537:, who had bowled 39 overs and taken 3 wickets, got fed up and walked off the field. After the tour, Stollmeyer, who had been Goddard's vice-captain in India, England, Australia and New Zealand, said that Goddard had received too much credit for the success of the 1950 tour, and that the other senior players of the side had received too little. His comments led to long-standing animosities and divisions in the West Indian camp. Later, when Goddard was picked to captain the team in the
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noted: "The West Indian team found great inspiration in the leadership of
Goddard, whose sound judgment and circumspection were attributes that counted so much for the success of the tour. A talented player and expert tactician, he commanded the respect of his men and so got the best out of them." He
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Goddard made his Test debut in the West Indies' first series after the Second World War, when
England toured in 1947–48. Goddard played in all four Tests, taking over the captaincy in the Third and Fourth Tests. His medium-paced bowling was more successful than his batting (he ran through the England
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commented: "A heavy responsibility falls on any touring captain, and
Goddard with his strong personality showed ability to control his men both on and off the field. All of them had the utmost faith in him ... there can be no question that the flourishing state of cricket in the Caribbean to-day is
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Goddard was company accountant and a director of
Goddard Enterprises Limited, a trading company founded by his father in Barbados in 1921. He served on the Barbados Cricket Association board of management from 1952 to 1965, the last five years as vice-president, and also helped to select Barbados
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was captain and
Stollmeyer did not tour. Playing in the first three Tests of the four-match series, Goddard scored 147 runs for once out, including his highest Test score of 83 not out in the Second Test at Christchurch, when he added 143 for the seventh wicket with Atkinson after West Indies had
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The 1957 tour to
England resulted in a 3–0 defeat in the five-match series. Goddard himself made only 112 runs at 16.00 and took 2 wickets at 64.00. His resolute defence helped the team draw the First and Third Tests. In the Third, West Indies followed on 247 runs behind and were 194 for 6 when
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from 1936–37 to 1957–58. A middle-order batsman, he scored five first-class centuries in his career, all for
Barbados in the period from 1942–43 to 1946–47, when in 12 matches he made 1219 runs at an average of 67.72. His highest score was 218 not out, against Trinidad in 1943–44, when he and
522:, however, resulted in a 4–1 win to Australia, and the 1–0 victory in the two-Test series that followed in New Zealand was insufficient compensation. Goddard made 182 runs at 26.00 and took 5 wickets at 32.20 in the six Tests he played (he stood down for the Fifth Test, allowing
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top order in the Third Test to take 5 for 31, and in the series took 11 wickets at 26.09 and made 122 runs at 24.40) but it was in captaincy that he excelled. The first two Tests had been drawn, but under
Goddard West Indies won the last two easily. After the Third Test,
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Goddard did not play in the home series against India in 1952–53, England in 1953–54, or
Australia in 1954–55, when Stollmeyer was the captain for most of the time. He returned to the side as player-manager of the team to New Zealand in 1955–56, when
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By this time his captaincy was beginning to arouse dissent. As
Australia inched towards a one-wicket victory in the Fourth Test in Melbourne, Goddard argued on the field with Stollmeyer and
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partly due to his shrewdness and leadership." Goddard made only 106 runs at 26.50 batting at number eight, and bowled only 74.4 overs in the four Tests, taking 6 wickets at 20.33.
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announced that West Indies had "discovered a really efficient captain"; after the Fourth Test it spoke of his "inspiring leadership" and called him "a great captain".
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Goddard captained Barbados from 1946–47 until his retirement. Of the 13 matches in which he captained the team, they lost only once, a narrow loss to the touring
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was a triumph for the West Indies. In their three previous tours of England they had never won a Test match – this time they won the series 3–1.
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Apart from his captaincy and his batting and bowling, he was also a fine fielder close to the wicket, "notably at silly mid-off".
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been 169 for 6. West Indies won all three Tests, then lost the Fourth, in which Goddard did not play.
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132:
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Goddard came to the wicket, and he made 61 in 215 minutes in a partnership of 154 with
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added 502 in 404 minutes in an unbroken partnership for the fourth wicket.
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in 1987 while visiting for the celebrations of the bicentenary of the
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that left England too little time to score the winning runs.
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Cricinfo story 'Will Chanderpaul go the Goddard way?'
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707:Norman Preston, "West Indies in England, 1950",
541:, Stollmeyer quit first-class cricket for good.
782:New Zealand v West Indies, Christchurch 1955–56
1414:People educated at The Lodge School, Barbados
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418:in 22 of his 27 Tests between 1948 and 1957.
526:to captain the side – to a 202-run defeat).
1434:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
896:Newsreel of West Indians in England in 1950
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509:Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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808:The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers
660:West Indies v England, Georgetown 1947–48
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731:(Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3084.
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406:(21 April 1919 – 26 August 1987) was a
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793:England v West Indies, Nottingham 1957
743:Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados
621:Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados
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904:
694:R. W. Thick, "West Indies in India",
479:, winning the five match series 1–0.
