Godfrey Lyons

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.

Godfrey Lyons

Personal information
Full name	Godfrey Louis Lyons
Born	23 May 1853 Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Died	30 March 1931 (aged 77) Brighton, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1880	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 8 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 8 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2012

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

1. "First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Lyons". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. "Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

External links

• Godfrey Lyons at ESPNcricinfo
• Godfrey Lyons at CricketArchive