&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Goddard_and_Bradman.jpg) Trevor Goddard (L) with Sir Donald Bradman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Trevor Leslie Goddard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1931 Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 November 2016 (aged 85) near Fouriesburg, Free State, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 9 June 1955 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 February 1970 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trevor Leslie Goddard (1 August 1931 – 25 November 2016) was a South African cricketer. A left-handed all-rounder,[1] he played 41 Test matches for South Africa from 1955 to 1970. He captained the young South African team on its five-month tour of Australia and New Zealand in the 1963–64 season, levelling the series with Australia, and was also captain in 1964–65 against England in South Africa.
A left-handed, classically correct opening batsman,[1] Goddard was also a successful left-arm medium-pace bowler with 123 wickets at Test level. Among Test bowlers with 75 wickets or more, he is the most economical of all, conceding an average of only 1.64 runs per over.[2] He enjoyed particular success at first-class level, with over 11,000 runs at 40.60 together with 534 wickets and a competitive 21.65.[1] He played for Natal from 1952 to 1953 to 1965–66, for North-Eastern Transvaal in 1966–67 and 1967–68, then returned to Natal for his last two seasons, 1968–69 and 1969–70.
The cricket journalist Telford Vice has described Goddard as "a man of rare grace, intelligence and spirit".[3] Sir Donald Bradman said he was "a completely reliable and honest player who could be depended upon before any season started to put up a sterling performance over a whole series", praised his "qualities of sincerity and integrity", and said that he "enriched the game of cricket and set a fine example".[4]
- ^ a b c "Player Profile: Trevor Goddard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2012, p.1305.
- ^ "A meeting of past and present"
- ^ Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story, Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 3.