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Maxmillian Wood Personal information Full name Maxmillian David Francis Wood Born 22 February 1873
Kamptee, Maharashtra, British RajDied 22 August 1915 (aged 42)
Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, TurkeyBatting style Right-handed Bowling style 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 Lieutenant Colonel Maxmillian David Francis Wood DSO (22 February 1873 – 22 August 1915) was an English cricketer. Wood was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
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, Wood was decorated with Distinguished Service Order during the war and gained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. On August 22, 1915 Wood was killed in action at Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during the Galipoli campaign.
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- West Yorkshire Regiment officers
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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