Henry Alfred Gooden (12 January 1858 – 30 March 1904) was an Australian cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for South Australia between 1877 and 1881.[1]

Henry Gooden
Personal information
Full name
Henry Alfred Gooden
Born(1858-01-12)12 January 1858
Adelaide, Australia
Died30 March 1904(1904-03-30) (aged 46)
Fitzroy, Victoria
BattingRight handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1877/78-1880/81South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 66
Batting average 16.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 49
Balls bowled 44
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/65
Catches/stumpings -/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2021

Playing for Norwood Cricket Club in Adelaide.

Outside of cricket, Gooden worked for the South Australian Audit Department before transferring to Melbourne in 1902 to work for the new Federal Audit Office.[2] He was also heavily involved in religious work, spending 27 years volunteering with the Baptist Church in Adelaide,[3] including serving as the Adelaide Secretary of the Poona and Indian Village Mission.[2]

Gooden died in Melbourne on 30 March 1904, leaving "a widow and a large family".[2]

Gooden's brother James Gooden and nephew Leslie Gooden also played cricket for South Australia,[4] while another brother, George Gooden, was the first curator of the Adelaide Oval[5] and Town Clerk of Kensington and Norwood.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Henry Gooden". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary", Adelaide Observer, 9 April 1904, p. 34.
  3. ^ "Presentation", The Register (Adelaide), 23 January 1902, p. 8.
  4. ^ Page, p. 16.
  5. ^ "Death of Mr G.W. Gooden", The Register (Adelaide), 12 January 1907, p. 7.

Sources

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  • Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877–1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
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