Was surprised to know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a cricketer!

[karthikc]

Maybe Sherlock Holmes was his great contribution to the literary world but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a first class cricketer!

 

[big_gamer007]

Waiting for the old era brigade to come in and tell us how he was a better player than a modern player since he had to play on uncovered pitches against bowlers bowling at over 150kph consistently..

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Waiting for the old era brigade to come in and tell us how he was a better player than a modern player since he had to play on uncovered pitches against bowlers bowling at over 150kph consistently..

Are the cameras that were used in those days still the gold standard for video capturing ??

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, played 2 FC games.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Perhaps his bowling was so slow, batsmen had all the time in the world to play him - it was like Waiting for Godot.

 

[imshally81]

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Maybe Sherlock Holmes was his great contribution to the literary world but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a first class cricketer!

wow......Great...

 

[hadi123]

That 1 first-class wicket was... WG Grace.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Wow, great discovery!