Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

511. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Cheltenham, August 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c E.A.Bedser b J.C.Laker 13 145 41.3 9 84 5 L.B.Fishlock c C.J.Barnett 260 E.A.Bedser b A.J.W.McIntyre b T.H.Clark b J.W.J.McMahon c G.M.Emmett not out 0 124-9 - - - - 175 512.Gloucestershire v Sussex, Eastbourne, August 21, 23, 24 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 26 runs) run out 7 443 29.1 5 115 4 J.G.Langridge lbw 278 J.Langridge lbw P.D.S.Blake lbw R.T.Webb b 19 7 50 7 J.G.Langridge c B.O.Allen 139 1 C.Oakes c and b G.Cox b J.Langridge c L.M.Cranfield P.D.S.Blake c B.O.Allen H.T.Bartlett c T.W.Graveney D.J.Wood b 513.Gloucestershire v Kent, Gloucester, August 28, 30, 31 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) c H.J.Pocock b F.Ridgway 20 286 20.1 0 43 2 L.E.G.Ames c and b 252 1 F.Ridgway lbw did not bat - 201-1 23 8 53 3 A.H.Phebey hit wkt 233 B.H.Valentine b T.G.Evans st A.E.Wilson SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 25 32 7 248 28 9.92 - 11 Other Glos matches 2 3 1 11 10* 5.50 - - Season 27 35 8 259 28 9.59 - 11 Career 513 672 183 4667 71 9.54 4 284 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 1015.3 267 2392 122 7-50 19.60 10 2 49.94 39.25 Other Glos matches 65 11 295 3 3-109 98.33 - - 130.00 75.64 Season (6b) 1080.3 278 2687 125 7-50 21.49 10 2 51.86 41.44 Career (6b) 18999.1 4994 } 51192 2600 10-113 19.68 226 57 47.32 41.60 (8b) 1131 211 1949 Goddard was back to his venomous best in 1949 taking 160 wickets in all matches at an average of 19.18, more than anyone else in the country apart from Eric Hollies who bowled more than 400 more overs for his 166 victims. Thirteen times did Goddard take five wickets in an innings and on five occasions he took ten wickets in a match. Outstanding performances were 13 for 111 against Lancashire at Old Trafford, 15 for 107, (including 9 for 61 in the second innings), against Derbyshire at Bristol, 11 for 141 against Kent at Bristol and 11 for 138 against Yorkshire at Huddersfield. He also took eight Warwickshire second innings wickets for 70 at Gloucester. As a batsman he scored 226 runs in 40 innings and he held fourteen catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 514. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, April 30, May 2, 3 (Match drawn) c K.A.Shearwood b G.H.Chesterton 1 259 25 3 72 1 K.A.Shearwood c C.I.Monks 328 1 c C.R.D.Rudd b R.V.Divecha 0 253-9 - - - - 215-9d 515. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 7, 9, 10 (Warwickshire won by six wickets) b C.W.C.Grove 7 84 36 14 79 2 F.C.Gardner lbw 269 R.T.Spooner b c D.Flint b A.Townsend 5 347 11 1 28 0 166-4 72