{{short description|English cricket umpire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|09|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = <!-- do not link major countries or cities such as Australia or London --> | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|12|02|1941|09|25}} | death_place = <!-- do not link major countries or cities such as Australia or London --> | height = <!-- X ft Y in, XXX cm, or X.XX m (automatic conversion) --> | heightft = <!-- no need to use conversion templates for heights (automatic conversion) --> | heightinch = | heightcm = | heightm = | batting = | bowling = | role = | family = Julian Wood (son)
| umpire = false<!--international--> | testsumpired = | umptestdebutyr = | umptestlastyr = | odisumpired = | umpodidebutyr = | umpodilastyr = | t20isumpired = | umpt20idebutyr = | umpt20ilastyr = | wtestsumpired = | umpwtestdebutyr = | umpwtestlastyr = | wodisumpired = | umpwodidebutyr = | umpwodilastyr = | wt20isumpired = | umpwt20idebutyr = | umpwt20ilastyr = | fcumpired = | umpfcdebutyr = | umpfclastyr = | listaumpired = 7 | umplistadebutyr = 1999 | umplistalastyr = 2003 | t20umpired = | umpt20debutyr = | umpt20lastyr =
| source = | date = | year = }} '''Ross Wood''' (25 September 1941 – 2 December 2020) was an English cricket umpire from Basingstoke, Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ross Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9597/9597.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=21 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9597/Umpire_in_Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Ross Wood as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref> He also stood in twelve MCCA Knockout Trophy matches from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9597/Umpire_in_Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Ross Wood as Umpire in Minor Counties Trophy Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9597/Umpire_in_List_A_Matches.html|title=Ross Wood as Umpire in List A Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 September 2012}}</ref>
His son, Julian, played first-class cricket for Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Wood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6933/6933.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=21 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Ross}} Category:1941 births Category:2020 deaths Category:People from Basingstoke Category:English cricket umpires