Alan Coxon (cricketer)

Alan John Coxon (18 March 1930 – 7 November 2012) was an English cricketer. Coxon was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.

Coxon was born in Clapton, London, and educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Lincoln College, Oxford.

Coxon made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Free Foresters in 1951. He played 16 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against Hampshire in 1954.[1] In his 17 first-class matches for the university, he scored 143 runs at a batting average of 11.91, with a high score of 43*.[2] With the ball he took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 49.73, with best figures of 3/55.[3] In 1958, he made his final first-class appearance when he appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University.

Twenty years later, he appeared in a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire against Berkshire,[4] having previously played for the Essex Second XI in the competition from 1951 to 1952.[5]

After university, Coxon joined the Guinness brewing company and ran their Nigerian company. Later he was a main board director.[6]