David John Goodchild (born 17 September 1976) is a former English

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er. Goodchild was a right-handed opening- batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at

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, Middlesex. He was educated at

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, Weald College, and the University of North London. Goodchild made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Gloucestershire in the

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. He next appeared for Middlesex in first-class cricket in the

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against Yorkshire; despite being dismissed for a duck by

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in the Middlesex's first-innings, he did record his maiden first-class fifty in their second-innings, with a score of 83 not out. In the following first-class fixture against the touring

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, he recorded what would be his only first-class

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, with a score of 105 in Middlesex's first-innings. However, the promise he showed in these two matches receded, with him passing fifty only once more in the six further first-class matches he played, with his final first-class appearance coming against Cambridge University in 1999. In his nine first-class appearances for Middlesex, he scored a total of 354 runs at an average of 20.82. Goodchild also played List A cricket for the county, with his debut in that format coming against

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in the 1998 AXA Life League. He made seven further List A appearances, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the

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. In his eight appearances in that format, he scored a total of 91 runs at an average of 22.75, with a high score of 38 not out. Having featured for the

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in an MCCA Knockout Trophy fixture against

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in 1999, he featured in two further matches for the team in the 2000 MCCA Knockout Trophy, against

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and Huntingdonshire. He didn't feature for Middlesex in that season, and was released at the end of that season.

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