Background
He was born in Kensington, London and educated at Harrow School, while later in his life he became an officer in the British Army.
He was born in Kensington, London and educated at Harrow School, while later in his life he became an officer in the British Army.
University of Oxford. Harrow School.
Wyld was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Wyld played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire against Berkshire in 1899. In 1900, he made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Sussex.
In that same season he also made his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against London County, and for Middlesex against Leicestershire in the County Championship.
He played for Middlesex until the 1901 season, having made five first-class appearances for the county. lieutenant was for Oxford University that he made the majority of his first-class appearances for, playing for the university 27 times from 1900 to 1903.
In his 27 first-class matches for the university, he scored 908 runs at an average of 20.17, with a high score of 85. This score, which was one of four fifties he made, came against HDG Leveson-Gower"s XI in 1902.
He also made three first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club and a single appearance for the Gentlemen of England.
Wyld was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry on 4 March 1903. By 17 July 1908 he was a Lieutenant in the Yeomanry, having been granted that rank on 20 December 1905, while by 1909 promoted to Captain on 1 October of that year. On 25 August 1913, Wyld was promoted to Major and was still serving in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry at this time.
By 1919, Wyld was still serving in the army with the Yeomanry, having taken up a temporary position within the Territorial Force in April 1919.
He left the army after resigning his commission on 22 September 1922. He retained the rank of Major and held the Territorial Decoration for over twelve years service.