# Benjamin Goode

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**Benjamin Ryall Goode** (23 January 1924 – 3 February 2014) was an Australian [cricketer](/source/Cricket) and general practitioner.[1] He played in three [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) matches for [South Australia](/source/South_Australia_cricket_team) between 1946 and 1949.[2]

Goode attended [Scotch College, Adelaide](/source/Scotch_College,_Adelaide), from 1931 to 1941. In 1941 he was [School Captain](/source/School_Captain), [dux](/source/Dux#Education) of the school and captain of cricket, football and tennis. He studied medicine at the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide) and graduated [MBBS](/source/MBBS) in 1949, going to join his father and older brother in practice in Adelaide. He worked as a [general practitioner](/source/General_practitioner) until he retired in 1991.[3] He married Jean Phillipps, a [physiotherapist](/source/Physiotherapist) at the [Adelaide Children's Hospital](/source/Adelaide_Children's_Hospital), in March 1948.[4] He died in February 2014, aged 90.[3][5]

In his first match for South Australia, in March 1946, Goode batted at number six and top-scored with 72 [not out](/source/Not_out) in South Australia's first-innings total of 211 in reply to [Victoria](/source/Victoria_cricket_team)'s 697.[6] However, he played only two more first-class matches, four seasons later.[1]

## References

1. ["Benjamin Goode"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/16/16077/16077.html). *Cricket Archive*. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

1. ["Benjamin Goode"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5496.html). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

1. [*Scotch Reports*](https://www.scribd.com/document/230014004/13408-SR-Apr14-Web), April 2014, p. 30.

1. ["Marriage of Jean Phillipps and Dr. Ben Goode"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55906545). *The Mail*. 13 March 1948.

1. ["GOODE, Dr. Benjamin Ryall"](https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/goode-dr-benjamin-ryall/4712514/). Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

1. ["South Australia v Victoria 1945–46"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17581.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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