Godfrey Lyons

Godfrey Louis Lyons (23 May 1853 – 30 March 1931) was an English cricketer. Lyons was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Godfrey Lyons

Personal information
Full name	Godfrey Louis Lyons
Born	(1853-05-23)23 May 1853 Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Died	30 March 1931(1931-03-30) (aged 77) Brighton, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1880	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 8 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 8 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2012

Lyons made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Nottinghamshire in 1880 at 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 by Fred Morley. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Surrey were dismissed for 185, with Lyons scoring 8 runs before he was dismissed by Billy Barnes. Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 65 runs.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Surrey.

He died at Brighton, Sussex, on 30 March 1931.