Arthur Wood (25 August 1898 – 1 April 1973) was a Yorkshire[1] and England cricketer, who played as the wicket-keeper in four Tests from 1938 to 1939.
[3] A right-hander, he scored 8,842 runs, averaging 21.20, with one century and 43 fifties, and made 886 dismissals, including 255 stumpings.
In 1938, Wood made his Test debut against Australia, just days before his 40th birthday.
[2] He, however, contributed 53 in 92 minutes off 95 balls, to England's then world record total of 903–7 declared.
Joining Joe Hardstaff with The Oval scoreboard reading 770–6 when Len Hutton was dismissed for 364, he famously quipped "I was always the man for a crisis" before sharing a stand of 106 for the seventh wicket.