Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

384. Gloucestershire v Essex, Gloucester, August 31, September 1, 2 (Essex won by an innings and 65 runs) c and b M.S.Nichols 2 97 43.3 9 127 4 T.P.B.Smith c W.R.Hammond 553 1 N.Vere-Hodge c A.E.Wilson R.Smith c B.O.Allen K.Farnes c J.F.Crapp not out 8 391 385. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Gloucester, September 3, 5, 6 (Sussex won by seven wickets) b J.H.Cornford 4 488 26 6 60 3 G.Cox b 341 A.J.Holmes b J.H.Cornford b did not bat - 156-5d 27 4 98 3 J.G.Langridge lbw 306-3 J.H.Parks lbw G.Cox b 386. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (Players won by five wickets) not out 0 429 25.3 9 58 4 B.O.Allen b 325 H.M.Garland-Wells c H.Sutcliffe S.C.Griffith c A.W.Wellard G.O.B.Allen c T.F.Smailes did not bat - 133-5 9 0 41 1 B.O.Allen c C.J.Barnett 233-6d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 1 1 0 0* - - - Championship 20 25 7 133 24 7.38 - 8 Other Glos match 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 - - Season 22 27 8 133 24 7.00 - 8 Career 386 516 141 3590 71 9.57 3 227 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Players v Gentlemen 34.3 9 99 5 4-58 19.80 - - 41.40 47.82 Championship 902.5 183 2439 107 8-62 22.79 10 4 50.62 45.02 Other Glos match 33.5 9 87 2 2-73 43.50 - - 101.50 42.85 Season 971.1 201 2625 114 8-62 23.02 10 4 51.11 45.04 Career (6b) 15151 3995 37501 1829 10-113 20.50 157 53 49.70 41.25 1938/39 – MCC in South Africa Undoubtedly the highlight of Goddard’s second tour to South Africa was the hat-trick he took in the Test match at Johannesburg on Boxing Day 1938. They were the only wickets he took in the match. He played in two other Tests, taking another five wickets, giving him eight in the series at an average of 35.25. Bowlers in the main struggled on perfect batting wickets in a high scoring series. On the tour as a whole Goddard took 31 wickets at an average of 26.35 which put him third in the averages although four bowlers took more wickets. His best performance was the 6 for 38 he took against Rhodesia at Salisbury, his only five wicket haul. As a batsman he only batted eight times in the ten games he appeared in scoring 76 runs at an average of 9.14. He took one catch, a vital one as it was the wicket of A.D.Nourse the first victim of his Johannesburg hat-trick. Goddard also took a hat-trick in the game against Rhodesia. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 387. MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, November 12, 14, 15 (MCC won by eight wickets) c J.G.B.Brinkhaus b B.M.Roscoe 16 276 17 7 38 1 K.G.Dimbleby c W.R.Hammond 174 did not bat - 69-2 12 0 26 0 169 388. MCC v Griqualand West, Kimberley, November 19, 21, 22 (MCC won by an innings and 289 runs) b E.V.Franz 1 676 10 2 26 1 L.E.Macnamara b 114 54