Harold Cox (cricketer)

Harold Cox

Personal information
Full name	Harold Ranyard Cox
Born	7 November 1884 Amritsar, Punjab, British India
Died	26 March 1962(1962-03-26) (aged 77) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1922/23	Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 33 Batting average 33.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 20* Balls bowled 216 Wickets 2 Bowling average 42.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/77 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2023

Harold Ranyard Cox (7 November 1884 – 26 March 1962) was an English first-class cricketer, banker, and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.

The son of S. F. Cox, he was born in British India at Amritsar in November 1884. He was educated in England at Sedbergh School.^[1] Following the completion of his education, Cox was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant in April 1902.^[2] Prior to the First World War, he moved to India to become a banker with the Punjab Banking Company.^[1] Cox later served in the First World War with the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant, being granted his commission in October 1915,^[3] with promotion to lieutenant following in October 1916.^[4] Cox was attached to the 151st Punjabi Rifles during the war, holding the acting rank of captain for part of the war.^[5] Following the war, Cox made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Poona in the 1922–23 Bombay Quadrangular.^[6] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Europeans first innings not out on 20, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 13 runs by Bomanji Kalapesi. As a bowler, he took two wickets in the Parsees first innings, dismissing S. N. Gandhi and Sorabji Colah for the cost of 77 runs.^[7] Cox died in England at Cheltenham in March 1962.^[8]

References

1. Sedbergh School Register, 1546-1909. Richard Jackson. 1909. p. 508.
2. "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2423.
3. "No. 29463". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1378.
4. "No. 30199". The London Gazette. 24 July 1917. p. 7496.
5. "No. 30138". The London Gazette. 19 June 1917. p. 6057.
6. "First-Class Matches played by Harold Cox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
7. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1922/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
8. "Deaths". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 March 1962. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Harold Cox at ESPNcricinfo