| Don Goodson | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Donald Goodson |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Eastwell, Leicestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Leicestershire |
| Year1: | 1950–53 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 9 August |
| Debutyear1: | 1950 |
| Debutfor1: | Leicestershire |
| Debutagainst1: | Essex |
| Lastdate1: | 21 July |
| Lastyear1: | 1953 |
| Lastfor1: | Leicestershire |
| Lastagainst1: | Surrey |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 36 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 22 |
| Deliveries1: | 720 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 56.28 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/43 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 19 August |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29696/29696.html CricketArchive |
Donald Goodson (15 October 1932 – 13 September 2010) was an English cricketer.[1] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1950 and 1953. He was born in Eastwell, Leicestershire and died at Cape Town, South Africa.
Goodson played as an amateur player in a single first-class match for Leicestershire in 1950, scoring just one run in two innings and failing to take a wicket.[2] He reappeared in eight games in the middle of the 1953 season, but again had very little success.
In 1957, Goodson took five wickets in an innings in a rain-hit non-first-class inter-service match while playing for the Army.[3] This encouraged Leicestershire, which by that time had a second eleven playing in the Minor Counties Championship, to give him a further trial, but although he played regularly for the second team across 1958, he did not reappear in first-class cricket, and the 1953 matches were his last.