477:1948–49 on their first tour of India
515:for services to sport in Barbados.
422:Early life and career with Barbados
13:
1419:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
761:, ABC Books, Sydney, 1985, p. 130.
14:
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1409:West Indies Test cricket captains
1354:West Indies Test cricket captains
1321:West Indies Test cricket captains
933:West Indies Test cricket captains
880:
607:, ABC Books, Sydney, 2006, p. 43.
1424:Barbadian cricket administrators
810:, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 339.
426:Goddard was born in Fontabelle,
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520:tour of Australia in 1951–52
149:21 January 1948 v
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1399:West Indies Test cricketers
633:Barbados v Trinidad 1943–44
533:about who should bowl, and
401:John Douglas Claude Goddard
160:24 August 1957 v
60:John Douglas Claude Goddard
10:
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1299:denote deputised captaincy
804:Christopher Martin-Jenkins
475:He led the West Indies in
172:Domestic team information
121:International information
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507:Goddard was appointed
503:Test career after 1950
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644:Keith A. P. Sandiford
617:Keith A. P. Sandiford
513:1951 Birthday Honours
16:West Indian cricketer
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573:teams in the 1960s.
489:1950 tour of England
329:5 wickets in innings
80:St Michael, Barbados
51:Personal information
45:John Goddard in 1956
1394:Barbados cricketers
1159:; 1994/95–1997/98:
1090:; 1979/80–1984/85:
1034:; 1952/53–1953/54;
461:Test career to 1950
341:10 wickets in match
116:Right-arm off-break
35:
1337:Jeffrey Stollmeyer
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410:from Barbados who
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1363:Succeeded by
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1046:1954/55–1955/56:
987:1930/31–1934/35:
698:1949, pp. 795–96.
685:1949, pp. 758–59.
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1214:
1206:
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1123:
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18:
1389:1987 deaths
1384:1919 births
1314:Gerry Gomez
1274:2015–2020:
1266:2014–2015:
1210:2007–2008:
1204:Chanderpaul
1140:; 1990/91:
857:Sandiford,
823:, pp. 5, 8.
819:Sandiford,
741:Sandiford,
723:"No. 39243"
531:Gerry Gomez
416:West Indies
392:30 May 2019
236:Runs scored
219:First-class
210:Competition
133:West Indies
106:Left-handed
1378:Categories
1284:Brathwaite
1150:Richardson
1040:Stollmeyer
970:Betancourt
588:References
568:Later life
72:1919-04-21
1241:2007/08:
1228:2007/08;
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1130:Greenidge
1128:1987/88:
1107:1979/80:
1056:Alexander
1014:1947/48:
1004:1947/48:
980:Fernandes
978:1929/30:
968:1929/30:
958:1929/30:
889: at
834:"History"
412:captained
408:cricketer
365:stumpings
271:Top score
157:Last Test
1121:Richards
1048:Atkinson
997:R. Grant
989:J. Grant
745:, p. 52.
443:Barbados
388:CricInfo
386:Source:
363:Catches/
260:100s/50s
191:Barbados
1330:1951–52
1326:1947–48
1297:Italics
1168:1996/97
1157:1993/94
1138:1989/90
1088:1977/78
1064:Worrell
1036:1954/55
1032:1951/52
1025:Goddard
1006:Headley
947:1929/30
861:, p. 8.
843:26 June
303:Wickets
225:Matches
162:England
151:England
111:Bowling
103:Batting
1276:Holder
1268:Ramdin
1252:Reifer
1250:2009:
1219:2007:
1212:Sarwan
1196:Jacobs
1188:Hooper
1142:Haynes
1109:Murray
1080:Kanhai
1072:Sobers
995:1939:
945:1928;
871:Wisden
709:Wisden
696:Wisden
683:Wisden
671:Wisden
578:London
493:Wisden
481:Wisden
469:Wisden
297:10,295
291:bowled
1260:Sammy
1243:Bravo
1234:Gayle
1221:Ganga
1180:Adams
1161:Walsh
1092:Lloyd
1016:Gomez
951:Nunes
323:26.33
320:31.81
294:2,931
289:Balls
255:33.35
252:30.67
242:3,769
214:Tests
177:Years
1359:1957
1230:2008
1172:Lara
1117:1980
960:Hoad
845:2022
518:The
487:The
414:the
372:94/0
369:22/0
358:5/20
355:5/31
266:5/17
180:Team
87:Died
66:Born
582:MCC
404:OBE
310:146
280:218
263:0/4
239:859
231:111
29:OBE
1380::
1328:–
1038::
949::
836:.
806:,
757:,
725:.
646:,
619:,
603:,
584:.
457:.
390:,
307:33
274:83
228:27
144:56
924:e
917:t
910:v
847:.
347:0
344:0
336:4
333:1
282:*
276:*
146:)
74:)
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