Samuel Goodman

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Samuel Goodman
country = United States
dayofbirth = 6
monthofbirth = 2
yearofbirth = 1877
placeofbirth = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
countryofbirth = USA
dayofdeath = 4
monthofdeath = 3
yearofdeath = 1905
placeofdeath = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
countryofdeath = USA
batting = Not known
bowling = Right-arm fast
role = Bowler
club1 = Philadelphia
year1 = 1903
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Pennsylvania University Past and Present
year2 = 1895
clubnumber2 =
club3 = GS Patterson's XI
year3 = 1894
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 15 August
debutyear1 = 1894
debutfor1 = GS Patterson's XI
debutagainst1 = RH Powel's XI
lastdate1 = 25 September
lastyear1 = 1903
lastfor1 = Philadelphia
lastagainst1 = Kent
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 4
runs1 = 17
bat avg1 = 2.83
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 7
deliveries1 = 288
wickets1 = 7
bowl avg1 = 21.14
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 3/37
catches/stumpings1 = 2/0
date = 8 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27263/27263.html CricketArchive

Samuel Goodman (born 6 February 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 March 1905 in Philadelphia) was an American cricketer. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25728.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1894 and 1903. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27263/27263.html CricketArchive profile] ]

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Goodman attended Pennsylvania University between 1894 and 1896, where he captained the cricket team.Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1906, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227833.html Obituaries in 1905] ] During 1894, he went on a tour of Canada with Philadelphia, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27263/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Samuel Goodman] at CricketArchive] and played his first first-class matches for GS Patterson's XI. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27263/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Samuel Goodman] at CricketArchive]

In 1895, he first played for the United States national cricket team, playing against Canada in Toronto. He played a first-class match for Pennsylvania University Past and Present against F Mitchell's XI the same month. He played a second match for the USA against Canada in 1897, but was then absent from major cricket until 1903, when he played his final first-class match for Philadelphia against the touring Kent team from England.

In July 1904, he played his final international for the USA against Canada in Philadelphia, and he died less than a year later. According to his obituary his death was the result of "spinal meningitis following pleuro-pneumonia and a bad strain caused by a fall in ju-jitsu."

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