{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Giles Toogood | female = | image = | country = England | fullname = Giles John Toogood | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|11|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium<br>Right-arm off-break | role = | club1 = Cambridgeshire | year1 = 1995 | club2 = Shropshire | year2 = 1991–1992 | club3 = Oxford University | year3 = 1982–1989 | type1 = First-class | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 34 | runs1 = 1,403 | bat avg1 = 27.50 | 100s/50s1 = 2/6 | top score1 = 149 | deliveries1 = 2,125 | wickets1 = 26 | bowl avg1 = 45.46 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 1 | best bowling1 = 8/52 | catches/stumpings1 = 11/0 | column2 = List A | matches2 = 16 | runs2 = 91 | bat avg2 = 5.68 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 18 | deliveries2 = 240 | wickets2 = 7 | bowl avg2 = 27.14 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = N/A | best bowling2 = 6/47 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/0 | date = 15 March | year = 2009 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12164/12164.html CricketArchive }}
'''Giles John Toogood''' (born 19 November 1961 in West Bromwich) is a former English cricketer. He was educated at North Bromsgrove High School and Oxford University.<ref>{{cite book|last=Percival|first=Thomas|title=Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998|year=1999|publisher=A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham|page=38|isbn=1-902171-17-9}}Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.</ref>
He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace and off-break bowler who played first-class and List A cricket for Oxford University between 1982 and 1989. Later, he played minor counties cricket for Shropshire in 1991 and 1992 while playing at club level for Barnt Green,<ref>''Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998'', pages 38,58.</ref> and, briefly, Cambridgeshire, appearing at List A level in the NatWest Trophy for both teams.
In 1985, playing in the University Match against Cambridge University at Lord's, Toogood took 8/52 in the first innings (adding another two wickets in the second).<ref> {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46135.html |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University in 1985 |accessdate=15 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> This was the best first-class innings return by an Oxford bowler for 61 years, Tom Raikes having claimed 9/38 against the Army in 1924. As of March 2009, Toogood's feat remains the only example of an Oxford player taking seven or more wickets in a first-class innings since Giles Ridley's 7/110 against Gloucestershire in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/OxfordUniversity/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html |title=Most Wickets in an Innings for Oxford University |accessdate=15 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
He graduated in medicine and works as a surgeon in Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dhole|first1=Pradip|title=A too good day for a First-Class cricketer called Toogood!|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/a-too-good-day-for-a-first-class-cricketer-called-toogood-453643|website=Cricket Country|date=31 May 2016|accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref> Married to Carolyn and has 3 daughters.
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==References== * {{cricketarchive|ref=Players/12/12164/12164.html}} * {{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/21669.html}}
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