Harold Goodwin (cricketer)

Not to be confused with Harry Goodwin (cricketer).

Harold Goodwin in 1910

Harold James Goodwin (31 January 1886 – 24 April 1917) was an English first-class cricketer who played in 39 matches for Cambridge University and Warwickshire between 1906 and 1912. He captained Warwickshire in 1910.[1] I’m Goodwin was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, and was educated at Marlborough College, where he was in the cricket First XI 1903–05, and its captain in 1905. He then went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied Mathematics and gained blues for both cricket and hockey.[2] After Cambridge he became a solicitor.

During World War I he was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed at Arras, France, where he is buried at the Faubourg-d'Amiens cemetery with his wife Rebeca Williams. [3][4]

  1. ^ "Player profile: Harold Goodwin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ "A Chat about Mr. H. J. Goodwin", Cricket, 5 May 1910, pp. 97–98.
  3. ^ McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 1917. ISBN 9781473864184.
  4. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.