Billy Goodhew

William Goodhew, known as "Billy", (24 May 1828 – 1 May 1897) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and several other teams in the period between 1854 and 1866.[1] He was born at Chislehurst, Kent and died at Canterbury.

Goodhew played as a professional and was a right-handed batsman and an infrequent but sometimes effective right-arm bowler who bowled in the round arm style. At his death, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack wrote of him: "Without ever being in the front rank of professional cricketers, Goodhew was a very fair bat and rendered useful service to Kent at a time when the fortunes of the county were at rather a low ebb."[2] His best innings was a score of 70 out of a total of just 132 when opening the Kent batting against Sussex in 1862.[3] As a bowler, his best return came when playing for a "Gentlemen of Kent" side – though a professional – against a Gentlemen of England team in 1858, when he took seven first-innings wickets for 40 runs.[4] In addition to 69 first-class matches for Kent, he played for county combinations involving Kent with Sussex, Surrey and Nottinghamshire and for the South in the North v South matches.[1]

After his playing career was over, Goodhew was used by Kent as an umpire in first-class matches from 1876 to 1882.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Billy Goodhew". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Deaths in 1897". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1898 ed.). Wisden. p. xliii.
  3. ↑ "Scorecard: Kent v Sussex". www.cricketarchive.com. 31 July 1862. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Scorecard: Gentlemen of Kent v Gentlemen of England". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 August 1858. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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