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Alfred Wood (cricketer)

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Alfred Wood
Personal information
Full name
Alfred Herbert Wood
Born(1866-04-23)23 April 1866
Portsmouth,Hampshire,England
Died19 April 1941(1941-04-19)(aged 74)
Southsea,Hampshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1901Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 22
Batting average 11.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 11
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source:Cricinfo,19 January 2010

Alfred Herbert Wood(23 April 1866 — 19 April 1941) was an English first-classcricketerwho was private secretary toArthur Conan Doylefor 29 years.

The son of Robert Wood, he was born atPortsmouthin April 1866. He was educated atPortsmouth Grammar School,[1]before matriculating on an open mathematics scholarship toBrasenose College, Oxford.[2]After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Portsmouth to become an assistant master at Portsmouth Grammar School.[1]Wood was a close friend of the writerArthur Conan Doyle,having met him in between 1882 and 1890, when Conan Doyle was practicing as anoculistin Portsmouth. In 1901, he left his employment as an assistant master to become Conan Doyle's private secretary and business manager, positions he would hold until his retirement in 1930. Following Conan Doyle's death in July 1930, Wood was bequeathed £250 per year by him.[1]

Wood playedclub cricketfor both theHampshire Hogsand Hampshire Rovers,[1]and in 1901 he made a single appearance infirst-class cricketforHampshireagainstSomersetatPortsmouthin theCounty Championship.[3]Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 11 runs byLen Braundin Hampshire's first innings, before being dismissed for the same score in their second innings byBeaumont Cranfield.[4]Wood was a member of theMarylebone Cricket Club.[1]

He was a prominentFreemason,having joined the Phoenix Lodge of Freemasons in 1895.[1]His sporting interests outside of cricket included his membership of the Royal Albert Yacht Club and the Hindhead Golf Club, in addition to serving as president of the Portsmouth Football Association for 15 years.[1]Wood was also an officer in theBritish Armywith theRoyal Sussex Regiment(as part of theTerritorial Force), gaining the rank ofcaptain.[5]He served in theFirst World War,gaining the temporary rank ofmajorin September 1915.[6]During the war, he saw action on theWestern Front,and later on theItalian frontin 1918.[1]In later life, he took a keen interest in the Portsmouth Victoria Nursing Association and was treasurer of the Phoenix Lodge of Freemasons. Wood, who had remained a bachelor throughout his life, died suddenly atSouthseain April 1941.[1][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcdefghi"Death of Major A. H. Wood".Portsmouth Evening News.22 April 1941. p. 4.Retrieved24 March2023– viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^Foster, Joseph (1891).Alumni Oxonienses.Parker and Company. p. 1597.
  3. ^"First-Class Matches played by Alfred Wood".CricketArchive.Retrieved24 March2023.
  4. ^"Hampshire v Somerset, County Championship 1901".CricketArchive.Retrieved24 March2023.
  5. ^"No. 28539".The London Gazette.6 October 1911. p. 7286.
  6. ^"No. 29288".The London Gazette(Supplement). 7 September 1915. p. 8967.
  7. ^"Deaths".Portsmouth Evening News.21 April 1941. p. 3.Retrieved24 March2023– via British Newspaper Archive.

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