| Fullname: | Josiah Bracken Canning Alexander |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1826 |
| Birth Place: | Mayfair, Westminster, London |
| Death Date: | 17 October 1882 (aged 65) |
| Death Place: | Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire, England |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 3 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 3 November |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36228/36228.html CricketArchive |
Josiah Bracken Canning Alexander (12 December 1826 – 17 October 1882) was an English first-class cricketer.
Alexander was born at Grosvenor Square, Westminster, the son of East India Company officer Josias du Pré Alexander and Mary Bracken.[1] In the mid-18th century, his family amassed enormous fortune and power through the East India Company. James Alexander was his uncle and Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon his father's cousin.
He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England in 1853 at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.[2] In a match which the Gentlemen of England won by 7 wickets, Alexander batted twice, ending the Gentlemen of Kent first-innings not out on 2, while in their second-innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for a single run by Edward Drake.[3]
He died in 1882 at Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire.