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| Full name | Gerald Lear Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 1926 Vaucluse, Saint Thomas, Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948-49 to 1958-59 | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 June 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gerald Lear Wood (born 7 March 1926) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1959.
Wood attended Harrison College in Bridgetown. [1] A wicket-keeper and useful batsman,he made his first-class debut in 1949 and was Barbados's regular wicket-keeper for three years. He made a final first-class appearance in 1959,against British Guiana,when he made 53,his highest score. [2]
His father,Lear Wood,a prominent figure in Barbados cricket for many years,played one first-class match for Barbados in 1925. [1] [3]