Samuel Goodman

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Samuel Goodman
United States of America
Personal information
Born 6 February 1877(1877-02-06)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died 4 March 1905 (aged 28)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Role Bowler
Batting style Not known
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years Team
1903 Philadelphia
1895 Pennsylvania University Past and Present
1894 GS Patterson's XI
First-class debut 15 August 1894: GS Patterson's XI v RH Powel's XI
Last First-class 25 September 1903: Philadelphia v Kent
Career statistics
First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 17
Batting average 2.83
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 7
Balls bowled 288
Wickets 7
Bowling average 21.14
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/37
Catches/stumpings 2/0

As of 8 December 2007
Source: CricketArchive

Samuel Goodman (born 6 February 1877 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 March 1905 in Philadelphia) was an American cricketer.[1] A right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1894 and 1903.[2]

[edit] Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Goodman attended Pennsylvania University between 1894 and 1896, where he captained the cricket team.[3] During 1894, he went on a tour of Canada with Philadelphia,[4] and played his first first-class matches for GS Patterson's XI.[5]

In 1895, he first played for the United States national cricket team, playing against Canada in Toronto.[4] He played a first-class match for Pennsylvania University Past and Present against F Mitchell's XI the same month. He played a second match for the USA against Canada in 1897, but was then absent from major cricket until 1903, when he played his final first-class match for Philadelphia against the touring Kent team from England.[5]

In July 1904, he played his final international for the USA against Canada in Philadelphia,[4] and he died less than a year later. According to his obituary his death was the result of "spinal meningitis following pleuro-pneumonia and a bad strain caused by a fall in ju-jitsu."[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cricinfo profile
  2. ^ CricketArchive profile
  3. ^ a b Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1906, Obituaries in 1905
  4. ^ a b c Other matches played by Samuel Goodman at CricketArchive
  5. ^ a b First-class matches played by Samuel Goodman at CricketArchive