Maurice Coxhead

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

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Maurice Edward Coxhead (24 May 1889 – 3 May 1917) was an English first-class cricketer active who played for Middlesex.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11388.html Maurice Coxhead at ESPNcricinfo] He was born in Kensington and educated at Eastbourne College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was killed near Monchy, France, on active service in the Royal Fusiliers during World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-fast-bowler-who-died-saving-hundreds-of-his-men/ |title=Fast bowler who died saving hundreds of his men |publisher=Royal British Legion |access-date=16 June 2017 |archive-date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528021055/http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/sport-remembers-fast-bowler-who-died-saving-hundreds-of-his-men/ |url-status=dead }}