John Dixon (English sportsman)

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = John Dixon

| image = Ranji 1897 page 159 J. A. Dixon at the wicket.jpg

| country = England

| fullname = John Auger Dixon

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|5|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|6|8|1861|5|27|df=y}}

| death_place = The Park, Nottingham, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Nottinghamshire

| year1 = 1882–1905

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 253

| runs1 = 9,527

| bat avg1 = 24.18

| 100s/50s1 = 13/38

| top score1 = 268*

| deliveries1 = 10,282

| wickets1 = 184

| bowl avg1 = 27.60

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/28

| catches/stumpings1 = 181/0

| date = 5 August

| year = 2020

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29091/29091.html CricketArchive

}}

John Auger Dixon (27 May 1861 – 8 June 1931) was an English sportsman who captained Nottinghamshire at first-class cricket and represented the England national football team.

Dixon was a member of the Nottinghamshire which dominated county cricket from 1882 to 1886. He had his best year with the bat in 1897 when he made 1100 runs at 44.00, the only time he would pass 1000 runs in a season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29091/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by John Dixon| publisher=CricketArchive}} Amongst those runs was his highest first-class score of 268 not out, which he made opening the batting against Sussex at Trent Bridge. Dixon declared once he had passed Arthur Shrewsbury's Nottinghamshire record of 267 with the team score at 448/7{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Nottinghamshire/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html|title=Most Runs in an Innings for Nottinghamshire| publisher=CricketArchive}} and they won by an innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4733.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Sussex 1897| publisher=CricketArchive}}

A right-hander, he was captain of Nottinghamshire when they shared the Championship in 1889 with Surrey and Lancashire. The following season, he captained his county to an innings and 26 runs win over the touring Australians{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3572.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Australians 1890| publisher=CricketArchive}} and in the same season he also put in a memorable all-round performance against Leicestershire when he scored an unbeaten 126 and took nine wickets for the match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5528.html|title=Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire 1900| publisher=CricketArchive}} He remained captain until 1899. Dixon was also a useful part-time medium pacer and in 1900 took a career best season tally of 37 wickets at 23.89.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29091/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title= First-class Bowling in Each Season by John Dixon| publisher=CricketArchive}}

He represented England at his only international on 14 March 1885 when they drew 1–1 with Wales at Leamington Road, Blackburn.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=26|title=England 1 v 1 Wales|publisher=England F.C.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117120554/http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=26|archivedate=17 January 2010|df=dmy-all}} Dixon, a left-winger, played his club football for both Notts County and the Corinthians during the 1880s.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=316|title=England Player Profile: John Dixon|publisher=England F.C.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202190042/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=316|archivedate=2 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}