Stephen Wookey Explained

Stephen Wookey
Fullname:Stephen Mark Wookey
Birth Date:2 September 1954
Birth Place:Upavon, Wiltshire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Club1:Wiltshire
Year1:1974–1978
Club2:Cambridge University
Year2:1976–1976
Club3:Oxford University
Year3:1978–1980
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:19
Runs1:260
Bat Avg1:12.38
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:48
Deliveries1:2,159
Wickets1:28
Bowl Avg1:41.50
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/61
Catches/Stumpings1:5/–
Date:22 October
Year:2015
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34053/34053.html Cricket Archive

Stephen Mark Wookey (born 2 September 1954) is an English vicar who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Oxford University.

Stephen Wookey was educated at Malvern College, where he played cricket for the First XI.[1] He went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, playing for the university team and winning his Blue in 1975 and 1976. He then went to the theological college Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, to study for the Anglican ministry.[2] He won his Blue at Oxford in 1978, which was his most successful season, with 11 wickets at 39.18, including three wickets in an innings on three occasions and the dismissal of Geoffrey Boycott, caught and bowled for a duck.[3] [4] He was only the second person, after David Jarrett, to win cricket Blues at both Cambridge and Oxford. He also played a few matches for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1974 and 1978.[5]

Wookey was ordained in the Church of England in 1981. He served at Christ Church in Cockfosters, London; St Michael's Church in Paris; All Souls Church, Langham Place, London; and he has been vicar at St David's Church, Moreton-in-Marsh, since 1996. He is married, with three children.[6] [7] He wrote the book When a Church Becomes a Cult: The Masks of a New Religious Movement in 1996.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Wisden 1973, pp. 855-56.
  2. [Alan Gibson]
  3. Wisden 1979, pp. 612-18.
  4. Web site: Oxford University v Yorkshire 1978 . Cricinfo . 3 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Minor Counties Championship matches played by Stephen Wookey. Cricket Archive. 21 October 2015.
  6. Web site: St David's Church . St David's Moreton in Marsh . 17 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Steve Wookey. thesermon.co.uk. 21 October 2015.
  8. Web site: Cults. Theology Network . 21 October 2015.