Benjamin Goode (23 January 1924 – January 2014) was an Australian cricketer and general practitioner.[1] He played in three first-class matches for South Australia between 1946 and 1949.[2]

Benjamin Goode
Personal information
Full name
Benjamin Ryall Goode
Born(1924-01-23)23 January 1924
Port Lincoln, South Australia
DiedJanuary 2014(2014-01-00) (aged 89–90)
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1945–46 to 1949–50South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 131
Batting average 26.20
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 72 *
Balls bowled 0
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2020

Ben Goode attended Scotch College, Adelaide, from 1931 to 1941. In 1941 he was School Captain, dux of the school and captain of cricket, football and tennis. He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide and graduated MBBS in 1949, going to join his father and older brother in practice in Adelaide. He worked as a general practitioner until he retired in 1991.[3] He married Jean Phillipps, a physiotherapist at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, in March 1948.[4] He died in January 2014, aged 90.[3]

In his first match for South Australia, in March 1946, Goode batted at number six and top-scored with 72 not out in South Australia's first-innings total of 211 in reply to Victoria's 697.[5] However, he played only two more first-class matches, four seasons later.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Benjamin Goode". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Benjamin Goode". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Scotch Reports, April 2014, p. 30.
  4. ^ "Marriage of Jean Phillipps and Dr. Ben Goode". The Mail: 17. 13 March 1948.
  5. ^ "South Australia v Victoria 1945–46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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