Henry Alfred Gooden (12 January 1858 – 30 March 1904) was an Australian cricketer. He played in three first-class matches for South Australia between 1877 and 1881.
Playing for Norwood Cricket Club in Adelaide.
Outside of cricket, Gooden worked for the South Australian Audit Department before transferring to Melbourne in 1902 to work for the new Federal Audit Office."Obituary", Adelaide Observer, 9 April 1904, p. 34. He was also heavily involved in religious work, spending 27 years volunteering with the Baptist Church in Adelaide,"Presentation", The Register (Adelaide), 23 January 1902, p. 8. including serving as the Adelaide Secretary of the Poona and Indian Village Mission.
Gooden died in Melbourne on 30 March 1904, leaving "a widow and a large family".
Gooden's brother James Gooden and nephew Leslie Gooden also played cricket for South Australia,Page, p. 16. while another brother, George Gooden, was the first curator of the Adelaide Oval"Death of Mr G.W. Gooden", The Register (Adelaide), 12 January 1907, p. 7. and Town Clerk of Kensington and Norwood.
See also List of South Australian representative cricketers
References
Sources Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877–1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
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