| Rodney Exton | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Rodney Noel Exton |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Bournemouth, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Westminster, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1946 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 39 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.75 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 24 |
| Deliveries1: | 108 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 1 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12552.html Cricinfo |
Rodney Noel Exton (28 December 1927 — 22 December 1999) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Exton was born at Bournemouth in December 1927. He was educated at Clifton College,[1] where he captained the college cricket team and was considered a talented cricketer who.[2] Exton made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship. He would make three further first-class appearances in 1946,[3] before contracting polio later in that season, which ended his cricket career.[2] In his four matches, he scored 39 runs with a highest score of 24 not out,[4] in addition to bowling a total of 18 wicketless overs.[5] Following the premature end of his cricket career, Exton proceeded to study at Lincoln College, Oxford between 1948 and 1951.[1] After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher. He taught at Eton College and Mill Hill, before becoming headmaster at Reed's School.[2] Exton died at Westminster in December 1999.