Alec Coxon
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium-fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 1 | 146 |
| Runs scored | 19 | 2,817 |
| Batting average | 9.50 | 18.17 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/13 |
| Top score | 19 | 83 |
| Balls bowled | 378 | 26,504 |
| Wickets | 3 | 473 |
| Bowling average | 57.33 | 20.91 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 24 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 2 |
| Best bowling | 2/90 | 8/31 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 127/0 |
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Test debut: 24 June 1948 |
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Alexander ("Alec") Coxon (born 18 January 1916 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, died 22 January 2006) is a former cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England.
The Second World War delayed Coxon's first-class debut for Yorkshire to 1945, when he was 29. Coxon was an aggressive fast-medium bowler who only ever made the verges of the England Test squad. He played for England once — against Australia in 1948 at Lord's. There were rumours of an argument with Denis Compton, and his prickly nature was later attested to by Brian Close. Coxon retired after the 1950 season and moved to Durham. He also played Association Football for Bradford Park Avenue in wartime matches.
Coxon was the namesake for the renowned Jamaican record producer Clement Dodd, whose boyhood cricket prowess earned him the name by which he is better known, "Coxsone."
