William Wood Wood-Sims was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

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er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1879 and 1886.

Wood-Sims was born at Ironville

Ironville

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a "model village" to house its workers. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park....

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 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

Alfreton

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. Later he changed his name to Wood-Sims. He played a game for Derbyshire in 1878

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1878

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1878 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their eighth season.Nottinghamshire played Derbyshire again after a two year break, joining Yorkshire Hampshire, Lancashire and Kent as the fifth county to play Derbyshire-1878 season:In 1878,...

 against a 16 man Uppingham team, but his first class debut was in the 1879 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1879 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their ninth season.Of the county sides Derbyshire played in the previous year they had matches against Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. However they did not play Hampshire or Kent...

 against Yorkshire in July. He then played one match in the 1880 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1880

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1880 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire played their tenth season.Derbyshire played Lancashire and Yorkshire who they had played in the previous season...

 and one in the 1882 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1882

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1882 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for eleven years. The team played eight first class matches and won one of them-1882 season:...

 before playing a fuller season in 1884

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1884

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1884 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirteen years. They lost all ten county matches and their only victory was against MCC.-1884 season:...

. Also in 1884, he played one game for North against South. In the 1885 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1885 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fourteen years. They won three first class matches out of eleven.-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

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1886

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1886 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifteen years and was the penultimate season before they lost first class status for seven years.-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

W. G. Grace

William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport...

, 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

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1891

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1891 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year...

 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

Lambeth

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, London at the age of 68.