Famous Cricketers No 71 - J.D.C.Goddard

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 6 2 190 44 47.50 - - 4 Other matches 11 11 1 221 77 22.10 - 1 9 Tour 16 17 3 411 77 29.35 - 1 13 Career 43 63 10 2205 218* 41.60 5 9 39 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 137.2 41 351 9 3-34 39.00 - - Other matches 257.4 83 632 26 4-29 24.30 - - Tour (6b) 395 124 983 35 4-29 28.08 - - Career (6b) 753.4 216 } 2351 83 5-31 28.32 2 - (6b) 139 13 1949/50 The WICBC arranged four trial matches early in 1950 to help them decide on the squad to tour England that summer. Barbados opposed British Guiana in two of these games at Bridgetown, while Jamaica and Trinidad squared off in Port-of-Spain. Goddard led his colony to one win and a draw, with the visitors managing to hang on by a slender thread in the second encounter. John Lucas (59, 76 & 27), Roy Marshall (191, 48 & 11), Walcott (65, 17 & 211 not out) and Weekes (236 not out, 82 & 121) were in excellent form for Barbados, while Pairaudeau and Christiani played beautifully for British Guiana. Goddard himself managed two solid half-centuries and was dismissed only once in his three innings. With Weekes, in the first match, he shared an unbeaten seventh wicket partnership of 125 runs. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 44. Barbados v British Guiana, Bridgetown, February 9, 10, 11, 13 (Barbados won by an innings and 110 runs) not out 56 686-6d 2 1 1 0 257 6 2 14 0 319 45. Barbados v British Guiana, Bridgetown, February 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) not out 55 391 22 7 47 1 C.H.Thomas c C.L.Walcott 420 b G.A.Camacho 13 446-8d 7 2 17 0 259-9 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Season 2 3 2 124 56* 124.00 - 2 - Career 45 66 12 2329 218* 43.12 5 11 39 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Season (6b) 37 12 79 1 1-47 79.00 - - Career (6b) 790.4 228 } 2430 84 5-31 28.92 2 - (8b) 139 13 1950 - West Indians in England It was John Goddard who led the West Indies to their most historic series triumph over England. It was the first time that a West Indian touring team had won a rubber on English soil. His squad did so in some style, winning the last three Tests after losing the first. Goddard’s contribution was enormous. Not only did he lead the team with skill and imagination, but he had insisted on the inclusion of Ramadhin and Valentine, two unproven young spinners. The two rookies did not disappoint. Between them they claimed 59 wickets in the four Tests and mesmerized the English batsmen throughout the summer. Goddard was fortunate, too, in having some of the best batsmen in the world on his side. No fewer than eight of the tourists exceeded 1,000 first-class runs that summer. 19