Geoffrey Wood

Personal information
Full name
Geoffrey Dayrell Wood
Born17 August 1891
Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Died13 October 1915(1915-10-13) (aged 24)
Auchy-lez-La-Bassée,
Pas-de-Calais, France
BattingUnknown
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910–1911Suffolk
1912Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 2
Bowling average 18.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/16
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2019

Geoffrey Dayrell Wood (17 August 1891 – 13 October 1915) was an English first-class cricketer.

Wood was the second of six boys born to Ernest Richard Wood and his wife, Katherine Grace Wood.[1] He was educated at Cheltenham College, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Oxford in 1912.[2] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the Oxford first-innings without scoring by Humphrey Gilbert. He took the wickets of Clare Baker in the MCC first-innings and Gus Kelly in the MCC second-innings, finishing with match figures of 2 for 36.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Wood also played minor counties cricket for Suffolk in 1910 and 1911, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]

Wood served in the First World War, enlisting with the Suffolk Regiment as a second lieutenant in August 1914.[5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in April 1915.[6] He was killed in action on 13 October 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos, while serving with the 7th (Service) Battalion of his regiment, a Kitchener's Army unit which formed part of the 12th (Eastern) Division.[7]

He was buried where he fell, with his body not being recovered after the battle. He is commemorated at the Loos Memorial.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 160. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Geoffrey Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "No. 28879". The London Gazette. 25 August 1914. p. 6696.
  6. ↑ "No. 29133". The London Gazette. 16 April 1915. p. 3724.
  7. ↑ https://www.ebsoc.org.uk/war-heroes/geoffrey-wood-1891-1915/
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