Julian Ross Wood (born 21 November 1968) is a retired English cricketer. Wood was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was born at Winchester in Hampshire and educated at Leighton Park School in Berkshire.[1]

Julian Wood
Personal information
Full name
Julian Ross Wood
Born (1968-11-21) 21 November 1968 (age 55)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
NicknameWoody
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–1993Hampshire
1994–2006Berkshire
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2023–Chattogram Challengers
Career statistics
Competition First-class LA
Matches 27 55
Runs scored 960 1,131
Batting average 29.09 24.58
100s/50s 0/5 0/7
Top score 96 92*
Balls bowled 63 89
Wickets 1 4
Bowling average 38.00 16.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/5 2/14
Catches/stumpings 13/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2009

Wood made his Hampshire first-class debut against local rivals Sussex in the 1989 County Championship. The same year Wood would also make his one-day debut against Northamptonshire. Wood would play for Hampshire until the end of the 1993 County Championship when he was released by Hampshire. Wood represented them in 27 first-class and 42 one-day matches.[2][3][4][5][6]

In 1994 Wood signed for Berkshire.[6] He represented the club in the Minor Counties Championship, playing 66 matches for Berkshire. Wood also represented them in 33 Minor Counties Trophy matches, as well as 13 one-day matches that had List-A status in the English domestic one-day cricket competition. Wood played his final List-A match against Gloucestershire in 2005. After twelve years with Berkshire, Wood retired from all forms of cricket during the 2006 Minor Counties Championship.

His father, Ross Wood, was an umpire.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Julian Wood". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ^ "List A Matches played by Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b Weaver, Paul (22 June 1994). "Gooch puts Lord's gloom behind him". The Guardian. p. 21. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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