John Fox (cricketer, born 1929)

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.

John Fox

Personal information
Full name	John George Fox
Born	22 July 1929 Norton, County Durham, England
Died	2 August 2016 (aged 87) Devon, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968–1969	Devon
1964	Durham
1959–1961	Warwickshire
1950–1958	Durham
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 43 Runs scored 515 Batting average 10.72 100s/50s –/1 Top score 52 Balls bowled 3 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 91/14
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2011

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]

References

1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Jackie Fox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
2. "First-class matches played by Jackie Fox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
3. "Warwickshire v Indians, 1959". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
4. "Jackie Fox". Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

• John Fox at ESPNcricinfo
• John Fox at CricketArchive