Thomas Woods (cricketer)
Thomas Woods (dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey in the 1750s and 1760s before first-class statistics were recorded.
Little is known of Thomas Woods and the only definite reference to him is when he played as a given man for Chertsey against Dartford in 1761.[1] Prior to this, there is a reference to a player called Woods of Surrey, described as a "long stop", who played in three matches for All-England against Dartford in 1759.[2]
It is possible that he has been confused in Scores and Biographies with John Wood, another Surrey player who was mainly active in the 1770s, given that the book always refers to John Wood as "Thomas Wood". But John Wood was born in 1744 and would only have been a teenager in 1759 and 1761.[3] Scores and Biographies describes John Wood as "Thomas Wood, a miller, living in Pirbright, Surrey".[4]
References
Bibliography
- G B Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935
- Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862