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Trevor Leslie Goddard (born 1 August 1931) is a former Test cricketer. An all-rounder,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: Trevor Goddard )〕 he played 41 Test matches for South Africa from 1955 to 1970. He captained the young South African team on its five-month tour of Australia and New Zealand in the 1963–64 season, levelling the series with Australia, and was also captain in 1964–65 against England in South Africa. A left-handed, classically correct opening batsman,〔 he was also a successful left-arm medium-pace bowler with 123 wickets at Test level. Among Test bowlers with 75 wickets or more, he is the most economical of all, conceding an average of only 1.64 runs per over.〔''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2012'', p.1305.〕 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.〔 He played for Natal from 1952–53 to 1965–66, for North-Eastern Transvaal in 1966–67 and 1967–68, then returned to Natal for his last two seasons, 1968–69 and 1969–70. The cricket journalist Telford Vice has described Goddard as "a man of rare grace, intelligence and spirit".〔(A meeting of past and present )〕 Sir Donald Bradman said he was "a completely reliable and honest player who could be depended upon before any season started to put up a sterling performance over a whole series", praised his "qualities of sincerity and integrity", and said that he "enriched the game of cricket and set a fine example".〔Graham Short, ''The Trevor Goddard Story'', Purfleet, Durban, 1965, p. 3.〕 ==Early life and career== Born in Durban, South Africa, Trevor Goddard was the youngest in a family of four boys whose father was a linotype operator with the ''Natal Mercury''.〔Short, p. 13.〕 Trevor played in the first XI at Durban High School from 1946 to 1948, scoring several centuries and taking many wickets as a left-arm orthodox spinner, often bowling in tandem with Arthur Tayfield, Hugh's younger brother.〔Short, pp. 16–17.〕 Along with Arthur Tayfield, he played in the South African Schools XI in 1948–49. Fully grown, he stood six feet two inches. He changed to pace bowling when he began playing for the Tech club in Durban, which had a spin bowler (the Natal left-armer Les Payn) and needed a medium-pacer.〔Short, p. 15.〕 He also played soccer for Natal, but gave it up in 1954, partly to avoid injuries that might jeopardise his cricket career, and partly because he did not think it fair to ask his employers to give him leave to play two sports.〔Short, p. 18.〕 He made his first-class debut for Natal against Transvaal at Durban in 1952–53, opening the bowling and batting at number seven. In his third match he hit his first century, 100 not out against Eastern Province, and he finished the season with 433 runs at 43.30 and 18 wickets at 30.00. The next season he opened the batting for Natal with the captain, Jackie McGlew, and in his second match as opener he hit 174 and took 5 for 73 (also opening the bowling) against Western Province. He continued to perform consistently, helping Natal to victory in the Currie Cup in 1954–55 with 460 runs at 51.11, 10 catches, and 9 wickets at 16.00 in six matches, and was selected to tour England in 1955. In September 1954 he married Jean, who was born in England. They eventually had two children.〔Short, pp. 23–24.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trevor Goddard (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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