Conan Doyle
Personal information
Full name
Conan Doyle
Born5 March 1917
Aberdeen, Cape Province,
South Africa
Died24 October 1942(1942-10-24) (aged 25)
El Alamein, Kingdom of Egypt
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937/38Orange Free State
Career statistics
Competition First-class
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

  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.
  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.
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