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  • Collection: John Godden: A Life in Folkestone Cricket

Brochure 1.jpg
Photographs of a commemorative 'keepsake programme' to mark the 'last game from the old pavilion' at Folkestone Cricket Club, held in September 2012. John Godden played a large part in the establishment of the new pavilion.

John Godden Excerpt MP3.mp3
An excerpt of an oral history recording with John Godden, in which he describes how he capitalized upon a fortuitous opportunity to open the batting. He also speaks about how former club President, Bill Hewson MBE, was a mentor to him.

Two of the Greatest.jpg
A photograph of a Kent Messenger newspaper article (c. late-1970s) covering the cricketing lives of Jack and Len Godden - 'two great men of cricket'. The article states that Colin Cowdrey described Jack and Len as the 'second most famous twins in…

John Godden, 1961.jpg
A photograph of Folkestone Cricket Club and its opposing side (possibly Thanet) at a Yorkshire Cup match in Folkestone, in June 1961. John Godden sits front row, third from right.

Doug Wright.jpg
A photograph of John Godden (batting) with Kent and England cricketer, Doug Wright, at Wright's cricket school at Shorncliffe, Folkestone, in c. 1955.

John Godden Oral History Summary.docx
A summary of an oral history interview with John Godden

John Godden Transcription.docx
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee John Godden

John Godden, 1977.jpg
A photograph of John Godden (centre, arms crossed) and a team from Folkestone Cricket Club in January 1977.

John Portrait .jpg
A photograph of John Godden at Folkestone Cricket Club on 21 September, 2020.
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