Mark Gouldstone

Who is Mark Gouldstone?

Mark Roger Gouldstone is a former English cricketer. Gouldstone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

Gouldstone made his debut in county cricket for Hertfordshire in the 1984 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk, having previously played for the Essex Second XI. He made a further appearance for his native county in that year's competition, against Norfolk. Having joined Northamptonshire in 1984 and spending a couple of seasons in their Second XI, he went on to make his first-class debut for the county against the touring New Zealanders in 1986. He made 7 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in 1988, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1988 County Championship. In his 8 first-class appearances for the county, he scored 274 runs at an batting average of 22.83, with a high score of 77. This score, one of 2 first-class fifties he made, came against Essex in 1988. It was in 1986 that he made his List A debut for Northamptonshire against Leicestershire in the John Player Special League.