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

Modes of Dismissal - Bowling (a) First-Class Ct B Lbw St HWkt Total 87 34 22 3 - 146 Goddard never induced an opponent to hit his own wicket and only 3 of his victims were stumped. This is not surprising, considering the pace at which he bowled his off-cutters. The batsmen he opposed most successfully were Leonard Hutton, Clifford McWatt and Winston Place, each of whom he dismissed on four occasions. He also had the pleasure of removing such fine batsmen as Trevor Bailey, John Dewes, Tom Graveney, Joe Hardstaff, Jack Ikin, ‘Vinoo’ Mankad, R.S.Modi, Victor Stollmeyer and Kenneth Weekes twice each. Clyde Walcott caught no fewer than 13 of Goddard’s victims and stumped 2 others. Modes of Dismissal - Bowling (b) Tests Ct B Lbw St HWkt Total 24 4 5 - - 33 The majority of Goddard’s Test victims were out to catches close to the wicket and only 9 of them were dismissed without the aid of his colleagues. He removed the great Hutton on three occasions in 6 Tests. He also accounted for Mankad, Modi and Place twice each. Record at Each Test Venue (Batting and Fielding) M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct West Indies Bridgetown 1 2 0 46 28 23.00 - - 1 Georgetown 1 2 0 4 3 2.00 - - 2 Kingston 1 2 1 63 46* 63.00 - - - Port-of-Spain 1 1 1 9 9* - - - 1 Total 4 7 2 122 46* 24.40 - - 4 England Lord’s 2 4 0 47 21 11.75 - - 2 Kennington Oval 2 1 1 58 58* - 1 1 Trent Bridge 2 3 0 61 61 20.33 - 1 1 Old Trafford 1 2 1 23 16* 23.00 - - 2 Edgbaston 1 2 1 24 24 24.00 - - - Headingley 1 2 0 5 4 2.50 - - - Total 9 14 3 218 61 19.81 - 2 6 New Zealand Auckland 1 - - - - - - - 1 Christchurch 2 2 1 109 83* 109.00 - 1 2 Dunedin 1 1 1 48 48* - - - 1 Wellington 1 2 1 16 16 16.00 - - 3 Total 5 5 3 173 83* 86.50 - 1 7 India Bombay 2 2 1 74 41 74.00 - - 2 Calcutta 1 2 1 48 39* 48.00 - - - New Delhi 1 1 0 44 44 44.00 - - 1 Madras 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 - - 1 Total 5 6 2 190 44 47.50 - - 4 Australia Adelaide 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - - Brisbane 1 2 0 45 45 22.50 - - 1 Melbourne 1 2 0 21 21 10.50 - - - Sydney 1 2 1 90 57* 90.00 - 1 - Total 4 7 1 156 57* 26.00 - 1 1 Grand Total 27 39 11 859 83* 30.67 - 4 22 37