Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

did not bat - 146-1 23.1 3 73 6 C.F.Walters lbw 205 M.Nichol b C.A.F.Fiddian-Green c W.R.Hammond B.W.Quaife c W.L.Neale G.W.Brook lbw P.F.Jackson b 243. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Cheltenham, August 12, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by 46 runs) b H.A.Smith 14 278 40 10 94 2 N.F.Armstrong b 437 H.B.Bowley c P.I.van der Gucht not out 3 340-8d 18 7 41 6 A.W.Shipman c B.H.Lyon 135 N.F.Armstrong c B.H.Lyon A.Riddington c P.I.van der Gucht H.B.Bowley b G.Geary c B.H.Lyon T.E.Sidwell b 244. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Cheltenham, August 16, 17, 18 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 85 runs) b W.H.Copson 0 431 19 7 24 1 L.F.Townsend c C.C.R.Dacre196 10 4 17 2 D.Smith c P.I van der Gucht 150 1 L.B.Blaxland c and b 245. Gloucestershire v West Indians, Bristol, August 19, 21, 22 (Gloucestershire won by seven wickets) c V.A.Valentine b E.E.Achong 13 570 10 0 38 2 B.J.Sealey lbw 271 E.E.Achong b did not bat - 73-3 - - - - 371 246. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 26, 28 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 89 runs) c W.C.L.Creese b O.W.Herman 1 403 27.3 6 56 6 C.P.Mead c P.I.van der Gucht 221 A.E.Pothecary lbw W.C.L.Creese b G.S.Boyes b O.W.Herman c B.O.Allen G.Hill b 14.1 10 8 4 G.Brown c W.R.Hammond 93 J.Arnold c W.R.Hammond W.C.L.Creese c B.H.Lyon A.S.Kennedy lbw SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 29 44 11 412 45 12.48 - 19 Other Glos matches 2 2 0 58 45 29.00 - - Season 31 46 11 470 45 13.42 - 19 Career 246 325 101 2012 71 8.98 1 146 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1316 401 3016 170 8-77 17.74 16 6 46.44 38.19 Other Glos matches 55.5 13 171 13 6-55 13.15 2 1 25.76 51.04 Season 1371.5 414 3187 183 8-77 17.41 18 7 44.97 38.71 Career (6b) 8536.5 2309 20508 988 9-21 20.75 73 23 51.84 40.03 1934 Goddard missed seven matches this season after injuring his hand playing against Essex at Westcliff-on-Sea in June. Returning to the side against Leicestershire at Bristol on 14th July he took 9 for 37, his best figures of the season. Overall he was less effective than in 1933 taking 119 wickets in the Championship at an average of 23.71, nearly six runs a wicket higher than the previous year. He was again called upon to bowl many long spells and he was deadly again on occasions such as his 11 for 154 against Sussex at Cheltenham and 11 for 125 against Somerset at Bristol. He took ten wickets in a match on two other occasions and nine times took five wickets in an innings. As a batsman he 34