Alan Coxon (cricketer)
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Full name | Alan John Coxon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Clapton, London | 18 March 1930||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 November 2012 Honiton, Devon | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1951–1954 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2011 |
Alan John Coxon (18 March 1930 – 7 November 2012) was an English cricketer. Coxon was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.
Coxon was born in Clapton, London, and educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Coxon made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Free Foresters in 1951. He played 16 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against Hampshire in 1954.[1] In his 17 first-class matches for the university, he scored 143 runs at a batting average of 11.91, with a high score of 43*.[2] With the ball he took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 49.73, with best figures of 3/55.[3] In 1958, he made his final first-class appearance when he appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University.
Twenty years later, he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire against Berkshire,[4] having previously played for the Essex Second XI in the competition from 1951 to 1952.[5]
After university, Coxon joined the Guinness brewing company and ran their Nigerian company. Later he was a main board director.[6]
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Alan Coxon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Coxon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Alan Coxon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alan Coxon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Teams Alan Coxon played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Harrow County School for Boys". jeffreymaynard.com.
External links
- 1930 births
- 2012 deaths
- People from Upper Clapton
- Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hackney
- People educated at Harrow High School
- Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
- Cricketers from Greater London
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers