Stephen Wookey

Stephen Wookey
Personal information
Full name Stephen Mark Wookey
Born (1954-09-02) 2 September 1954
Upavon, Wiltshire, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974–1978 Wiltshire
1976–1976 Cambridge University
1978–1980 Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 260
Batting average 12.38
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 48
Balls bowled 2159
Wickets 28
Bowling average 41.50
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/61
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 22 October 2015

Stephen Mark Wookey (born 2 September 1954) is an English vicar who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Oxford University.

Stephen Wookey was educated at Malvern College, where he played cricket for the First XI.[1] He went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, playing for the university team and winning his Blue in 1975 and 1976. He then went to the theological college Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, to study for the Anglican ministry.[2] He won his Blue at Oxford in 1978, which was his most successful season, with 11 wickets at 39.18, including three wickets in an innings on three occasions and the dismissal of Geoffrey Boycott, caught and bowled for a duck.[3] He was only the second person, after David Jarrett, to win cricket Blues at both Cambridge and Oxford. He also played a few matches for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1974 and 1978.[4]

He was ordained in the Church of England in 1981. He served at Christ Church in Cockfosters, London; St Michael's Church in Paris; All Souls Church, Langham Place, London; and he has been vicar at St David's Church, Moreton-in-Marsh, since 1996. He is married, with three children.[5] He wrote the book When a Church Becomes a Cult: The Masks of a New Religious Movement in 1996.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Wisden 1973, pp. 855-56.
  2. ↑ Alan Gibson, "Journal of the Season", The Cricketer, November 1978, p. 9.
  3. ↑ Wisden 1979, pp. 612-18.
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship matches played by Stephen Wookey". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Steve Wookey". thesermon.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cults". Theology Network. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
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