William Wood Wood-Sims (10 February 1858 – 30 November 1926) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1879 and 1886.

William Wood-Sims
Personal information
Full name
William Wood Wood-Sims
Born(1858-02-11)11 February 1858
Ironville, Derbyshire, England
Died30 November 1926(1926-11-30) (aged 68)
Lambeth, London, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1879–1886Derbyshire
FC debut14 July 1879 Derbyshire v Yorkshire
Last FC14 June 1886 North v South
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 518
Batting average 12.04
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 46
Balls bowled 203
Wickets 5
Bowling average 14.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/22
Catches/stumpings 13/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 January 2011

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.

References

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  1. ^ British Census 1881 RG11 3418/19 p30
  2. ^ William Wood Sims at Cricket Archive