About Ross Wood
Lived 1941 – 2020 (aged 79). Ross Wood was a cricket umpire.
Ross Wood (25 September 1941 – 2 December 2020) was an English cricket umpire from Basingstoke, Hampshire. Wood first stood in county cricket in a match between Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship. He would stand in a further 41 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which was in a match between Oxfordshire and Devon in the 2002 Minor Counties Championship. He also stood in twelve MCCA Knockout Trophy matches from 1996 to 2002. He first stood in a match which held List A status when Hertfordshire played the Leicestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. He stood in six further List A matches, the last of which was between the Hampshire Cricket Board and Staffordshire in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.
His son, Julian, played first-class cricket for Hampshire.
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Who was Ross Wood?
English cricket umpire
When was Ross Wood born?
Ross Wood was born on 25 September 1941 in Basingstoke.
When did Ross Wood die?
Ross Wood died on 2 December 2020.
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Ross Wood was a cricket umpire.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ross Wood. https://biography.guide/ross-wood/
MLA: "Ross Wood." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ross-wood/.
Chicago: "Ross Wood." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ross-wood/.
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