1526706980.