Matthew James Wood is a former English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Glamorgan in a career lasting eleven years. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional off spinner, who made his debut in first-class cricket in 1997. He played 136 first-class matches, scoring 7,052 runs with a highest score of 207, at an average of 32.80. He compiled sixteen first class centuries, took 118 catches and snared two wickets at 21.50. Wood scored heavily in Second XI cricket for three years before notching a century in his second first-class match, against Derbyshire in 1998, and completing the year with three more first-class tons Including 200 not out v Warwickshire at Leeds. After his 1000 run debut season, two frustrating seasons followed but, converted to an opening batsman, he starred in Yorkshire's County Championship winning side in 2001, scoring four more centuries at the top of the order And scored over 1000 runs again. Wood was rewarded with two tours of Australia with the England Academy, but another slump in 2002, saw him lose his first team place. 

April 6th, 1977 in Huddersfield (Age 47)