Stanley Goodridge
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| Full name | Stanley Roy Goodridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1928 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 September 2016 (age 87) London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949-50 to 1953-54 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 28 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanley Roy Goodridge (28 October 1928 – 29 September 2016) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1950 to 1954.[1]
A fast bowler, Goodridge made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1950. In his fourth match, against British Guiana, he took 5 for 73 in the second innings in a Jamaican victory.[2] Two seasons later he took 5 for 158 against British Guiana.[3] In his next match, against the touring Indians, he took 6 for 28 with "hostile and accurate"[4] fast bowling in the first innings to dismiss them for 140.[5]
He played one further match for Jamaica in early 1954 before moving to County Durham in England to play as a professional for Seaham Park in the Durham County Cricket League.[6] He played two non-first-class matches for Durham in 1956. In one, he took five wickets against Yorkshire, all of Test cricketers.[7]
He married in 1952 fellow Jamaican Connie Mark (1923–2007), medical secretary and later an activist for West Indians in London, with whom he had a son and daughter. They later divorced.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Stanley Goodridge". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ Jamaica v British Guiana, 1950–51, Cricket Archive.
- ^ British Guiana v Jamaica 1952-53, Cricket Archive.
- ^ Wisden, 1954, p. 832.
- ^ Jamaica v Indians, 1952–53, Cricket Archive.
- ^ a b Margaret Busby, "Connie Mark: Community activist and Caribbean champion" (obituary), The Guardian, 16 June 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Durham v Yorkshire, 1956, Cricket Archive.