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Dennis Good

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Dennis Good
Personal information
Full name
Dennis Cunliffe Good
Born(1926-08-29)29 August 1926
Leeds, England
Died26 June 2021(2021-06-26) (aged 94)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 54
Batting average 13.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 21
Balls bowled 462
Wickets 8
Bowling average 37.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/34
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 September 2021

Dennis Cunliffe Good (29 August 1926 – 26 June 2021)[1] was an English cricketer who played in four first-class matches for Worcestershire and Glamorgan in the 1940s.

Good was born in Leeds and educated at Denstone College in Staffordshire, and at Sheffield University, where he studied textiles.[2] His first-class debut, and his only outing for Worcestershire, was against the Combined Services at New Road in 1946.[3] He took the single wicket of the 19-year-old John Dewes and scored 1 and 6 with the bat. The following year he appeared thrice for Glamorgan, claiming seven more wickets (though never more than two in an innings) and managing a top score of 21 in his final game at Derby.[2]

He did his National Service in the Royal Air Force, and played league cricket for a while in the north of England. He migrated to Canada in 1952, and set up his own textile importing business in Quebec.[2] After he retired, he lived in Ontario. For some time before his death in June 2021 he was Worcestershire's oldest surviving first-class cricketer.[3] His wife Mary, to whom he was married for 64 years, predeceased him. They had three children.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dennis Cunliffe Good". Legacy. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Dennis Good". Glamorgan Cricket Archives. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "94 not out -- our oldest surviving first-class cricketer". Worcestershire CCC. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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