Harold Cox (cricketer)

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Harold Cox
Personal information
Full name
Harold Ranyard Cox
Born7 November 1884
British India
Died26 March 1962(1962-03-26) (aged 77)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922/23Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 33
Batting average 33.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20*
Balls bowled 216
Wickets 2
Bowling average 42.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/77
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2023

Harold Ranyard Cox (7 November 1884 – 26 March 1962) was an English first-class cricketer, banker, and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.

The son of S. F. Cox, he was born in

Bombay Quadrangular.[6] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Europeans first innings not out on 20, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 13 runs by Bomanji Kalapesi. As a bowler, he took two wickets in the Parsees first innings, dismissing S. N. Gandhi and Sorabji Colah for the cost of 77 runs.[7] Cox died in England at Cheltenham in March 1962.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Sedbergh School Register, 1546-1909. Richard Jackson. 1909. p. 508.
  2. ^ "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2423.
  3. ^ "No. 29463". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1378.
  4. ^ "No. 30199". The London Gazette. 24 July 1917. p. 7496.
  5. ^ "No. 30138". The London Gazette. 19 June 1917. p. 6057.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harold Cox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1922/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Deaths". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 March 1962. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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