John Henry Dixon

John Henry Dixon

Personal information
Full name	John Henry Dixon
Born	(1954-03-03) 3 March 1954 Westbourne, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973	Oxford University
1973–1981	Gloucestershire
1978–1988	Wiltshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 16 20 Runs scored 77 41 Batting average 6.41 3.41 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 13* 12 Balls bowled 1,894 945 Wickets 21 13 Bowling average 54.09 58.46 5 wickets in innings 2 – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 5/44 2/15 Catches/stumpings 6/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2020

John Henry Dixon (born 3 March 1954) is an English former first-class cricketer active from 1973 to 1988 who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Wiltshire. He was born in Bournemouth. He appeared in 16 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm medium-fast pace. He scored 77 runs with a highest score of 13* and held six catches. He took 21 wickets with a best analysis of five for 44. He was one of the bowlers during the then world record partnership for the second wicket between Warwickshire's Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson at Edgbaston in 1974. Dixon is the great-nephew of Gee Langdon and became a publisher and author.

Between 1984 and 1992 he was the publisher of The Cricket Diary, which included, amongst much other cricket information and records, weekly quotations, illustrations and most well-known cricketers' birthdays. His First Peel The Otter, a spoof cookery book, contained unfeasible recipes of a surreal, whimsical or gruesome nature. He subsequently contributed to The Marmite Cookbook and The Bumper Book of Marmite. Playwright Dougie Blaxland cites him as a major influence.

He plays bass guitar in The Disintegraters with, amongst others, Henry Marsh of the band Sailor, Stuart Ryan and Stephen (Austin) Clark.

External links

John Henry Dixon at ESPNcricinfo