Cecil Goodden

Cecil Goodden

Personal information
Full name	Cecil Phelips Goodden
Born	12 November 1879 Over Compton, Dorset, England
Died	5 November 1969 (aged 89) Sedgehill, Wiltshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1903–1922	Dorset
1900–1903	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 27 Batting average 5.40 100s/50s –/– Top score 9 Balls bowled 24 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 June 2011

Cecil Phelips Goodden (12 November 1879 – 5 November 1969) was an English cricketer, writer and British Army and Royal Marines officer. Goodden was a right-handed batsman. The son of John Robert Phelips Goodden, who would later become High Sheriff of Dorset, and Caroline Samuelson, he was born in Compton House, the family home of the Goodden family,^[1] in the village of Over Compton, Dorset.^[2] He was later educated at Harrow School, where he played for the school cricket team in 1899.^[3]

Compton House, Goodden's place of birth, formerly the Goodden family home

Goodden made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1900 against London County. He played 2 further first-class matches, both against the same opposition in 1901 and 1903.^[4] Goodden scored 27 runs at an average of 5.40 in these matches.^[5] With the ball, he bowled a total of 4 overs, without taking a wicket.^[6] Goodden made his debut for Dorset in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship against Devon. He played Minor counties cricket infrequently for Dorset from 1903 to 1922, making 57 appearances.^[7]

Goodden wrote a number of books during his life, including The story of the Sherborne Pageant.^[8] He married Hylda Woulfe in London on 2 December 1911, with the couple having one daughter.^[2] Goodden later served in the First World War. The London Gazette mentions him in October 1914 as having been given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry.^[9] During the course of the war, Goodden moved to the Royal Marines. He was once more mentioned in dispatches in December 1916, this time holding the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, with the nature of the mention being to inform readers of his promotion to Temporary Captain.^[10] Following the war, he became the bursar at Harrow School.^[11] Goodden died on 5 November 1969 in Sedgehill, Wiltshire.

References

1. Sandison, Annette (1977). Over and Nether Compton : Records and Traditions of Two Dorset Parishes. Yeovil: Sigma Reprographics.
2. "Quentin Samuelson:Information about Cecil Goodden". www.familytreemaker.genealogy.com. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
3. "Teams Cecil Goodden played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Cecil Goodden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Cecil Goodden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Cecil Goodden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Cecil Goodden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
8. Goodden, Cecil Phelips; Louis Napoleon Parker (1905). The story of the Sherborne pageant: produced in the old castle ruins at Sherborne in June, 1905. F. Bennett. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
9. The London Gazette: no. 28932. p. 8047. 9 October 1914.
10. The London Gazette: no. 29848. p. 11842. 5 December 1916.
11. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2011.

External links

• Cecil Goodden at ESPNcricinfo
• Cecil Goodden at CricketArchive