Godfrey Lyons
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| Full name | Godfrey Louis Lyons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1853 Fleetwood, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 1931 (aged 77) Brighton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1880 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Godfrey Louis Lyons (23 May 1853 – 30 March 1931) was an English cricketer. Lyons was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Lyons made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Nottinghamshire in 1880 at The Oval.[1] Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat, making 266 all out. Surrey responded in their first-innings by being dismissed for just 16, at the time the joint fourth lowest total by a team in first-class cricket. Lyons was dismissed in the innings for a duck by Fred Morley. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Surrey were dismissed for 185, with Lyons scoring 8 runs before he was dismissed by Billy Barnes. Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 65 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Surrey.
He died at Brighton, Sussex, on 30 March 1931.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Lyons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
External links
[edit]- Godfrey Lyons at ESPNcricinfo
- Godfrey Lyons at CricketArchive