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Sammy Woods

Full name:	Samuel Moses James Woods
Born:	13th April 1867, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died:	30th April 1931, Taunton, Somerset, England
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm fast-medium
Education:	Sydney GS; Royston College, Sydney; Brighton College; Jesus College, Cambridge
Other Sports:	Rugby Union for England, Blackheath, Barbarians, Cambridge University and Bridgwater & Albion; Football for Sussex; Hockey for Somerset
Relations:	Brother: HDL Woods
Teams:	Australia (Test: 1888); England (Test: 1895/96); Cambridge University (Main FC: 1888-1891); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1889-1902); Somerset (Main FC: 1891-1910); All teams
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1889
Somerset Captain: 1894 - 1906
External link:	Sammy Woods' Rugby Union international career and statistics
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1888-1895/96)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Australia	3	6	0	32	18	5.33	0	0	1
England	3	4	0	122	53	30.50	0	1	4
Overall	6	10	0	154	53	15.40	0	1	5

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1886-1910)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
GN Wyatt's XI	1	2	0	32	21	16.00	0	0	0
Gentlemen	16	25	3	250	52	11.36	0	1	11
Cambridge University Past and Present	2	3	0	41	23	13.66	0	0	1
Australians	3	4	0	22	11	5.50	0	0	1
Cambridge University	28	48	8	837	79*	20.92	0	3	23
Australia	3	6	0	32	18	5.33	0	0	1
South	5	8	0	69	19	8.62	0	0	5
Gentlemen of England	9	14	1	370	73	28.46	0	1	9
Marylebone Cricket Club	5	8	1	206	63	29.42	0	1	0
Lord Londesborough's XI	1	2	1	11	9*	11.00	0	0	2
Lord Hawke's XI	3	6	0	93	45	15.50	0	0	1
Somerset	299	522	18	12637	215	25.07	18	54	204
West	2	3	1	28	15*	14.00	0	0	0
HT Hewett's XII	1	2	0	106	103	53.00	1	0	2
CI Thornton's XI	3	6	2	64	22*	16.00	0	0	3
Gentlemen of the South	1	2	0	20	13	10.00	0	0	0
AJ Webbe's XI	3	5	0	93	37	18.60	0	0	1
The Rest	1	2	0	73	67	36.50	0	1	1
England	3	4	0	122	53	30.50	0	1	4
A Priestley's XI	9	14	0	193	28	13.78	0	0	8
KS Ranjitsinhji's XI	2	2	0	45	38	22.50	0	0	2
Over 30	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	0	0	0
Overall	401	690	35	15345	215	23.42	19	62	279

First-Class Career Bowling (1886-1907)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
GN Wyatt's XI	180	20	85	2	2-45	42.50	0	0	90.00	2.83
Gentlemen	3325	234	1493	75	8-46	19.90	6	2	44.33	2.69
Cambridge University Past and Present	389	37	164	3	2-81	54.66	0	0	129.66	2.52
Australians	415	41	177	6	4-44	29.50	0	0	69.16	2.55
Cambridge University	6008	398	2838	190	10-69	14.93	19	7	31.62	2.83
Australia	217	18	121	5	2-35	24.20	0	0	43.40	3.34
South	461	36	187	12	6-39	15.58	1	0	38.41	2.43
Gentlemen of England	1855	124	877	55	7-47	15.94	5	3	33.72	2.83
Marylebone Cricket Club	648	32	306	16	6-40	19.12	1	1	40.50	2.83
Lord Hawke's XI	550	39	211	19	8-32	11.10	2	1	28.94	2.30
Somerset	23583	1156	13376	556	8-51	24.05	36	6	42.41	3.40
West	256	11	109	13	7-56	8.38	2	1	19.69	2.55
HT Hewett's XII	210	7	108	6	3-44	18.00	0	0	35.00	3.08
CI Thornton's XI	518	24	318	14	4-36	22.71	0	0	37.00	3.68
Gentlemen of the South	225	6	150	5	5-118	30.00	1	0	45.00	4.00
AJ Webbe's XI	539	27	285	10	6-138	28.50	1	0	53.90	3.17
The Rest	199	5	111	7	5-75	15.85	1	0	28.42	3.34
England	195	8	129	5	3-28	25.80	0	0	39.00	3.96
A Priestley's XI	1152	75	501	35	6-60	14.31	2	0	32.91	2.60
KS Ranjitsinhji's XI	270	13	109	6	4-53	18.16	0	0	45.00	2.42
Overall	41195	2311	21655	1040	10-69	20.82	77	21	39.61	3.15

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