Godfrey Lyons

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Godfrey Louis Lyons

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1853|5|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Fleetwood, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|3|30|1853|5|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Brighton, Sussex, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| family =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1880

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 8

| bat avg1 = 4.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 8

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| date = 24 June

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16702.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31118/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Lyons|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2389.html|title=Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1880|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 June 2012}} This was his only major appearance for Surrey.

He died at Brighton, Sussex, on 30 March 1931.