Reginald Wood (7 March 1860 – 6 January 1915) was an English cricketer.
The son of John Wood, a
Birkenhead
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merchant, and Montreal-born Elizabeth, he was educated at
Charterhouse
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* Charterhouse (monastery), of the Carthusian religious order
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Places
* The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery
* Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey
London ...
and played six matches for
Lancashire County Cricket Club
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as an amateur before emigrating to Australia. In 1885, he played two matches as a professional for Victoria, and then, when Billy Barnes was ruled out of a number of matches in
Alfred Shaw
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's tour of
Australia
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in 1886-87 after Barnes hit a wall rather than Australian captain
Percy McDonnell
Percy Stanislaus McDonnell (13 November 1858 – 24 September 1896 — ''
first-class cricket
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again.
His life story is covered in the book ''Finally a Face: A Memoir of Reginald Wood'' by Philip Paine, which was published in 2007.