Background
He was born in Carlisle, Cumberland.
He was born in Carlisle, Cumberland.
Woods was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Woods made his debut for Cumberland in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire. Woods played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1977 to 1994, including 127 Minor Counties Championship matches and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
In 1984, he made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the National Westminster Trophy.
He played six further List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Essex in the 1992 National Westminster Trophy. In his seven List A matches, he scored 110 runs at a batting average of 22.00, with a high score of 36.
With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 68.50, with best figures of 2/33.