George Cox, Jr.

George Cox junior

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	England
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 455 Runs scored 22949 Batting average 32.92 100s/50s 50/97 Top score 234* Balls bowled 13723 Wickets 192 Bowling average 30.91 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match - Best bowling 6-125 Catches/stumpings 141/-
Source: CricketArchive

George Cox (23 August 1911 at Warnham, Sussex – 30 March 1985 at Burgess Hill, Sussex) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was generally known as George Cox junior in order to distinguish him from his father George Cox senior, who was also a successful player for the same county.

Cox was primarily an attacking right-handed batsman and also an occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. In a first-class career lasting from 1931 to 1961, he made 22949 runs at an average of 32.92, including 50 centuries, with a highest score of 234* . In his youth, he was a fine cover fielder.

George Cox also played football for Arsenal (1933–36) and Fulham (1936–37).

After his playing days, he was cricket coach first at Winchester College and then at Sussex. He was a notably witty conversationalist and letter writer.

External links

• Cricinfo profile
• This Cox is a Pippin by AA Thomson
• Obituary from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1986 edition