He was later taken on by Dolmetsch as an assistant. In 1928, a music scholarship from Dolmetsch went to Elizabeth Brown, of Liverpool, who was to become Goble's wife in 1930; he survived her by 10 years.
Goble followed Dolmetsch as an apprentice. A few years later, a music grant from Dolmetsch went to Elizabeth Brown of Liverpool, who would eventually become Goble's wife in 1930; he survived her by nearly a decade.