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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Harold Cox
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Edward Henry Cox
| birth_date = 21 May 1863
| birth_place = [[Herongate]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1925|7|23|1863|5|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Holyport]], [[Berkshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1892/93–1893/94
| club2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| year2 = 1892/93
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 77
| bat avg1 = 25.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 46[[not out|*]]
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 12 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-cox-27743 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Edward Henry Cox''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (21 May 1863 – 23 July 1925) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Cox was born in May 1863 at [[Herongate|Herongate, Essex]]. He was commissioned into the [[British Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Derbyshire Yeomanry|1st Derbyshire Corps]] in September 1880.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24885|date=24 September 1880|page=5037}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1882, at which point he was serving with the [[Royal Irish Fusiliers]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25153|date=6 October 1882|page=4509}}</ref> In November 1884, he transferred to the [[Royal Fusiliers]] and was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in March 1892.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25413|date=11 November 1884|page=4838}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26286|date=10 May 1892|page=2705}}</ref> Whilst serving in [[British India]], Cox played [[first-class cricket]] on three occasions. He made two appearances for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the 1892–93 and 1893–94 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]]; he also made a single appearance for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against [[Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892–93|Lord Hawke's touring team]] in December 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13228/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Cox|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=12 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his three matches, he scored 77 runs with a highest score of 46 [[not out]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-cox-27743|title=Player profile: Edward Cox|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>

Cox served in the [[Second Boer War]], during the course of which he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] and was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27171|date=6 March 1900|page=1525}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27490|date=31 October 1902|page=6900}}</ref> He was later promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in May 1907.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28018|date=3 May 1907|page=2993}}</ref> Having spent the permitted four-year period commanding a battalion, he was placed on the [[half-pay]] list in May 1911,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28490|date=2 May 1911|page=3327}}</ref> with him retiring from active service in August of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28524|date=22 August 1911|page=6227}}</ref> Cox returned to service during the [[First World War]], being made a temporary [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in October 1914,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28945|date=20 October 1914|page=8398}}</ref> being placed in charge of records.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28892|date=4 September 1914|page=7003}}</ref> Cox died suddenly from [[heart failure]] in July 1925, whilst playing cricket at [[Holyport|Holyport, Berkshire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19250725/043/0007|title=Colonel Edward Henry Cox|work=[[Western Daily Press]]|location=[[Bristol]]|page=7|date=25 July 1925|access-date=12 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of fatalities while playing cricket]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27743}}

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[[Category:British Army colonels]]
[[Category:People from the Borough of Brentwood]]
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[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
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[[Category:Military personnel from Essex]]

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