Rodney Exton

{{Short description|English cricketer (1927–1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Rodney Exton

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Rodney Noel Exton

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|12|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bournemouth, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|12|22|1927|12|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Westminster, London, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1946

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 39

| bat avg1 = 9.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 24*

| deliveries1 = 108

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 1 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12552.html Cricinfo

}}

Rodney Noel Exton (28 December 1927 – 22 December 1999) was an English first-class cricketer and educator.

Exton was born at Bournemouth in December 1927. He was educated at Clifton College,{{cite book|title=Clifton College Register, 1862 to 1962|first=S. P.|last=Beachcroft|date=1962|publisher=J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd|location=Bristol|page=351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8NKAAAAYAAJ|language=en}} where he captained the college cricket team and was considered a talented cricketer who.{{cite book|title=Gentleman & Player|first=Andrew|last=Murtagh|author-link=Andy Murtagh|date=2017|publisher=Pitch Publishing|location=Chichester|pages=59–60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcpHEAAAQBAJ|isbn=9781785313455|language=en}} Exton made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship. He would make three further first-class appearances in 1946,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6591/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Rodney Exton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription}} before contracting polio later in that season, which ended his cricket career. In his four matches, he scored 39 runs with a highest score of 24 not out,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6591/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rodney Exton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription}} in addition to bowling a total of 18 wicketless overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6591/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Rodney Exton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription}} Following the premature end of his cricket career, Exton proceeded to study at Lincoln College, Oxford between 1948 and 1951. After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher. He taught at Eton College and Mill Hill, before becoming headmaster at Reed's School. Exton died at Westminster in December 1999.