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Gerald Lear Wood (born 7 March 1926) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Barbados from 1949 to 1959.

Gerald Wood attended Harrison College in Bridgetown. 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.

Wood's father, Lear Wood, a prominent figure in Barbados cricket for many years, played one first-class match for Barbados in 1925.

References

1. ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford, Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados: The Elite Schools, 1865–1966, University of the West Indies Press, Kingston, 1998, p. 43.
2. "Barbados v British Guiana 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
3. "Lear Wood". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

External links

• Gerald Wood at ESPNcricinfo
• Gerald Wood at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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