Dickie Dodds

Dickie Dodds
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Carter Dodds
Born(1919-05-29)29 May 1919
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Died17 September 2001(2001-09-17) (aged 82)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
NicknameDickie
BattingRight-handed
Bowling
  • Leg-break
  • Right-arm medium
RoleOpening batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946–1959Essex
FC debut11 February 1944 Services XI v Indian XI
Last FC16 June 1961 MCC v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 396
Runs scored 19,407
Batting average 28.75
100s/50s 17/114
Top score 157
Balls bowled 1,800
Wickets 36
Bowling average 31.27
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/34
Catches/stumpings 186/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2013

Thomas Carter Dodds, known in his cricket career as Dickie Dodds and outside it as Carter Dodds, (29 May 1919 – 17 September 2001) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex between 1946 and 1959 as a hard-hitting opening batsman.[1] He was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire and died in Cambridge.

The son of a clergyman, Dodds was a strong supporter of the Moral Re-Armament movement and cricket was, in his view, "a reflection of the Great Creator" and should therefore be played in a suitably dashing and creative style.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Player profile: Dickie Dodds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Obituary: T. C. 'Dickie' Dodds". The Daily Telegraph. London. 20 September 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ^ Alan Gibson (5 November 1976). "A sporting chance for the power of prayer". The Times. No. 59853. London. p. 10. Also available free of charge through UK public library subscription at this, but otherwise behind paywall at Times website.