Donald Goodson (15 October 1932 – 13 September 2010) was an English cricketer.[1] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1950 and 1953. He was born in Eastwell, Leicestershire and died at Cape Town, South Africa.

Don Goodson
Personal information
Full name
Donald Goodson
Born(1932-10-15)15 October 1932
Eastwell, Leicestershire, England
Died13 September 2010(2010-09-13) (aged 77)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950–53Leicestershire
First-class debut9 August 1950 Leicestershire v Essex
Last First-class21 July 1953 Leicestershire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 36
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 22*
Balls bowled 720
Wickets 7
Bowling average 56.28
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/43
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 August 2013

Goodson played as an amateur player in a single first-class match for Leicestershire in 1950, scoring just one run in two innings and failing to take a wicket.[2] He reappeared in eight games in the middle of the 1953 season, but again had very little success.

In 1957, Goodson took five wickets in an innings in a rain-hit non-first-class inter-service match while playing for the Army.[3] This encouraged Leicestershire, which by that time had a second eleven playing in the Minor Counties Championship, to give him a further trial, but although he played regularly for the second team across 1958, he did not reappear in first-class cricket, and the 1953 matches were his last.

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Don Goodson". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Leicestershire v Essex". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 August 1950. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Scorecard: Army v Royal Navy". www.cricketarchive.com. 9 August 1957. Retrieved 19 August 2013.