Stanley Goodridge

{{Short description|Jamaican cricketer (1928–2016)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Stanley Goodridge

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Stanley Roy Goodridge

| nickname =

| birth_date = 28 October 1928

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

| death_date = 29 September 2016 (age 87)

| death_place = London, United Kingdom

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 2

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = 1949-50 to 1953-54

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 137

| bat avg1 = 11.41

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 33

| deliveries1 = 1834

| wickets1 = 26

| bowl avg1 = 33.53

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/28

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/0

| date = 28 October

| year = 2014

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13530/13530.html Cricket Archive

}}

Stanley Roy Goodridge (28 October 1928 – 29 September 2016) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Jamaica from 1950 to 1954.{{cite web |title=Stanley Goodridge |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51920.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=13 June 2020}}

A fast bowler, Goodridge made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1950. In his fourth match, against British Guiana, he took 5 for 73 in the second innings in a Jamaican victory.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19653.html Jamaica v British Guiana, 1950–51], Cricket Archive. Two seasons later, he took 5 for 158 against British Guiana.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20437.html British Guiana v Jamaica 1952-53], Cricket Archive. In his next match, against the touring Indians, he took 6 for 28 with "hostile and accurate"Wisden, 1954, p. 832. fast bowling in the first innings to dismiss them for 140.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20553.html Jamaica v Indians, 1952–53], Cricket Archive.

He played one further match for Jamaica in early 1954 before moving to County Durham in England to play as a professional for Seaham Park in the Durham County Cricket League.Margaret Busby, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jun/16/guardianobituaries.obituaries "Connie Mark: Community activist and Caribbean champion"] (obituary), The Guardian, 16 June 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2014. He played two non-first-class matches for Durham in 1956. In one, he took five wickets against Yorkshire, all of Test cricketers.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/104/104404.html Durham v Yorkshire, 1956], Cricket Archive.