Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 341.3 76 1053 37 4-42 28.45 - - 55.37 51.39 Career (6b) 21765.4 5785 } 58053 2934 10-113 19.78 248 85 47.59 41.57 (8b) 1131 211 1952 In Goddard’s last season in 1952 he played in thirteen Championship matches taking 45 wickets at an average of 23.62. There were still some outstanding performances. His 44 overs against Somerset to take 7 wickets for 93 recalled his best days and he also took five wickets in an innings against Middlesex and Hampshire. In his 52nd year his stamina seemed as good as ever but, with new spinners coming through the ranks in John Mortimore and Brian Wells he felt it was time to finish. His 2979 first-class wickets are, and seem likely to remain, the fifth greatest number ever taken by a bowler. As a batsman in this final season he scored 110 runs in eleven innings and he held five catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 581. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Bristol, May 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) did not bat - 447-7d 8.4 2 19 1 D.J.Wood b 208 20 6 36 2 N.I.Thomson lbw 242-9 R.T.Webb lbw 582. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Harrogate, June 11, 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) c D.V.Brennan b N.W.D.Yardley 17 232 14 3 50 1 L.Hutton c and b 406-7d 1 b W.E.N.Holdsworth 0 286 - - - - 113-3 583. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) did not bat - 345-5d 28 9 50 1 L.N.Devereux b 346-6d did not bat - 273-3d 6 2 22 0 155-5 584. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Gloucester, June 25, 26, 27 (Middlesex won by 71 runs) did not bat - 331-5d 18 5 41 1 D.Bennett c A.E.Wilson 294-7d not out 0 144 24 3 63 5 J.D.B.Robertson c A.E.Wilson 252-6d 1 W.J.Edrich c D.M.Young D.C.S.Compton b W.Knightley-Smith c C.A.Milton A.W.Thompson c and b 585. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, July 2, 3, 4 (Gloucestershire won by six wickets) c J.R.Gray b D.Shackleton 7 231 7 1 25 2 V.H.D.Cannings b 188 R.A.Dare c C.A.Milton did not bat - 148-4 33 5 79 4 J.R.Gray c C.J.Scott 188 E.D.R.Eagar b C.Walker c D.T.L.Bailey R.O.Prouton c J.F.Crapp 586. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Bristol, July 5, 7, 8 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) did not bat - 142-5d 22 8 38 0 337 1 did not bat - 259-6 - - - - 63-1d 587. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Ebbw Vale, July 12, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) c D.E.Davies b B.L.Muncer 18 184 25 4 59 3 W.G.A.Parkhouse st A.E.Wilson 209 B.L.Muncer b H.G.Davies b did not bat - 191-2 7 2 19 0 165 588. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, July 16, 17, 18 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 4 runs) c J.G.Langridge b J.H.Cornford 13 348 - - - - 139 25 11 41 3 D.V.Smith c C.A.Milton 205 A.E.James b J.Langridge c C.J.Scott 81