George Wood

Who was George Wood?

George Edward Charles Wood was an English cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1924.

A wicket keeper who habitually stood up to the stumps against all styles of bowling, he was educated at Cheltenham College and Pembroke College, Cambridge and played first class cricket for Cambridge University from 1913 to 1920. He won Blues both before and after the First World War and proved his all round sporting talent by also gaining Blues in hockey and rugby. He made his debut for Kent in 1919, winning his cap in 1920, and played for the county until 1927. He turned down an invitation to tour Australia in 1920/21 but played for the amateur team led by Archie MacLaren which defeated the Australians in 1921.

He also appeared in matches for Marylebone Cricket Club from 1924 to 1932, and, with a smattering of matches for L Robinson's XI, the Gentlemen, South of England, Free Foresters, England XI, CI Thornton's XI, The Rest of England and HDG Leveson-Gower's XI made 101 first class appearances in all. A right-handed lower order batsman, promoted on occasion to open. his only first class century, 128, came against Free Foresters.