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Full name
  
Arthur Hardy Wood

Name
  
Arthur Wood

1870–1885
  
Role
  
Wicketkeeper

Batting style
  
Right-hand


Born
  
25 May 1844 (
1844-05-25
)

Died
  
10 July 1933(1933-07-10) (aged 89)Hove, East Sussex, England

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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