Raymond Fox

Raymond Wodehouse Fox (11 July 1873 – 21 August 1948) was a British Army officer and cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1896 to 1898, for Sussex from 1896 to 1900, and occasional matches thereafter.

Biography

Fox was born in Gloucestershire, and educated at Wellington College, Berkshire,[1] and Hertford College, Oxford.[2] He toured New Zealand with MCC in 1906-07. In all he appeared in 27 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He scored 106 runs with a highest score of 20 and completed 39 catches with 13 stumpings.[2]

He joined the army as Second lieutenant in 1900. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 8 January 1902, and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in March the same year.[3]

He died in Sussex in 1948.

Notes

  1. ↑ Wisden 1967, p. 689.
  2. 1 2 "Raymond Fox". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2691.


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