self-righteous in this presumption and, he wrote, "I was looking towards God and seeing Him raise His finger. In God's judgement I was undeniably out." He and his wife began to pursue a more intense kind of Christian belief. Jean died of cancer in 1975. He resigned from his position at the University of Natal in 1977 and took up lay preaching and missionary work. He conducted many missions in secondary schools. In 1978 he married a widow, Lesley. In December 1985, while driving alone near Graaff-Reinet, he fell asleep at the wheel and his car left the road and crashed; he sustained multiple injuries and spent weeks in hospital, but eventually recovered fully. In his final years Goddard lived with his daughter on her farm in Free State. He died on 25 November 2016 at the age of 85 after a long illness. Sources Goddard, T. (1988), Caught in the Deep, Vision Media, East London. Short, G. (1965) The Trevor Goddard Story'', Purfleet, Durban. References External links 1931 births 2016 deaths South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South Africa Test cricket captains Commonwealth XI cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers Northerns cricketers Cricketers from Durban Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers South African cricket coaches