Alec Coxon

Alec Coxon
Personal information
Full name Alexander Coxon
Born (1916-01-18)18 January 1916
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Died 22 January 2006(2006-01-22) (aged 90)
Roker, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 146
Runs scored 19 2,817
Batting average 9.50 18.17
100s/50s -/- -/13
Top score 19 83
Balls bowled 378 26,504
Wickets 3 473
Bowling average 57.33 20.91
5 wickets in innings – 24
10 wickets in match – 2
Best bowling 2/90 8/31
Catches/stumpings -/- 127/-
Source: Cricketarchive.com

Alexander "Alec" Coxon (18 January 1916 – 22 January 2006)[1] was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire. He also played one Test match for England in 1948.[1] Cricket writer, Colin Bateman stated, "Coxon's Test career was abrupt – much like the man himself. An ever-willing seam bowler, he was one of several tried in the search for a partner for Alec Bedser, but he did himself no favours with a brusqueness which could upset".[1]

Life and career

Coxon was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.[1] World War II delayed Coxon's first-class debut for Yorkshire to 1945, when he was 29.[2] Coxon was an aggressive fast-medium bowler who played for England once – against Australia in 1948 at Lord's. There were rumours of an argument with Denis Compton, and his prickly nature was later attested to by Brian Close. Coxon retired after the 1950 season,[2] allegedly in umbrage at his non-selection for the forthcoming Ashes tour, and moved to play Minor counties cricket with Durham. He played 29 times for that county between 1951 and 1954, taking 127 wickets and scoring 1,047 runs with two centuries. His highest score was 102 not out against Yorkshire Second XI at Scarborough in 1952. Also in 1952, he achieved his best bowling figures for Durham; nine for 28 and six for 58 against Staffordshire.

He also played professionally with Sunderland, where he took 753 wickets at 8.73 runs apiece, and scored 3,764 runs at an average of 34.21.

In 1959, he moved to South Shields where he took 443 wickets for 10.28 and scored 2,663 runs at 23.63. He had shorter spells with both Wearmouth and Bolden, before finally retiring from the sport some distance past his 50th birthday, although still coaching at Whitburn Cricket Club in 1979.

He also played soccer for Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. in wartime matches. He kept up a keen interest in club cricket until the end.

Coxon was the namesake for the Jamaican record producer, Clement Dodd, whose boyhood cricket prowess earned him the name by which he became better known, "Coxsone."

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 46. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. 1 2 Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.

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