Leslie Gooden

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Leslie Gooden
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Personal information
Full nameNorman Leslie Gooden
Born(1889-12-27)27 December 1889
Norwood, South Australia
Died5 July 1966(1966-07-05) (aged 76)
Unley Park, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912/13–1913/14South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 196
Batting average 65.33
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 102
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 June 2021

Norman Leslie Gooden[1] (27 December 1889 – 5 July 1966) was an Australian cricketer and missionary. He played in two first-class matches for South Australia between 1912 and 1914.[2]

The son of Henry Alfred Gooden[3] and Kate Askew Gooden (nee Whitridge), Gooden was one of eleven children.[4] He attended the Grote Street Church of Christ where he captained the Australian rules football side and led the Bible class.[5]

Cricket career[]

Playing for West Torrens Cricket Club against Glenelg Cricket Club at Hindmarsh Oval in November 1911, Gooden scored 162.[6] Early in the innings, Gooden hooked a ball out of the ground and onto the roof of a passing tram on the way to the city. Later, he played a similar shot that landed on the same tram on its return trip to the Hindmarsh terminus.[6]

Gooden made his debut for South Australia on 25 October 1912, against Western Australia at the Adelaide Oval, where, batting at number three, he scored 49 and 102.[7] He reached his century in 145 minutes, and he and Algy Gehrs added 174 for the third wicket in an hour.[8]

In spite of scoring a century in his maiden first-class match, Gooden did not represent South Australia again until 16 January 1914, against the touring New Zealanders at the Adelaide Oval, scoring nine and 36 not out.[9]

Gooden did not play another first-class match, ending his career with a batting average of 65.33. He did play one match for South Australian Colts, against Victorian Colts, in Melbourne from 13 February 1914, scoring nine and 130.[10]

Missionary life[]

Outside of cricket, Gooden worked for the South Australian Gas Company for many years while heavily involved with the Hindmarsh Baptist Church and the YMCA.[11] He was treasurer of the South Australian YMCA Army Depot during the First World War.[12] He "always had a leaning towards foreign mission work", and joined the evangelical Poona and Indian Village Mission[13] (of which his uncle Henry Gooden was the long-serving Adelaide secretary)[14] and in 1920 moved to Nasrapur, India, to work and preach in small villages in the Bombay Presidency.[13]

Gooden eventually rose to the position of Chairman of the Board of Control of the Poona and Indian Village Mission[15][16] before relocating to London[17] in 1933 to act as Secretary of the Ceylon and India Mission.[18][11]

Gooden met and married Elise Violet Moores in India.

Part of an well-known extended cricketing family,[19] Gooden's uncles Henry and James Gooden represented South Australia[20] uncle George Gooden, was the first curator of the Adelaide Oval[21] and his brother Sydney played for West Torrens Cricket Club.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ Piesse & Davis, p. 204.
  2. ^ "Leslie Gooden". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ "GOODEN, Norman Leslie". Genealogy SA. Genealogy SA. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ Chisholm, Alan. "Norman Leslie Gooden (1889 - 1966)". Wikitree. interesting.com. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Churches of Christ", News (Adelaide), 7 August 1923, p. 10.
  6. ^ a b Brien, D. "Les's tram hit", The Advertiser, 2 January 2019, p. 25.
  7. ^ "South Australia v Western Australia, 1912/13". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Inter-State Cricket". The Advertiser: 13. 28 October 1912.
  9. ^ "New Zealand in Australia, 1913/14". Cric Info. ESPN. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ "The World of Cricket", Cricket, April 1914, p. 82.
  11. ^ a b "S.A. Missionary Returning", The News (Adelaide), 6 August 1937, p. 6.
  12. ^ "Personal". The Register: 8. 15 March 1924.
  13. ^ a b "Indian Mission Fields", The Register (Adelaide), 17 July 1923, p. 11.
  14. ^ "Obituary", Adelaide Observer, 9 April, 1904, .34.
  15. ^ "Farewell to a Missionary", The Advertiser (Adelaide, 14 May 1924, p. 14.
  16. ^ Beach, p. 63.
  17. ^ "Poona and Indian Village Mission", Australian Christian Commonwealth, 11 July 1930, p. 3.
  18. ^ Taylor, p. 86.
  19. ^ Sando, p. 89.
  20. ^ Page, p. 16.
  21. ^ "Death of Mr G.W. Gooden", The Register (Adelaide), 12 January 1907, p. 7.
  22. ^ "Cricket", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 1 December 1913, p. 6.

Sources[]

  • Beach, H.P. (ed.) (1925) World Missionary Atlas, Edinburgh House Press: London.
  • Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877–1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
  • Piesse, K. & Davis, C. (2012) Encyclopedia of Australian Cricket Players, New Holland Publishers: Sydney. ISBN 9781742572802.
  • Sando, G. (1997) Grass Roots: 100 Years of Adelaide District Cricket 1897-1997, South Australian Cricket Association: North Adelaide. ISBN 1862544352.
  • Taylor, H.R. (1960) The History of Churches of Christ in South Australia 1846-1959, The Churches of Christ Evangelistic Union Incorporated South Australia: Adelaide.

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