John Goddard (cricketer)

John Goddard (cricketer)

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = John Goddard
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Left-handed batsman (LHB)
bowling style = Right-arm medium, offbreak
tests = 27
test runs = 859
test bat avg = 30.67
test 100s/50s = 0/4
test top score = 83*
test balls = 2931
test wickets = 33
test bowl avg = 31.81
test 5s = 1
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 5/31
test catches/stumpings = 22/0
FCs = 111
FC runs = 3769
FC bat avg = 33.35
FC 100s/50s = 5/17
FC top score = 218*
FC balls = 10295
FC wickets = 146
FC bowl avg = 26.33
FC 5s = 4
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 5/20
FC catches/stumpings = 94/0
debut date = 21 January
debut year = 1948
last date = 24 August
last year = 1957
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51889.html

For the motivational speaker refer to John Goddard (adventurer)

John Douglas Claude Goddard (April 21, 1919-August 26, 1987) was a cricketer and one-time captain of the West Indies Test side.

Goddard was born in Fontabelle, St Michael, Barbados. He captained the West Indian team through several tours, including West Indies' maiden tours of India and New Zealand. His first stretch as a captain started in the late 1940s and lasted five series. The West Indies won eight and drew five out of 17 matches.

His captaincy was not without controversy, however; he and Jeff Stollmeyer had a long-running feud throughout their careers. Stollmeyer stated that Goddard had received too much credit for West Indies' success in the 1950 tour of England, and that the other officers of the side had received too little. These comments, coming as they did after the West Indies disastrous tour of Australia in 1951/52, led to long-standing animosities and splinters in the West Indian leadership. [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/225896.html] Later, when Goddard was picked to captain the tourists in the tour of England in 1957, Stollmeyer quit first-class cricket for good. Unfortunately, Goddard's tourists did horribly on this tour as well, losing three out of four.

Goddard died in London in 1987.

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/225896.html Cricinfo story on Chanderpaul captain controversy]


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