Trevor Goddard (cricketer)
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Trevor Leslie Goddard is a former left-hand cricket
er. An all-rounder, he played 41 Test matches
for South Africa from 1955 to 1970, captaining them over the 1963-64 season and drawing an encounter with Australia. A left-handed, classically correct opening batsman, he was also a successful swing bowler with 123 wickets at Test level. He enjoyed particular success at first-class level, with over 11,000 runs at 40.60 together with 534 wickets and a competitive 21.65.
Following his retirement in 1970 from North Eastern Transvaal, he became an evangelical preacher and is author of the book Caught in the Deep.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. An all-rounder, he played 41 Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for South Africa from 1955 to 1970, captaining them over the 1963-64 season and drawing an encounter with Australia. A left-handed, classically correct opening batsman, he was also a successful swing bowler with 123 wickets at Test level. He enjoyed particular success at first-class level, with over 11,000 runs at 40.60 together with 534 wickets and a competitive 21.65.
Following his retirement in 1970 from North Eastern Transvaal, he became an evangelical preacher and is author of the book Caught in the Deep.