| Giles Toogood | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Giles John Toogood |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1961 |
| Birth Place: | West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break |
| Club1: | Cambridgeshire |
| Year1: | 1995 |
| Club2: | Shropshire |
| Year2: | 1991 - 1992 |
| Club3: | Oxford University |
| Year3: | 1982 - 1989 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 34 |
| Runs1: | 1,403 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/6 |
| Top Score1: | 149 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,125 |
| Wickets1: | 26 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 45.46 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/52 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/0 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 16 |
| Runs2: | 91 |
| Bat Avg2: | 5.68 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 18 |
| Deliveries2: | 240 |
| Wickets2: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.14 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | N/A |
| Best Bowling2: | 6/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/0 |
| Date: | 15 March |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12164/12164.html CricketArchive |
Giles John Toogood (born 19 November 1961 in West Bromwich) is a former English cricketer. He was educated at North Bromsgrove High School and Oxford University.[1]
He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler who played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University between 1982 and 1989. Later, he played minor counties cricket for Shropshire in 1991 and 1992 while playing at club level for Barnt Green,[2] and, briefly, Cambridgeshire, appearing at List A level in the NatWest Trophy for both teams.
In 1985, playing in the University Match against Cambridge University at Lord's, Toogood took 8/52 in the first innings (adding another two wickets in the second).[3] This was the best first-class innings return by an Oxford bowler for 61 years, Tom Raikes having claimed 9/38 against the Army in 1924. As of March 2009, Toogood's feat remains the only example of an Oxford player taking seven or more wickets in a first-class innings since Giles Ridley's 7/110 against Gloucestershire in 1965.[4]
He graduated in medicine and works as a surgeon in Yorkshire.[5] Married to Carolyn and has 3 daughters.