Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 25 30 10 160 22 8.00 - 16 Other Glos matches 3 2 0 34 22 17.00 - 1 Other match 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 - - Season 29 33 10 198 22 8.60 - 17 Career 454 590 164 4082 71 9.58 4 260 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1168.1 354 2583 150 9-82 17.22 9 5 46.72 36.85 Other Glos matches 105.1 17 353 26 7-81 13.57 3 1 24.26 55.94 Other match 44 6 159 1 1-65 159.00 - - 264.00 60.22 Season (6b) 1317.2 377 3095 177 9-82 17.48 12 6 44.65 39.15 Career (6b) 16468.2 4372 } 44386 2237 10-113 19.84 190 67 48.21 41.15 (8b) 1131 211 1947 Goddard had a wonderful season in 1947, an “Indian summer” which saw him, in his 47th year, pick up 238 first-class wickets at an average of 17.30. The next highest wicket-taker in the country was Doug. Wright of Kent and he was well behind with 177 victims. Goddard took 222 wickets for his County, alone, in all matches equalling the record he had set back in 1937. No bowler has approached this figure since and, with the reduction in County matches since Goddard’s day this record is likely to stand for all time. A few outstanding performances must be mentioned – 15 for 81 against Nottinghamshire, 15 for 134 against Leicestershire, 15 for 156 against Middlesex, and 12 for 65 against Somerset. He took hat-tricks against Glamorgan at Swansea and against Somerset at Bristol. He finished third in the national bowling averages. Probably his age weighed against his Test selection this year – he could hardly be seen as a long-term prospect. As a batsman he scored 326 runs in 47 innings and he held 13 catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 455. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c M.A.Sutton b A.W.H.Mallett 0 245 26 5 90 6 M.P.Donnelly st A.E.Wilson 234 H.A.Pawson b C.J.R.Whittle c G.E.E.Lambert A.H.Kardar c B.H.Lyon N.C.F.Bloy c C.J.Scott A.W.H.Mallett c W.L.Neale did not bat - 205-5d 15 4 46 2 M.P.Donnelly c A.E.Wilson 120-6 N.C.F.Bloy c A.E.Wilson 456. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May 14, 15 (Middlesex won by an innings and 178 runs) not out 2 122 39.5 4 101 3 F.G.Mann c G.M.Emmett 388 J.M.Sims b R.A.Shaddick c J.F.Crapp run out 2 88 457. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, May 17, 19 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 141 runs) run out 20 378 21 9 25 5 N.H.Rogers b 77 G.Hill c B.O.Allen N.T.McCorkell c B.O.Allen E.D.R.Eagar lbw G.E.M.Heath b 22 4 82 1 J.Bailey b 160 64