Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

214. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Liverpool, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b J.Iddon 19 514 60.5 22 101 7 F.B.Watson b 248 1 E.Paynter b J.Iddon st D.C.G.Raikes L.W.Parkinson c C.C.R.Dacre H.R.W.Butterworth b L.Green b G.Duckworth c and b 38 18 59 3 F.B.Watson lbw 157-7 L.W.Parkinson c C.J.Barnett F.M.Sibbles b 215. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Gloucester, August 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c sub b O.W.Herman 13 345 39.4 10 92 7 G.Brown c J.A.Rogers 305 A.E.Pothecary c D.C.G.Raikes C.P.Mead c B.O.Allen L.H.Tennyson c B.O.Allen W.C.L.Creese b G.S.Boyes b N.T.McCorkell b did not bat - 95-5 33 6 106 7 J.Arnold c W.R.Hammond 220-9d 1 A.E.Pothecary lbw C.P.Mead c W.R.Hammond J.Bailey c W.R.Hammond A.S.Kennedy b G.S.Boyes c R.A.Sinfield N.T.McCorkell c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 27 36 14 342 71 15.54 1 19 Other Glos matches 2 4 2 31 14 15.50 - 1 Season 29 40 16 373 71 15.54 1 20 Career 215 279 90 1542 71 8.15 1 127 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1246.2 329 3057 159 7-19 19.22 13 5 47.03 40.87 Other Glos matches 69.4 14 201 11 6-115 18.27 1 1 38.00 48.08 Season 1316 343 3258 170 7-19 19.16 14 6 46.44 41.26 Career (6b) 7165 1895 17321 805 9-21 21.51 55 16 53.40 40.29 1933 Goddard topped the Gloucestershire averages in 1933 taking 170 wickets in Championship matches alone at an average of 17.74 and 183 wickets overall in the season at 17.41. Only two other bowlers, Freeman of Kent and Verity of Yorkshire took more wickets in the season. Eighteen times he took five wickets in an innings and seven times did he take ten wickets in a match. Wisden remarks on his increased consistency. Among outstanding performances were 11-101 against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 12-140 against Worcestershire at Cheltenham, 11-105 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston , 8-77 against Yorkshire at Gloucester and 10-64 against Hampshire at Bournemouth, including 4-8 off 14.1 overs in the second innings. As a batsman he scored 470 runs in 46 innings. He held nineteen catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 216. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 6, 8, 9 (Gloucestershire won by 124 runs) c B.W.Hone b C.Middleton 45 379 28.5 7 78 5 F.G.H.Chalk lbw 236 R.G.Stainton b D.C.H.Townsend c P.I.van der Gucht R.G.Tindall lbw A.R.Legard b 30