# Godfrey Lyons

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**Godfrey Louis Lyons** (23 May 1853 – 30 March 1931) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricket). Lyons was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)). He was born at [Fleetwood](/source/Fleetwood), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire).

Lyons made a single [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) appearance for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1880 at [The Oval](/source/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](/source/Duck_(cricket)) by [Fred Morley](/source/Fred_Morley). Forced to [follow-on](/source/Follow-on) in their second-innings, Surrey were dismissed for 185, with Lyons scoring 8 runs before he was dismissed by [Billy Barnes](/source/Billy_Barnes_(cricketer)). Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 65 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Surrey.

He died at [Brighton](/source/Brighton), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), on 30 March 1931.

## References

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Lyons"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31118/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

1. ["Surrey v Nottinghamshire, 1880"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2389.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

## External links

- [Godfrey Lyons](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16702.html) at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
- [Godfrey Lyons](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31118/31118.html) at CricketArchive

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