Dublin University Cricket Club Match Programme 2012

they had put on 147 in just over an hour with Lloyd now only one run short of his century. Adderley Wilkinson went for 10 with the score at 264, but with Lloyd hitting six four in succession the 300 was soon up with Lloyd on 140 in 70 minutes. Drivingwith great power and cut- ting beautifully, he never gave a chance, although the Irish Times accused him of playing a few “faulty strokes”. He reached his double century just before lunch, when he had bat- ted just one hour and 50 min- utes. Trinity were on a commanding 435-7 with No9 batsman Wallace Sproule 76*. Lloyd added a single after lunch before he was run out for 202, “the finest display wit- nessed in College Park for years,” according to the Irish Times. Lloyd hit 35 fours but only one six. While they are in noway com- parable, in test matches the fastest double ton took 214 minutes, al- most twice as long as Lloyd’s, while the most runs made by a single batsman before lunch was 123. Lloyd, Trinity captain too, al- lowed Sproule to reach his hun- dred before they declared on 464-8. The garrison were battered by the onslaught, and clearly had little stomach for the fight. With the Australian Quinlan brothers Bernard (three wickets) and Patrick (four) combining, theywere hurried out for 133 to lose by an in- nings and 231 runs. It was yet an- other victory in a summer when Trinity remained unbeaten through 17 games. The only contribution of note on the Army side was 56 by Major Strafford, who died at the Battle of Mons in the approaching Great War. Lloyd had arrived in Trinity in 1909 and made the first XI the fol- lowing summer. He made ten cen- turies for the club, often in partnership with Harry Read who was if anything an even more aggressive bat. In 1911, they put on a Trinity record opening stand of 323 against Co Kilkenny, before Dickie (160*) ran Read out. Later that season they put up 198 in 90 minutes against Cork County, Lloyd making 123. The Co Tyrone man won two cricket caps for Ireland (to go with his 19 at rugby), making 47 against Scotland in 1911, and three weeks after his double century against the Garrison was selected to play against theSouthAfricans atWood- brook. Ireland were well beaten, with Lloyd making a commendable 22 and 27 but that was to be the end of his Irishcareer. He alsoplayed for Lancashire after the war.