Gerald Wood | |
Fullname: | Gerald Lear Wood |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1926 |
Birth Place: | Vaucluse, Saint Thomas, Barbados |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Year1: | 1948-49 to 1958-59 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 158 |
Bat Avg1: | 26.33 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 53 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/5 |
Date: | 9 June 2018 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/53333.html Cricinfo |
Gerald Lear Wood (born 7 March 1926) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1959.
Gerald Wood attended Harrison College in Bridgetown.[1] A wicket-keeper and useful batsman, he made his first-class debut in 1949 and was Barbados's regular wicket-keeper for three years. He made a final first-class appearance in 1959, against British Guiana, when he made 53, his highest score.[2]
Wood's father, Lear Wood, a prominent figure in Barbados cricket for many years, played one first-class match for Barbados in 1925.[1] [3]