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Full name | George Ferguson Goddard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 19 May 1938|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Ferguson Goddard MBE (born 19 May 1938) is a former Scottish cricketer. Goddard was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian and educated at George Heriot's School.
Goddard made his first-class debut for Scotland against Ireland in 1960. He played 21 further first-class matches for Scotland, the last of which came against Ireland in 1980. [1] He had entered the Scottish team as a batsman, [2] but as his career progressed he became predominantly a bowler. In 22 first-class matches, he took 41 wickets at an average of 26.86 and best figures of 8/34. [3] These figures came against Ireland in 1972. [4] These figures remain to this day the best innings bowling figures for Scotland in first-class cricket. [5] As a lower-order batsman, Goddard scored 371 runs at a batting average of 13.25, with a high score of 39. [6] He captained Scotland from 1974, having replaced James Brown, until 1980 when he was replaced by Richard Swan. [2]
He made his List A debut for Scotland against Leicestershire in the 1980 Benson & Hedges Cup, a match which marked Scotland's debut in that format. He made 14 further List A matches for Scotland, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. [7] In his 15 List A matches, he took 9 wickets at an average of 45.44, with best figures of 2/25. [8] With the bat, he scored 58 runs at an average of 6.44, with a high score of 14. [9]
Outside of cricket, he worked as an accountant. In the 1982 New Year Honours Goddard was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Scottish cricket. [10] [11] In 2011 he was one of the twelve initial inductees into the Scottish Cricket Hall of Fame. [12]