Rupert Cox

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Rupert Cox

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Rupert Michael Fiennes Cox

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Guildford, Surrey, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1990–1994

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 19

| runs1 = 605

| bat avg1 = 24.20

| 100s/50s1 = 1/1

| top score1 = 104*

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 15

| runs2 = 83

| bat avg2 = 8.30

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 23*

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–

| date = 11 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10855.html Cricinfo

}}

Rupert Michael Fiennes Cox (born 20 August 1967) is a former English cricketer.

Cox was born at Guildford in August 1967. He was educated at Bradfield College.{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/a-z-3/|title=A-Z (C11)|website=www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|accessdate=20 August 2023}} Cox had been associated with the Hampshire Second XI since 1986, with him having to wait to make his first-class debut in 1990, against Sussex at Arundel in the County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6540/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Rupert Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} This came as a result of David Gower and Robin Smith being otherwise engaged playing Test cricket for England against India. Against Worcestershire two-weeks later, he made what would be his only first-class century, with a score of 104 not out in an unbeaten fifth wicket partnership of 161 with Tony Middleton.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53292.html|title=Worcestershire v Hampshire, Britannic Assurance County Championship 1990|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} Cox's position in the Hampshire side was largely dependent on the absence of Gower and Smith, thus his appeared infrequently for Hampshire; he made nineteen appearances in first-class cricket and fifteen in List A one-day cricket prior to his release at the end of the 1994 season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6540/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Rupert Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} Cox was captain of the Hampshire Second XI, and was seen by some as a successor to Mark Nicholas as Hampshire captain. In first-class cricket, he scored 605 runs at an average of 24.20,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6540/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rupert Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 August 2023|url-access=subscription}} while in one-day cricket he scored 83 runs at an average of 8.30 and a high score of 23 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6540/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Rupert Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}