John Fox (cricketer, born 1929) explained

John Fox (cricketer, born 1929) should not be confused with John Fox (South African cricketer).

Country:England
Fullname:John George Fox
Birth Date:22 July 1929
Birth Place:Norton, County Durham, England
Death Place:Devon, England
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Devon
Year1:1968–1969
Club2:Durham
Year2:1964
Club3:Warwickshire
Year3:1959–1961
Club4:Durham
Year4:1950–1958
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:43
Runs1:515
Bat Avg1:10.72
100S/50S1:–/1
Top Score1:52
Deliveries1:3
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:91/14
Date:16 April
Year:2011
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13176.html Cricinfo

John George "Jackie" Fox (22 July 1929 – 2 August 2016) was an English cricketer. Fox was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Norton, County Durham.

Fox made his debut in county cricket for Durham in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship against the Lancashire Second XI. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1950 to 1958.[1] Following his final Minor Counties Championship appearance for Durham in 1958 against the Warwickshire Second XI, he proceeded to join Warwickshire in 1959. He made his first-class debut against Northamptonshire.

Fox played first-class cricket for Warwickshire from 1959 to 1961, playing 43 first-class matches.[2] In these, he scored 515 runs at a batting average of 10.72, with a single half century highest score of 52 against the 1959 Indian touring team.[3] Behind the stumps he took 91 catches and made 14 stumpings.

He lost his place in the Warwickshire side to A. C. Smith in the second half of the 1960 season after Smith had finished at Oxford University, and though he played a few more games in 1961 he left Warwickshire at the end of that season. He did not return to county cricket until 1964, when he played again for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship, playing twice for the county that season against the Warwickshire Second XI and Staffordshire.[1] He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Devon from 1968 to 1969.[1]

He died in 2016.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Jackie Fox. CricketArchive. 17 April 2011.
  2. Web site: First-class matches played by Jackie Fox. CricketArchive. 17 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Warwickshire v Indians, 1959. CricketArchive. 17 April 2011.
  4. Web site: Jackie Fox . 8 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170622192424/http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html#Jackie%20Fox . 22 June 2017 . dead .