Gerald Wood
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| Full name | Gerald Lear Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1926 Vaucluse, Saint Thomas, Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948-49 to 1958-59 | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerald Lear Wood (born 7 March 1926) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1959.
Gerald Wood attended Harrison College in Bridgetown.[1] A wicket-keeper and useful batsman, he made his first-class debut in 1949 and was Barbados's regular wicket-keeper for three years. He made a final first-class appearance in 1959, against British Guiana, when he made 53, his highest score.[2]
Wood's father, Lear Wood, a prominent figure in Barbados cricket for many years, played one first-class match for Barbados in 1925.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Keith A. P. Sandiford, Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados: The Elite Schools, 1865–1966, University of the West Indies Press, Kingston, 1998, p. 43.
- ^ "Barbados v British Guiana 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Lear Wood". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Gerald Wood at ESPNcricinfo
- Gerald Wood at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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