Reginald Wood Explained

Reginald Wood
Batting:Left-handed
Bowling:Left-arm medium
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:1
Runs1:6
Bat Avg1:3.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:6
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:12
Runs2:235
Bat Avg2:15.66
100S/50S2:0/2
Top Score2:52
Deliveries2:348
Wickets2:8
Bowl Avg2:16.75
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/19
Catches/Stumpings2:5/–
International:true
Country:England
Testdebutagainst:Australia
Testdebutdate:25 February
Testdebutyear:1887
Onetest:true
Testcap:54
Source:http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22512.html Cricinfo
Date:30 December
Year:2021

Reginald Wood (7 March 1860 – 6 January 1915) was an English cricketer.

The son of John Wood, a Birkenhead merchant, and Montreal-born Elizabeth, he was educated at Charterhouse and played six matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club as an amateur before emigrating to Australia. In 1885, he played two matches as a professional for Victoria, and then, when Billy Barnes was ruled out of a number of matches in Alfred Shaw's tour of Australia in 1886-87 after Barnes hit a wall rather than Australian captain Percy McDonnell, whom he was aiming for, the Englishmen had to find a replacement quickly. Wood was found and played three matches for Shaw's XI, the second one of which was the Second Test. He did not bowl and batted at number ten, scoring 0 and 6 and after one final game with the touring Englishmen never played first-class cricket again.

His life story is covered in the book Finally a Face: A Memoir of Reginald Wood by Philip Paine, which was published in 2007.