Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 780.2 158 2057 68 6-62 30.25 2 - 68.85 43.93 Other Glos match 17 4 58 3 3-58 19.33 - - 34.00 56.86 Season 797.2 162 2115 71 6-62 29.78 2 - 67.38 44.20 Career (6b) 1341.2 267 3684 127 6-23 29.00 6 - 63.37 45.77 1927 Goddard had a disappointing season in 1927, playing in only 18 of Gloucestershire’s matches and taking 26 wickets at an expensive 58.80 apiece. He had one five wicket haul, against Leicestershire at Hinckley and he was often heavily punished, 0-116 against Surrey at Kennington Oval, 0-132 against Essex at Greenbank, Bristol, 0-81 off 20 overs against Lancashire at Old Trafford and 1-76 off 15 overs against the New Zealanders at Cheltenham. He was not making sufficient progress as a fast bowler and it was time to think seriously about the future. As a batsman he hit 147 runs in 24 innings and as a fielder he held eleven catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 68. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) b T.F.Shepherd 2 406 26 4 116 0 557-7d st H.Strudwick b S.Fenley 1 363 5 0 27 0 31-1 69. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Dewsbury, May 14, 16, 17 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 2 runs) st A.Dolphin b W.Rhodes 16 134 29 6 79 3 E.Oldroyd c R.A.Sinfield 318 G.G.Macaulay c A.E.Dipper A.Waddington c G.Wedel c R.Kilner b W.Rhodes 1 182 70. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b E.A.Macdonald 1 235 20 2 81 0 336 1 not out 27 510 71. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Hinckley, May 21, 23, 24 (Leicestershire won by 279 runs) not out 3 87 27.1 5 92 5 A.W.Shipman c W.R.Hammond 243 J.C.Bradshaw b G.Geary c W.R.Hammond G.H.S.Fowke c E.G.Morrison A.Skelding b b A.Skelding 0 148 23 3 88 0 271-5d 72. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Bristol, May 25, 26, 27 (Middlesex won by an innings and 158 runs) c H.W.Lee b N.E.Haig 2 225 49 4 179 3 H.W.Lee c W.R.Hammond 491-7d N.E.Haig c W.R.Hammond E.H.Hendren b b F.J.Durston 2 108 73. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) not out 4 320 32 7 73 1 J.A.Newman c W.R.Hammond 421 did not bat - 337-4d - - - - 135-4 74. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Bristol, June 1, 2, 3 (Lancashire won by an innings and 41 runs) b R.K.Tyldesley 13 180 43 3 118 4 C.Hallows c W.R.Hammond 469 1 L.Green c C.W.L.Parker F.M.Sibbles hit wkt R.K.Tyldesley b not out 5 248 75. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, June 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) not out 3 331 18.4 6 48 3 J.Daniell c H.Smith 427 W.T.Greswell c B.H.Lyon R.C.Robertson-Glasgow b did not bat - 125-3 14 2 44 0 138 1 76. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Greenbank, Bristol, June 8, 9, 10 (Nottinghamshire won by four wickets) not out 15 289 26 8 63 2 G.Gunn b 327-9d W.W.Whysall c B.S.Bloodwworth not out 29 342 6 0 40 0 305-6 12