Geoff Wood grew up on the family farm in Uralla on the Northern Tablelands of NSW.
A very talented cricketer in his junior years and selected in the Northern NSW Emus Geoff left Uralla to play grade cricket in Sydney with North Sydney.
He made his first grade debut for the Bears against Western Suburbs during the 1973/74 season. Geoff is North Sydney first grade player number 439
At the age of 26 he returned to Uralla and continued to play in the Armidale competition with great distinction in local and representative cricket.