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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.

References

1. "Ross Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. "Ross Wood as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
3. "Ross Wood as Umpire in Minor Counties Trophy Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
4. "Ross Wood as Umpire in List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
5. "Julian Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

• 1941 births
• 2020 deaths
• People from Basingstoke
• English cricket umpires