Don Goodson

Donald Goodson (15 October 1932 – 13 September 2010) was an English cricketer.[1] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1950 and 1953. He was born in Eastwell, Leicestershire and died at Cape Town, South Africa.

Don Goodson

Personal information
Full name	Donald Goodson
Born	15 October 1932 Eastwell, Leicestershire, England
Died	13 September 2010 (aged 77) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1950–53	Leicestershire
First-class debut	9 August 1950 Leicestershire v Essex
Last First-class	21 July 1953 Leicestershire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 36 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 22* Balls bowled 720 Wickets 7 Bowling average 56.28 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/43 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 August 2013

Goodson played as an amateur player in a single first-class match for Leicestershire in 1950, scoring just one run in two innings and failing to take a wicket.[2] He reappeared in eight games in the middle of the 1953 season, but again had very little success.

In 1957, Goodson took five wickets in an innings in a rain-hit non-first-class inter-service match while playing for the Army.[3] This encouraged Leicestershire, which by that time had a second eleven playing in the Minor Counties Championship, to give him a further trial, but although he played regularly for the second team across 1958, he did not reappear in first-class cricket, and the 1953 matches were his last.

References

1. "Player Profile: Don Goodson". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
2. "Scorecard: Leicestershire v Essex". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 August 1950. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
3. "Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 August 1957. Retrieved 19 August 2013.