Edward Cox (cricketer)

Edward Henry Cox DSO (21 May 1863 – 23 July 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Harold Cox

Personal information
Full name	Edward Henry Cox
Born	21 May 1863 Herongate, Essex, England
Died	23 July 1925(1925-07-23) (aged 62) Holyport, Berkshire, England
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1892/93–1893/94	Europeans
1892/93	Bombay
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 77 Batting average 25.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 46* Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2023

Cox was born in May 1863 at Herongate, Essex. He was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant into the 1st Derbyshire Corps in September 1880.^[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in October 1882, at which point he was serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.^[2] In November 1884, he transferred to the Royal Fusiliers and was promoted to captain in March 1892.^[3][4] Whilst serving in British India, Cox played first-class cricket on three occasions. He made two appearances for the Europeans cricket team in the 1892–93 and 1893–94 Bombay Presidency Matches; he also made a single appearance for Bombay against Lord Hawke's touring team in December 1892.^[5] In his three matches, he scored 77 runs with a highest score of 46 not out.^[6]

Cox served in the Second Boer War, during the course of which he was promoted to major and was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.^[7][8] He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1907.^[9] Having spent the permitted four-year period commanding a battalion, he was placed on the half-pay list in May 1911,^[10] with him retiring from active service in August of the same year.^[11] Cox returned to service during the First World War, being made a temporary colonel in October 1914,^[12] being placed in charge of records.^[13] Cox died suddenly from heart failure in July 1925, whilst playing cricket at Holyport, Berkshire.^[14]

See also

• List of fatalities while playing cricket

References

1. "No. 24885". The London Gazette. 24 September 1880. p. 5037.
2. "No. 25153". The London Gazette. 6 October 1882. p. 4509.
3. "No. 25413". The London Gazette. 11 November 1884. p. 4838.
4. "No. 26286". The London Gazette. 10 May 1892. p. 2705.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Edward Cox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
6. "Player profile: Edward Cox". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
7. "No. 27171". The London Gazette. 6 March 1900. p. 1525.
8. "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6900.
9. "No. 28018". The London Gazette. 3 May 1907. p. 2993.
10. "No. 28490". The London Gazette. 2 May 1911. p. 3327.
11. "No. 28524". The London Gazette. 22 August 1911. p. 6227.
12. "No. 28945". The London Gazette. 20 October 1914. p. 8398.
13. "No. 28892". The London Gazette. 4 September 1914. p. 7003.
14. "Colonel Edward Henry Cox". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 25 July 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Edward Cox at ESPNcricinfo