John Henry Dixon

John Henry Dixon (born 3 March 1954) is an English former first-class cricketer active from 1973 to 1988 who played for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Wiltshire. He was born in Bournemouth. He appeared in 16 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm medium-fast pace. He scored 77 runs with a highest score of 13* and held six catches. He took 21 wickets with a best analysis of five for 44.[1] He was one of the bowlers during the then world record partnership for the second wicket between Warwickshire's Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson at Edgbaston in 1974.[2] Dixon is the great-nephew of Gee Langdon and became a publisher and author.[3]

John Henry Dixon
Personal information
Full nameJohn Henry Dixon
Born (1954-03-03) 3 March 1954
Westbourne, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973Oxford University
19731981Gloucestershire
19781988Wiltshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 16 20
Runs scored 77 41
Batting average 6.41 3.41
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 13* 12
Balls bowled 1,894 945
Wickets 21 13
Bowling average 54.09 58.46
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 5/44 2/15
Catches/stumpings 6/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2020

Between 1984 and 1992 he was the publisher of The Cricket Diary, which included, amongst much other cricket information and records, weekly quotations, illustrations and most well-known cricketers' birthdays. His First Peel The Otter,[4] a spoof cookery book, contained unfeasible recipes of a surreal, whimsical or gruesome nature.[5] He subsequently contributed to The Marmite Cookbook[6] and The Bumper Book of Marmite.[7] Playwright Dougie Blaxland cites him as a major influence.

He plays bass guitar in The Disintegraters[8] with, amongst others, Henry Marsh of the band Sailor, Stuart Ryan [9] and Stephen (Austin) Clark. [10]

References

John Henry Dixon at ESPNcricinfo

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