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

New Zealand Auckland 2 0 11 0 - - - - Christchurch 12 4 25 1 1-17 25.00 - - Wanganui 3 3 0 0 - - - - Total 17 7 36 1 1-17 36.00 - - Ceylon Colombo 33.1 3 144 5 2-23 28.80 - - Pakistan Lahore 50 16 119 2 2-81 59.50 - - Grand Total (6b) 1328.2 416 } 3846 146 5-20 26.34 4 - (8b) 255 40 Centuries (5) 102* Barbados v Trinidad Port-of-Spain 1942/43 218* Barbados v Trinidad Bridgetown 1943/44 179 Barbados v British Guiana Georgetown 1944/45 164* Barbados v Trinidad Port-of-Spain 1944/45 114 Barbados v British Guiana Georgetown 1946/47 All five of Goddard’s centuries were scored on behalf of Barbados and all were made in the Caribbean within the space of three years, seven months. Two were struck at Port-of-Spain and two at Georgetown. Only one was achieved at the Kensington Oval, the home ground of Goddard’s local Pickwick Club, and this proved to be his highest individual score. Three of his hundreds came at Trinidad’s expense and the other two at British Guiana’s. Modes of Dismissal - Batting (a) First-Class Ct B Lbw RO St HWkt NO Total 60 31 15 4 2 1 32 145 To have hit his wicket only once in 145 innings is most remarkable. Goddard also was stumped only twice, which represents an unusually low proportion (1.38%) for this mode of dismissal. Also unusual was his ability to avoid being run out. Batting very often when the major stars had already scored enough runs, his ratio of not outs was high (22.06%) as well as the number of times he was not required to bat at all. The great Jim Laker was the bowler who captured Goddard’s wicket most often. He did so on 5 occasions. Other successful opponents were: Lance Pierre (4), Rupert Tang Choon (4), Berkeley Gaskin (3), Dick Howorth (3), Peter Loader (3), ‘Vinoo’ Mankad (3), Keith Miller (3), Fred Trueman (3), Johnnie Wardle (3) and Norman Wight (3). Modes of Dismissal - Batting (b) Tests Ct B Lbw RO St HWkt NO Total 18 7 2 1 - - 11 39 Goddard’s statistics here are most unusual in that, in 39 visits to the crease, he avoided altogether being stumped in Test cricket and was adjudged lbw only twice. Nor did he hit his wicket even once. Again his percentage of not outs (28.2%) is exceptionally high. Perhaps he might have achieved a great deal more had he not so often batted among the rabbits. At this level of the game, he fell 3 times to Laker and twice each to Howorth, Lindwall, Mankad, Miller and Trueman. 36