Sammy Woods
Australian sportsman (1867-1931) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 64
Samuel Moses James Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey.
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W. G. Grace Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1902- Alfred Bowerman Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1900-1905
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1895
Leslie Gay Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1894-1902
Lionel Palairet Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1891-1909
Albert Trott Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1896-1902
Bill Storer Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1893-1902
George Gibbons Hearne Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1902
Herbie Hewett Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1896
Ted Tyler Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1891-1907
Coote Hedley Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1891-1904
Harry Foster Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1897-1902
Len Braund Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1899-1910
Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1902
Peter Randall Johnson Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1901-1910- Mervyn Herbert Teammate at Somerset County Cricket Club, 1903-1910
Hugh Trumble Teammate at Australia national team, 1890-1896
Syd Gregory Teammate at Australia national team, 1890-1896
Bernard Bosanquet Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1898-1902
Charles Turner Teammate at Australia national team, 1888-1895
Cuthbert Burnup Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1899-1902
Jack Worrall Teammate at Australia national team, 1888-1896- Arnold Fothergill Teammate at Marylebone Cricket Club, 1889-1892
Harry Moses Teammate at Australia national team, 1888-1895
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At cricket - his primary sport - he played over four hundred first-class matches in a twenty-four-year career. The majority of these matches were for his county side, Somerset, whom he captained from 1894 to 1906. A. A. Thomson described him thus: "Sammy ... radiated such elemental force in hard hitting, fast bowling and electrical fielding that he might have been the forerunner of Sir Learie Constantine."
