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Goodhew (first name and dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who made four known appearances in first-class cricket matches from 1789 to 1795. He was mainly associated with Kent and his career continued in other matches until 1800.
Cricket career
According to both CricketArchive and ESPNcricinfo, Goodhew made three first-class appearances for Kent from 1791 to 1795, scoring 27 runs with a highest score of 15 and dismissing two batsmen, both caught. There is no record of him being a bowler. He is first recorded playing for London against Middlesex at Lord's Old Ground in September 1789 and it is seeming that Scores & Biographies rated this a first-class match and the online sources do not. Goodhew was third in the London batting order and, he scoring 7 and 6, London winning by 2 wickets.
In August 1791, Goodhew was playing at Lord's again, this time appearing for his county team Kent in a first-class match against Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC). Batting fifth for Kent, he scoring 1 and 15, Kent won by 5 wickets.
Goodhew returning to Lord's again in August 1794, he was playing for Kent against a Berkshire team called "Oldfield" and this is rated a first-class match. He scored 0 and 1, Oldfield winning by 49 runs.
In August 1795, Kent was hosting an England team on Penenden Heath in the county of Kent. Goodhew scored 10 and 0 for Kent, the England team winning this first-class match by 5 wickets.
Goodhew was not recorded again until 1800 when he was being involved in six matches that are not now being rated first-class. He was appearing for a Rochester team and for Kent again.