Dennis Cox, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1925
Place of Birth: Bermondsey, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Feb-2001
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Dennis Cox
- Dennis Frank Cox (21 December 1925 – 22 February 2001) was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.
- Cox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born in Bermondsey, London. Cox made his first-class debut for Surrey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1949.
- He made 41 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Gloucestershire in 1957 County Championship.
- In his 41 first-class appearances for the university, he scored a total of 660 runs at an average of 18.85, with a high score of 57.
- This score, was of four fifties he made, came against Gloucestershire in 1955.
- With the ball, he took 68 wickets at a bowling average of 34.05, with best figures of 7/22.
- One of two five wicket hauls, these figures came against Cambridge University in 1952, with him taking match figures of 11/70.
- He left Surrey at the end of the 1958 season. He proceeded to join Cheshire in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1961 to 1967.
- He made two List A appearances for Cheshire.
- The first of these came against Surrey in the 1964 Gillette Cup.
- Again his former county, he went wicket-less and was dismissed for a duck by David Sydenham.
- His second of these came against Lancashire in the 1965 Gillette Cup.
- Cox didn't bowl in this match, while with the bat he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Ken Higgs.He later served at the President of Surrey County Cricket Club, in doing so becoming only the fourth former professional cricketer to do so.
- He died at Chislehurst, Surrey on 22 February 2001.
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