Tony Woodhouse
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Anthony Woodhouse (1934-2005) was an English historian and statistician.
Tony Woodhouse was educated at Leeds Grammar School, where he developed a great love for cricket, despite only being a moderate performer. His parents made him a life member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club at a time when the cost was forty guineas.
His work in the family advertising business allowed him to watch as much cricket and football as he wished. He was devoted to both Leeds United and Yorkshire C.C.C. For several decades, he watched part of every home Yorkshire match and for several years, part of every away match as well. He spent his honeymoon visiting a number of lesser known football grounds in Scotland. He was an active figure in the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, the Cricket Memorabilia Society, the Yorkshire Cricket Association, the Yorkshire County Cricket Club (serving on its General Committee from 1978 to 1992 and subsequently a vice-president). On the death of Ron Yeomans, Tony became Curator of the club's small cricket memorabilia collection, as well as its honorary archivist and librarian.
He was the author of several books, the most notable being "The History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club" (Helm 1989) and "Who's Who of Yorkshire County Cricket Club" (Breedon 1992). He served the Yorkshire Cricket Association for 20 years being Promotion and Distribution Officer Officer and was manager of the YCA senior team for several seasons.
Amongst his various memberships were the MCC, the Northern Cricket Society (whose committee he served for 42 years and was also vice-chairman) and the Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society (of whom he was a member for fifty years and was a vice-president). He co-wrote "Cricketers of Wombwell" with the Yorkshire C.C.C. Statistics Editor Roy Wilkinson and the Wombwell secretary Jack Sokell.
He was the Chairman of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians for twelve years from 1981 to 1993. He also had one of the largest private collections of cricket books in the country.
He died following a long fight against cancer aged 71.
