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PG Wood 1951 - 2022
What Trent Bridge says about his career:
Born in Heaton Park, Manchester on 29 September 1951, Peter George Wood was a right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. A stalwart of Rawtenstall CC, playing 513 matches over 29 seasons (1968-1996) of Lancashire League cricket amassing 14,951 runs @33.97 and 27 wickets @30.18, Wood is currently the fourth highest run scorer in the long history of the League which commenced in 1892. He later became club chairman.
With Notts very much concentrating their efforts in gaining what was to become their first County Championship title in 52 years, Wood was given two John Player League matches in 1981 on a trial basis. The first one on 23 August at Edgbaston, saw him come in at first wicket down and make three, a caught behind victim to England and Warwickshire legend Bob Willis. Three weeks later at Trent Bridge, Glamorgan were the opposition and Wood opened with Derek Randall and was run out for 15.
In 1982 and 1983, Wood played five Minor Counties Championship matches for Cumberland scoring 115 runs @12.77.
He became an owner of a number of restaurants in the East Lancashire area.
| Full name: | Peter George Wood |
| Born: | 29th September 1951, Heaton Park, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Died: | 26th January 2022, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium pace |
| Teams: | Nottinghamshire (Main ListA: 1981); Cumberland (Minor Counties Championship: 1982-1983); All teams |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Peter Wood |
| List A Career Batting and Fielding (1981) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Nottinghamshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Batting and Fielding (1982-1983) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Cumberland | 5 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 29 | 12.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minor Counties Championship Career Bowling (1982-1983) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Cumberland | 18 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1-26 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 8.66 |
Did see that Glamorgan match.
ReplyDeleteVery sorry to hear of this
Just looked at the scorecard from the 1981 JPL home game v Glamorgan. The good old days of 40 over cricket mustering 145 off 40. Must be said that Glam were a pretty average side in those days. Interesting Notts side that day ?
ReplyDeleteCan you post up the Notts side that day that played the Glamorgan game . I almost certainly there that day . It was back in the day when hundreds got to the ground pretty early to bag a favourable seat next to the boundary rope. From my recollection of those games it was still not a time when sixes were hit every other over . A run chase of 6 an over - a run a ball - was still considered almost impossible. I remember a silver haired program seller touring the ground all afternoon shouting " 10 pence scorecard!"
ReplyDeleteSuch a simple life back then compared to todays complications of everyday living.
Randall, Wood, Robinson, Birch, Rice, Hadlee, Pont, French, Hemmings, Illingworth, Bore
ReplyDeleteRandall -a crowd favourite- great cricketer and great entertainer on the field of play.
ReplyDeleteWood - can't remember much about him
Robinson - Mr reliable- great run accumulator- class act
John Birch - left Notts under a cloud . I never knew why ! Anyone able to say more?
Rice and Hadlee - how lucky we were to see them at their peak .A pleasure to watch .
Pont- doesn't bring back any memories
ReplyDeleteBruce French - wonderful cricketer. Probably the best keeper of his generation ? ( Jack Russell?)
Hemmings - great in a crisis ( remember the winning last ball boundary at Lords to win the Trophy?). Wily spin bowler- no one hit Eddie out of a game.
Illingworth -- how long was he with Notts?
The late Mike Bore - a proper number eleven . Big guy , not the fleetest of foot . But produced some wonderful bowling figures over the years.
Is that a fair summing up of that particular Notts side?
That was Nigel Illingworth. Raymond's nephew I believe or similar relation.
ReplyDeleteI don’t really recall Ian Pont either, but that’s because he mainly played for that well known Essex side of the 1980s along with his brother, Keith Pont. Like our side of that era, the Essex side also had some very well known cricketers of this era such as Gooch, Fletcher, Pringle, Foster, Lever. Think, from memory, their opening batsman that succumbed to Franklyn Stephenson’s “helicopter” ball in the Lords final was Brian Hardie.
ReplyDeleteA lot of those famous cricketers that have been mentioned-- BORN TOO EARLY!?
ReplyDeleteOk - they made a decent living from the game .
But I shouldn't think any of them became millionaires from playing cricket
Unlike a lot of todays elite players and hired mercenaries .
Many of them can now earn vast amounts during their careers and enjoy a very comfortable retirement ! No need for them to sell winners medals , trophies , bats and match winning balls etc to generate income in later life!