Hugh Wood

Who was Hugh Wood?

Hugh Wood was an English amateur first-class cricketer.

Born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Wood was a slow left arm orthodox spinner and right-handed lower order batsman, who appeared in ten matches for Cambridge University in 1878 and 1879, and ten matches for Yorkshire in 1879 and 1880. He also appeared for the Gentlemen of the North in 1879.

Wood took five wickets in an innings on five occasions, and ten wickets in a match once, taking 7 for 41 for Cambridge University against Surrey, and 7 for 46 against the Gentlemen of England. He finished his first-class career with the record of 67 wickets at 11.32 each, with a strike rate of 37.46 and an economy rate of 1.81 runs conceded her over. He proved less accomplished with the bat, top scoring with 36 for Yorkshire against I Zingari in the Scarborough Festival.

Wood died in July 1941, in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England.