Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 2 Championship 25 29 9 197 56* 9.85 1 10 Other Glos matches 2 3 2 18 11* 18.00 - 2 Season 29 33 11 215 56* 9.77 1 14 Career 425 557 154 3884 71 9.63 4 243 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Matches 20.6 2 114 4 2-43 28.50 - - 41.50 68.67 Championship 742.5 128 2654 181 9-38 14.66 19 8 32.82 44.67 Other Glos matches 56.5 9 205 15 5-42 13.66 1 - 30.20 45.25 Season (8b) 820 139 2973 200 9-38 14.86 20 8 32.80 45.32 Career (6b) 15151 3995 } 41291 2060 10-113 20.04 178 61 48.52 41.31 (8b) 1131 211 1946 Goddard was in his 46th year when cricket resumed after the war but he was stiil to take another 919 first-class wickets before he retired in 1952. In the 1946 season he took 150 wickets for Gloucestershire in the Championship and 177 in all fixtures, more than any one else in the country apart from Eric Hollies of Warwickshire. At times he was nearly unplayable and he took five wickets in an innings twelve times and ten in a match on six occasions. Highlights were 13 for 61 against Northamptonshire at Peterborough, 11 for 75 against Glamorgan at Bristol, 14 for 169 against Essex at Brentwood and 13 for 127 against Surrey at Cheltenham. As a batsman he scored 198 runs in 33 innings and he took seventeen catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 426. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 4, 6 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 149 runs) did not bat - 481-7d 17 3 59 6 R.Sale c J.F.Crapp 147 M.P.Donnelly c W.R.Hammond C.D.Williams b N.C.F.Bloy lbw G.A.Wheatley b D.H.Macindoe c C.J.Barnett 13 1 53 3 R.Sale b 185 J.O.Newton-Thompson c A.E.Wilson D.H.Macindoe st A.E.Wilson 427. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Gloucester, May 11, 13, 14 (Lancashire won by 135 runs) lbw b R.Pollard 2 238 39.4 10 95 4 C.Washbrook c and b 264 1 R.G.Garlick c C.Cook R.Pollard b W.B.Roberts c C.J.Scott not out 1 203 32.4 7 107 3 W.Place lbw 312-5d B.P.King lbw W.E.Phillipson b 428. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 18, 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) b F.G.Woodhead 4 159-9d 14.1 6 27 4 J.Hardstaff c W.L.Neale 132 T.B.Reddick c C.Cook I.Smithurst c G.E.E.Lambert H.J.Butler lbw did not bat - 145-2 24 7 70 3 G.F.H.Heane lbw 167 T.B.Reddick c A.E.Wilson F.W.Stocks c J.F.Crapp 429. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Bristol, May 22, 23 (Gloucestershire won by two wickets) not out 4 59 13.1 3 27 4 H.G.Davies c and b 95 1 J.C.Clay b A.D.G.Matthews b P.F.Judge c C.Cook 60