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Percival Barnes 'Barney' Wood (22 December 1901 – 9 June 1941) was an Australian sportsman who played both first-class cricket and Australian rules football. ==Career== New Zealand born Wood played his football as a defender and was recruited to the Melbourne Football Club from Melbourne Grammar.〔Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. ''Melbourne: Bas Publishing'' 7th edition〕 He appeared in five games in the 1928 VFL season before moving to Western Australia where he spent some time at the Perth Football Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Players Killed in the Line of Duty (PDF) )〕 On 19 March 1932 he made his first-class cricket debut in a match for Western Australia against the touring South African national cricket team at the WACA Ground. He was dismissed for six in the first innings by Cyril Vincent and for two in the second by Denys Morkel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Western Australia v South Africans 1931/32 )〕 Wood was a Sergeant in the army during World War II and was killed in action during the Battle of the Litani River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Roll of Honour )〕 Wood was also the holder of several Transcontinental Motoring records established with Dr. Alan MacKay, in 1926. They drove an Essex Super Six. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barney Wood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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