Famous Cricketers No 98 - Tom Goddard

18. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August (29), 30, 31 (Match drawn) not out 0 89 150 1 did not bat - 73-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 16 26 10 44 15 2.75 - 6 Career 18 29 13 72 20* 4.50 - 6 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 262.1 56 728 25 6-41 29.12 2 - 62.92 46.28 Career (6b) 280.1 61 776 26 6-41 29.84 2 - 64.65 46.16 1924 Goddard appeared in only eight of Gloucestershire’s Championship matches in 1924. He took 19 wickets at an average of 18.47 which put him in second place in the County’s bowling averages but he bowled only 141.5 overs compared to the 1139.1 sent down by Charlie Parker who took 184 wickets. There were some highlights, though, including his first hat-trick, against Sussex at Eastbourne. He took the wickets of A.H.H.Gilligan (bowled), W.L.Cornford (c H.Smith) and T.E.R.Cook (c E.G.Dennett) in the first innings. Against Glamorgan at Cheltenham (Victoria Park) he took 6-23 bowling unchanged with Hammond to dismiss Glamorgan for 54 in 70 minutes. His other first-class appearance was against Oxford University at Bristol. As a batsman he scored 15 runs in 11 innings. He held six catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 19. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Gloucester, May (10), 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c A.Dolphin b G.G.Macaulay 0 68 98 not out 2 42 14-2 20. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Aylestone Road, Leicester, June 25, 26, 27 (Leicestershire won by 1 run) c G.Geary b W.E.Astill 3 276 15 3 29 1 S.S.Coulson b 178 3 b G.Geary 1 124 10 2 28 1 J.H.King c F.G.Rogers 223 21. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, Bristol, June 28, 30 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 57 runs ) did not bat - 504-5d 5 0 22 0 236 16 3 42 3 J.E.Frazer b 211 J.L.Guise b F.H.Barnard b 22. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, July 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) not out 0 191 4 0 12 0 71 did not bat - 97-5 23. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Gloucester, July 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) not out 5 317 4 1 16 0 281 did not bat - 187-7d 7 1 16 1 H Storer b 49-3 1 24. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Eastbourne, July 12, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) did not bat - 410-6d 16 2 58 5 A.H.H.Gilligan b 201 W.L.Cornford c H.Smith T.E.R.Cook c E.G.Dennett J.E.Frazer b F.B.R.Browne c C.W.L.Parker did not bat - 17-1 24 6 80 2 H.L.Wilson b 225 K.A.Higgs c H.Smith 25. Gloucestershire v Kent, Maidstone, July 16, 17, 18 (Kent won by eight wickets) not out 0 213 24 5 64 3 W.H.Ashdown c H.Smith 295 1 S.G.Hearn c A.E.Dipper R.T.Bryan c P.T.Mills not out 1 92 - - - - 13-2 7