Harold Ranyard Cox (7 November 1884 – 26 March 1962) was an English first-class cricketer, banker, and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
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| Full name | Harold Ranyard Cox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1884 Amritsar, Punjab, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1962 (aged 77) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922/23 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of S. F. Cox, he was born in British India at Amritsar in November 1884. He was educated in England at Sedbergh School.[1] Following the completion of his education, Cox was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant in April 1902.[2] Prior to the First World War, he moved to India to become a banker with the Punjab Banking Company.[1] Cox later served in the First World War with the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant, being granted his commission in October 1915,[3] with promotion to lieutenant following in October 1916.[4] Cox was attached to the 151st Punjabi Rifles during the war, holding the acting rank of captain for part of the war.[5] Following the war, Cox made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Poona in the 1922–23 Bombay Quadrangular.[6] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Europeans first innings not out on 20, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 13 runs by Bomanji Kalapesi. As a bowler, he took two wickets in the Parsees first innings, dismissing S. N. Gandhi and Sorabji Colah for the cost of 77 runs.[7] Cox died in England at Cheltenham in March 1962.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Sedbergh School Register, 1546-1909. Richard Jackson. 1909. p. 508.
- ^ "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2423.
- ^ "No. 29463". The London Gazette. 4 February 1916. p. 1378.
- ^ "No. 30199". The London Gazette. 24 July 1917. p. 7496.
- ^ "No. 30138". The London Gazette. 19 June 1917. p. 6057.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harold Cox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1922/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Deaths". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 March 1962. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.