Full name Arthur Hardy Wood Name Arthur Wood | Role Wicketkeeper Batting style Right-hand | |
1880–1881 |
Arthur Wood (born 25 May 1844 in Thedden Grange, Bentworth, Hampshire; died 10 September 1933 at Hove, East Sussex) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was a right-handed batsman and played as a wicketkeeper. Wood captained Hampshire first in 1879 and then between 1883 – 1885. He briefly represented the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1880 – 1881. At the end of the 1885 season Wood retired from cricket.
Outside of his cricketing life Wood was a Justice of the Peace for his home county of Hampshire. Wood died in Hove, East Sussex at the age of 89.
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