lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
south balls 203 30 november 1926 14 june 1879 1 13 / - 1879 & ndash ; 1886 11 february 1858 yorkshire england lambeth , england derbyshire right-handed batsman william wood-sims william wood wood-sims derbyshire ironville , derbyshire , england first-class 14 july http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/34/34049/34049.html first-class 1886 518 1858 2 11 yes 5 north / 25 william wood-sims

william wood-sims

william wood wood-sims -lrb- 10 february 1858 - 30 november 1926 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played first-class cricket for derbyshire between 1879 and 1886 .
wood-sims was born at ironville , derbyshire as william w sims , the son of joseph w sims a boiler plate roller at an ironworks , and his wife alice .
sims became a slater , and by 1881 was living with his parents at alfreton .
later he changed his name to wood-sims .
he played a game for derbyshire in 1878 against a 16 man uppingham team , but his first class debut was in the 1879 season against yorkshire in july .
he then played one match in the 1880 season and one in the 1882 season before playing a fuller season in 1884 .
also in 1884 , he played one game for north against south .
in the 1885 season he played 14 games for the club , some of which were not first class .
he played one game for derbyshire in the 1886 season against mcc .
he ended his first class career playing for north against south when he was bowled for 4 by w. g. grace , but took four wickets in return .
in 1887 he played for a united xi against scotland .
his last appearance for derbyshire was in the 1891 season when derbyshire matches were not accorded first class status .
wood-sims was a right-hand batsman and played 45 innings in 25 matches with an average of 12.04 and a top score of 46 .
he took five first class wickets at an average of 14.00 and a best performance of 3 for 22 .
wood-sims opened frequently for derbyshire , although he tended to score more highly when dropped down the order .
wood-sims died at lambeth , london at the age of 68 .
