Dennis Cox

{{Short description|English cricketer and cricket administrator}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Dennis Frank Cox

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|12|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bermondsey, London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|2|22|1925|12|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chislehurst, Kent, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Cheshire

| year1 = 1961–1967

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Surrey

| year2 = 1949–1957

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 42

| runs1 = 660

| bat avg1 = 18.85

| 100s/50s1 = –/4

| top score1 = 57

| deliveries1 = 4,865

| wickets1 = 68

| bowl avg1 = 34.05

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/22

| catches/stumpings1 = 39/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 2

| runs2 = 2

| bat avg2 = 1.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 2

| deliveries2 = 78

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 4 October

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11377.html Cricinfo

}}

Dennis Frank Cox (21 December 1925 – 22 February 2001) was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Cox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bermondsey, London.

Cox made his first-class debut for Surrey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1949. He made 41 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in 1957 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28779/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Dennis Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} In his 41 first-class appearances for the university, he scored a total of 660 runs at an average of 18.85, with a high score of 57.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28779/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Dennis Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} This score, was of four fifties he made, came against Gloucestershire in 1955.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21737.html|title=Surrey v Gloucestershire, 1955 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} With the ball, he took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 34.05, with best figures of 7/22.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28779/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Dennis Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} One of two five wicket hauls, these figures came against Cambridge University in 1952, with him taking match figures of 11/70.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20233.html|title=Surrey v Cambridge University, 1952|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} He left Surrey at the end of the 1958 season.

He proceeded to join Cheshire in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1961 to 1967.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28779/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dennis Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} He made two List A appearances for Cheshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28779/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Dennis Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} The first of these came against Surrey in the 1964 Gillette Cup. Again his former county, he went wicket-less and was dismissed for a duck by David Sydenham.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26671.html|title=Cheshire v Surrey, 1964 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}} His second of these came against Lancashire in the 1965 Gillette Cup. Cox didn't bowl in this match, while with the bat he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Ken Higgs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27989.html|title=Cheshire v Lancashire, 1965 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 October 2011}}

He later served at the President of Surrey County Cricket Club, in doing so becoming only the fourth former professional cricketer to do so.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11377.html|title=Player profile: Dennis Cox|publisher=EPSNcricinfo|accessdate=4 October 2011}} He died at Chislehurst, Kent on 22 February 2001.