| Alan Coxon | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Alan John Coxon |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Clapton, London |
| Death Place: | Honiton, Devon |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Club2: | Buckinghamshire |
| Year2: | 1978 |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1951–1954 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 18 |
| Runs1: | 144 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 43 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,364 |
| Wickets1: | 28 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 48.21 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/55 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 12 May |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11389.html Cricinfo |
Alan John Coxon (18 March 1930 – 7 November 2012) was an English cricketer. Coxon was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.
Coxon was born in Clapton, London, and educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Coxon made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Free Foresters in 1951. He played 16 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against Hampshire in 1954.[1] In his 17 first-class matches for the university, he scored 143 runs at a batting average of 11.91, with a high score of 43.[2] With the ball he took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 49.73, with best figures of 3/55.[3] In 1958, he made his final first-class appearance when he appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University.
Twenty years later, he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire against Berkshire,[4] having previously played for the Essex Second XI in the competition from 1951 to 1952.[5]
After university, Coxon joined the Guinness brewing company and ran their Nigerian company. Later he was a main board director.[6]