Henry ("Harry") Wood (14 December 1853, Dartford, Kent - 30 April 1919 in Waddon, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who played county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Surrey County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman, who bowled part-time right-arm fast, but was mainly a wicketkeeper.
He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1891.
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“This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)