Maxmillian Wood

Lieutenant colonel Maximilian David Francis Wood DSO (22 February 1873 – 22 August 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. Wood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Maximilian Wood

Personal information
Full name	Maximilian David Francis Wood
Born	22 February 1873 Kamptee, Maharashtra, British Raj
Died	22 August 1915 (aged 42) Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Turkey
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1897–1902	Europeans (India)
1907	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 10 Runs scored 196 Batting average 10.31 100s/50s –/– Top score 30 Balls bowled 1,049 Wickets 34 Bowling average 14.20 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 6/51 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2010

Wood made his first-class debut for the Europeans cricket team (India) against the Parsees cricket team. In 1900 Wood took his only five wicket haul, with figures of 6/51. From 1897 to 1902 Wood played in seven Europeans v Parsees matches. Wood took 34 wickets for the Europeans at a bowling average of 13.26, with best figures of 6-51.

In the 1907 County Championship Wood represented Hampshire in a single first-class match against Yorkshire, where he made nine runs and was not required to bowl.

In 1909 Wood played two final first-class matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University.

Wood later fought in the First World War with the West Yorkshire Regiment, during which Wood was decorated with Distinguished Service Order during the war and gained the rank of lieutenant colonel. On 22 August 1915 Wood was killed in action at Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula in Ottoman Turkey during the Gallipoli Campaign.[1]

References

1. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 5 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

External links

• Maximilian Wood at Cricinfo
• Maximilian Wood at CricketArchive