- Reginald Wood
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
name = Reginald Wood
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Left-handed batsman (LHB)
bowling style = Left-arm medium
tests = 1
test runs = 6
test bat avg = 3.00
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 6
test balls = 0
test wickets = 0
test bowl avg = n/a
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = n/a
test catches/stumpings = 0/0
FCs = 12
FC runs = 235
FC bat avg = 15.66
FC 100s/50s = 0/2
FC top score = 52
FC balls = 348
FC wickets = 8
FC bowl avg = 16.75
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 3/19
FC catches/stumpings = 5/0
debut date = 25 February
debut year = 1887
last date = 1 March
last year = 1887
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22512.htmlReginald Wood (born
7 March 1860 inCheshire ,England ; died6 January 1915 inNew South Wales ,Australia ) had one of the most unusual Testcricket careers in cricket history, with onlyJoseph McMaster laying claim to a more unusual one. The son of John Wood, aBirkenhead merchant, and Montréal-born Elizabeth, he was educated at Charterhouse and played six matches forLancashire County Cricket Club as an amateur before emigrating to Australia. In 1885, he played two matches as a professional for Victoria, and then, whenBilly Barnes was ruled out of a number of matches inAlfred Shaw 's tour of Australia in 1886/7 after Barnes hit a wall rather than Australian captainPercy 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 playedfirst-class cricket again.References
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22512.html Cricinfo page on Reginald Wood]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1880S/1886-87/ENG_IN_AUS/ENG_AUS_T2_25FEB-01MAR1887.html Scorecard of Wood's only Test]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/104/104.html CricketArchive statistics page on Reginald Wood]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1371.html Brief profile of Reginald Wood by Don Ambrose]
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