All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

163 Tom Goddard Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, 1937 County Championship College Ground, Cheltenham on 7, 9, 10 August 1937 (3-day match) Toss won by Worcestershire Gloucestershire won by three wickets Umpires: GM Lee, FI Walden Worcestershire 310 (TWJ Goddard 6-68) and 202 (TWJ Goddard 10-113); Gloucestershire 196 and 317-7 (WR Hammond 178) Worcestershire second innings CH Bull st Watkins b Goddard 24 +JS Buller c Hammond b Goddard 12 E Cooper b Goddard 18 HHIH Gibbons not out 72 *BW Quaife b Goddard 4 SH Martin c Hammond b Goddard 4 RCM Kimpton c Parker b Goddard 6 RHC Human c Allen b Goddard 9 R Howorth c Parker b Goddard 4 RTD Perks c Crapp b Goddard 33 PF Jackson c Crapp b Goddard 3 Extras (b 6, lb 7) 13 Total all out, 60,4 overs) 202 Fall of wickets 1-25, 2-59, 3-62, 4-66, 5-70, 6-80, 7-94, 8-98, 9-185, 10-202 Gloucestershire bowling: CJ Barnett 2-1-5-0, BH Lyon 2-0-9-0, EK Scott 3-0-8-0, RA Sinfield 25-7-54-0, TWJ Goddard 28.4-4-113-10 Gloucestershire : CJ Barnett, GW Parker, BO Allen (capt), WR Hammond, JF Crapp, EK Scott, RA Sinfield, BH Lyon, WL Neale, TWJ Goddard, BTL Watkins (wk) A career change can often be beneficial, and it certainly did the trick for Tom Goddard. Twenty-one-year-old Gloucester-born Goddard made his first-class debut in 1922 as a fast bowler. Six feet three inches tall and well-built he had all the necessary physical attributes. However he never really made it and eventually joined the MCC groundstaff at Lord’s. Experimenting with off breaks, his new-found ability was noticed in the nets by Gloucestershire captain Beverley Lyon who persuaded the county to re-engage him. Success was immediate: 184 wickets in 1929, an England cap in 1930. Competitive, attacking, his massive hands enabled him to spin the ball sharply and with any help from the pitch he was often virtually unplayable. His height was an added advantage as batsmen tried to keep the lifting ball out of the hands of the waiting short legs. Even in batsmen-friendly conditions his accuracy and flight still made him a difficult proposition. He was helped by the change to the lbw law in 1935 that enabled a batsman to be dismissed by a ball pitching outside the off stump. And of course he played his cricket on uncovered pitches,