Geoffrey Wood

Geoffrey Dayrell Wood (17 August 1891 – 13 October 1915) was an English first-class cricketer.

Geoffrey Wood

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Dayrell Wood
Born	17 August 1891 Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Died	13 October 1915 (aged 24) Auchy-lez-La-Bassée, Pas-de-Calais, France
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1910–1911	Suffolk
1912	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 0 Batting average 0.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 0 Balls bowled 72 Wickets 2 Bowling average 18.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/16 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2019

Wood was the second of six boys born to Ernest Richard Wood and his wife, Katherine Grace Wood.[1] He was educated at Cheltenham College, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Oxford in 1912.[2] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the Oxford first-innings without scoring by Humphrey Gilbert. He took the wickets of Clare Baker in the MCC first-innings and Gus Kelly in the MCC second-innings, finishing with match figures of 2 for 36.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Wood also played minor counties cricket for Suffolk in 1910 and 1911, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]

Wood served in the First World War, enlisting with the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant in August 1914.[5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in April 1915.[6] He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. He was buried where he fell, with his body not being recovered after the battle. He is commemorated at the Loos Memorial.[1]

References

1. McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 160. ISBN 978-1473864191.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
3. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
4. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Geoffrey Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
5. "No. 28879". The London Gazette. 25 August 1914. p. 6696.
6. "No. 29133". The London Gazette. 16 April 1915. p. 3724.

External links

• Geoffrey Wood at ESPNcricinfo