# Mark Cox Jr.

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{{Short description|English cricketer (1905–1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|          name = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Mark Henry David Cox
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|12|5|df=yes}}
|        birth_place = [Abington](/source/Abington%2C_Northamptonshire), [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|3|27|1905|12|5|df=yes}}
|        death_place = [Pontypridd](/source/Pontypridd), [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan), Wales
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [slow](/source/Spin_bowling)
|                role = 
|              family = [Mark Cox senior](/source/Mark_Cox_(cricketer)) (father)<br>[Arthur Cox](/source/Arthur_Cox_(English_cricketer)) (brother)
|               club1 = [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1932
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 3
|               runs1 = 8
|            bat avg1 = 2.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 5
|         deliveries1 = 87
|            wickets1 = 2
|           bowl avg1 = 31.00
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = 2/11
|  catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
|                date = 18 November
|                year = 2011
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11385.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Mark Henry David Cox''' (5 December 1905 – 27 March 1979) was an English [cricketer](/source/cricketer).  Cox was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batting_(cricket)), who bowled right-arm [slow](/source/Spin_bowling).  He was born at [Abington](/source/Abington%2C_Northamptonshire), [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire).

Cox made three [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) appearances for [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club), in the [1932 County Championship](/source/1932_County_Championship) against [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club), [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), and Gloucestershire again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28787/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Mark Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> In his three first-class matches, he scored 8 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 2.00, with a high score of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28787/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mark Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> With the ball he took 2 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 31.00, with best figures of 2/11.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28787/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Mark Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref>

He died at [Pontypridd](/source/Pontypridd), [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan), in Wales on 27 March 1979.  His father ([Mark](/source/Mark_Cox_(cricketer))), and brother ([Arthur](/source/Arthur_Cox_(English_cricketer))), both played first-class cricket.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11385.html Mark Cox] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28787/28787.html Mark Cox] at CricketArchive

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Mark}}
Category:1905 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Northampton
Category:English cricketers
Category:Northamptonshire cricketers
Category:People from Abington, Northamptonshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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