Julian Wood

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{for|the co-founder of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity|Julian Edward Wood}}

{{distinguish|Julian Woods (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Julian Wood

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Julian Ross Wood

| nickname = Woody

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| club2 = Berkshire

| year2 = 1994–2006

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1989–1993

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 27

| runs1 = 960

| bat avg1 = 29.09

| 100s/50s1 = 0/5

| top score1 = 96

| deliveries1 = 63

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 38.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/5

| catches/stumpings1 = 13/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 55

| runs2 = 1,131

| bat avg2 = 24.58

| 100s/50s2 = 0/7

| top score2 = 92*

| deliveries2 = 89

| wickets2 = 4

| bowl avg2 = 16.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/14

| catches/stumpings2 = 11/–

| date = 12 December

| year = 2009

| coachclub1 = Chattogram Challengers

| coachyear1 = 2023–

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22504.html Cricinfo

}}

Julian Ross Wood (born 21 November 1968) is a retired English cricketer. Wood was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was born at Winchester in Hampshire and educated at Leighton Park School in Berkshire.{{Cite web |title=Julian Wood |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22504.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}

Wood made his Hampshire first-class debut against local rivals Sussex in the 1989 County Championship. The same year Wood would also make his one-day debut against Northamptonshire. Wood would play for Hampshire until the end of the 1993 County Championship when he was released by Hampshire. Wood represented them in 27 first-class and 42 one-day matches.{{Cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/First-Class_Matches.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web |title=List A Matches played by Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/List_A_Matches.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/f_Batting_by_Team.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web |title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/a_Batting_by_Team.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Paul |date=22 June 1994 |title=Gooch puts Lord's gloom behind him |language=en |work=The Guardian |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/260388376/ |access-date=2020-06-17|page=21|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}

In 1994 Wood signed for Berkshire. He represented the club in the Minor Counties Championship, playing 66 matches for Berkshire. Wood also represented them in 33 Minor Counties Trophy matches, as well as 13 one-day matches that had List-A status in the English domestic one-day cricket competition. Wood played his final List-A match against Gloucestershire in 2005. After twelve years with Berkshire, Wood retired from all forms of cricket during the 2006 Minor Counties Championship.

His father, Ross Wood, was an umpire.{{Cite web |title=Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/6933.html |access-date=2020-06-17 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}