Harold James Goodwin (31 January 1886 – 24 April 1917) was an English first-class

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er who played in 39 matches for Cambridge University and Warwickshire between 1906 and 1912. He captained Warwickshire in 1910. I’m Goodwin was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, and was educated at

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, where he was in the cricket First XI 1903–05, and its captain in 1905. He then went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he studied Mathematics and gained

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for both cricket and hockey. After Cambridge he became a

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. During World War I he was commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed at

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, France, where he is buried at the Faubourg-d'Amiens cemetery with his wife Rebeca Williams.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Harold James 1886 births 1917 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge British military personnel killed in World War I English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Warwickshire cricket captains Royal Garrison Artillery officers Burials in Hauts-de-France Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands