Joe Cox (cricketer)

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Joe Cox
Natal
Died4 July 1971(1971-07-04) (aged 85)
Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910–11 to 1921–22
Natal
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 3 42
Runs scored 17 357
Batting average 3.39 8.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 12* 51
Balls bowled 576 6,232
Wickets 4 120
Bowling average 61.25 22.53
5 wickets in innings 0 4
10 wickets in match 0 1
Best bowling 2/74 8/20
Catches/stumpings 1/0 14/0

Joseph Lovell Cox (28 June 1886 – 4 July 1971) was a South African Test cricket player.

Joe Cox was educated at

domestic championship title.[5]

He was selected for the tour of

bowler and took only 14 wickets. When England came to South Africa in 1913–14 under the captaincy of J.W.H.T. Douglas, Cox played in three of the five Tests without distinction.[6]

His death in 1971 went unrecorded in

Wisden. He was the brother-in-law of Len Tuckett and the uncle of Lindsay Tuckett, both of whom played Test cricket for South Africa.[7]

References

  1. ^ Setay, Frederick (24 February 1912). "A Chat with Mr. Joseph Cox". Cricket: 17–18.
  2. ^ "Natal v Orange Free State 1910–11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Natal v Western Province 1910–11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Natal v Transvaal 1910–11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Bowling in Currie Cup 1910–11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 280.
  7. ^ "Joe Cox". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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