| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Conan Doyle |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Death Place: | El Alamein, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Orange Free State |
| Year1: | 1937/38 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 41 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.25 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 29 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 10 June |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/44906.html Cricinfo |
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]