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Edward Cox (cricketer)

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Born 21 May 1863
Herongate, Essex, England
Died 23 July 1925(1925-07-23) (aged 62)
Holyport, Berkshire, England

Edward Henry Cox DSO (21 May 1863 – 23 July 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Cox was born in May 1863 at Herongate, Essex. He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant into the 1st Derbyshire Corps in September 1880.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in October 1882, at which point he was serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.[2] In November 1884, he transferred to the Royal Fusiliers and was promoted to captain in March 1892.[3][4] Whilst serving in British India, Cox played first-class cricket on three occasions. He made two appearances for the Europeans cricket team in the 1892–93 and 1893–94 Bombay Presidency Matches; he also made a single appearance for Bombay against Lord Hawke's touring team in December 1892.[5] In his three matches, he scored 77 runs with a highest score of 46 not out.[6]

Cox served in the Second Boer War, during the course of which he was promoted to major and was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[7][8] He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1907.[9] Having spent the permitted four-year period commanding a battalion, he was placed on the half-pay list in May 1911,[10] with him retiring from active service in August of the same year.[11] Cox returned to service during the First World War, being made a temporary colonel in October 1914,[12] being placed in charge of records.[13] Cox died suddenly from heart failure in July 1925, whilst playing cricket at Holyport, Berkshire.[14]

See also[]

  • List of fatalities while playing cricket

References[]

  1. ↑ "No. 24885". 24 September 1880. p. 5037. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24885/page/5037 
  2. ↑ "No. 25153". 6 October 1882. p. 4509. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25153/page/4509 
  3. ↑ "No. 25413". 11 November 1884. p. 4838. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25413/page/4838 
  4. ↑ "No. 26286". 10 May 1892. p. 2705. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26286/page/2705 
  5. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Cox". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13228/First-Class_Matches.html. 
  6. ↑ "Player profile: Edward Cox". ESPNcricinfo. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-cox-27743. 
  7. ↑ "No. 27171". 6 March 1900. p. 1525. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27171/page/1525 
  8. ↑ "No. 27490". 31 October 1902. p. 6900. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27490/page/6900 
  9. ↑ "No. 28018". 3 May 1907. p. 2993. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28018/page/2993 
  10. ↑ "No. 28490". 2 May 1911. p. 3327. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28490/page/3327 
  11. ↑ "No. 28524". 22 August 1911. p. 6227. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28524/page/6227 
  12. ↑ "No. 28945". 20 October 1914. p. 8398. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28945/page/8398 
  13. ↑ "No. 28892". 4 September 1914. p. 7003. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28892/page/7003 
  14. ↑ "Colonel Edward Henry Cox". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 25 July 1925. p. 7. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19250725/043/0007. 

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